1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 783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 Certificate Craze. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below. 1现在许多人热衷于各类证书考试； 2其目的各不相同； 3在我看来 二、 Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Sc
2、anning) (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) if the statement contradicts the
3、 information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 2 The Future of the BBC As a boy growing up in the 1930s in the Midlands, Norman Painting, the son of a railway-man, listened to a new radio service from the British Broadcasting Corporation. His mo
4、ther hoped he would get a job as a manager at the mine, but listening to the voices from London talking about world affairs, culture and music gave him other ideas. “The radio opened a door to the world,“ says Mr. Painting, who went on to Oxford University on a scholarship and became an academic bef
5、ore later working for the BBCs Radio 4 in its long-running soap, “The Archers“. Mr. Paintings story helps to explain Britains devotion to what it calls “public-service broadcasting“, and why the state has been standing by the BBC in the financing issue. The debate had raged for years over whether th
6、e BBC should still be publicly financed, especially by a license fee paid by all those with TV sets. The BBC hates the idea of losing its license fee. Rather than go commercial, its bosses plan to keep fighting for public financing for decades. In 2006, after a heated debate, the government renewed
7、its financing for the next ten years through a compulsory “TV license“ on all households with TV sets. But when the current charter runs out in 2016, will the government take away its public subsides and leave the BBC to fend for itself? According to recent reports, the BBC will have to make do with
8、 annual increases below retail-price inflation, less than it asked for. Even so, it is fortunate to be handed a guaranteed income over several years. Among developed countries, only Germanys government spends more than Britains on broadcasting as a share of GDP. Americas dispenses next to nothing, p
9、referring to leave it to the market. For the next ten years, the BBCs position looks secure. Yet its getting increasingly harder to argue that the government should make the public pay for it. The BBCs purpose, according to its first director-general, John Reith, was to “inform, educate and entertai
10、n“. But now the BBC cant have anything like the educative role it used to play. Though it remains Britains dominant source of in-depth news and most reliable provider of high-quality programming, changes in technology and media habits are splitting its audience and making it harder to tag improving
11、shows on to entertaining ones. Serving What Public? It was easy to get the teenaged Mr. Painting interested in the BBC programs because there was nothing else on. That is no longer true. First the other terrestrials sprang up: ITV, followed by Channel 4 and then Channel 5, from the 1990s, hundreds o
12、f new channels were launched on satellite and cable platforms, creating a new “multi-channel“ world. The rapid rise of the Internet has also taken a toll of the old generalist channels. People are increasingly turning away from both the BBC and its terrestrial competitors. Two decades ago, the BBC c
13、ommanded 47% of all television viewing and its rivals, ITV and Channel 4, shared the rest. According to Ofcom, the communications regulator, today, BBC1 and BBC2, its terrestrial channels, account for just 33% of all viewing, multi-channel services (which include BBC3 and BBC4, both digital channels
14、) win 30%. In homes with satellite or cable television, the corporations share has fallen further: BBC1 and BBC2 together have just 23% of the former and 22% of the latter. Young people especially are abandoning public-service programmers. According to Ofcom, in 2001, people between 16 and 24 spent
15、74% of their viewing time watching channels such as the BBC and Channel 4, but in 2005 only 58% of their time. Poorer, less educated viewers seem to be turning away, too. Serious material suffers most when people move to multi-channel television. The result, says a BBC executive, is that “we are ove
16、r-serving“ middle-class 55-year-olds. The BBC is trying to widen its audience. In 2002, for example, realizing that it was hardly reaching young black people, it launched a digital radio station called 1Xtra, modeled p pirate radio. Some say the BBC fails to attract younger viewers because it takes
17、too few risks. Channel 4, another public-service broadcaster, has a bit more youth appeal: The average age of its viewers is 45. Kevin Lygo, its director of television, says that whereas many BBC programs are “full of integrity and truthfulness but also safe, respectful, back-looking and all about h
18、eritage“. Many of the BBCs new programming offerings are “all exhumed (挖掘 ) from the distant past“. The BBCs Efforts But good, innovative ideas have not entirely departed. Popular programs such as “The Office“, a bone-dry comedy about a paper supply company, bas been copied by broadcasters in Americ
19、a, France, Canada and Germany. The BBC has long tried to tack between high-minded and populist programming in an effort to get people to watch improving stuff that they would not have encountered otherwise. But technology, which increases consumer choice, is complicating the task. “Hammocking“ sched
20、uling worthy material between smash hits is a familiar BBC technique. A recent adaptation of “Bleak House“ (凉山庄 ), for example, was scheduled straight after “Eastenders“, a popular soap opera. But remote controls and video recorders have made hammocking less effective. The BBC is trying harder to co
21、nceal public service themes beneath entertainment. Its approach to ethnic minorities used to be a boring talk-show about discrimination late at night, now its cleverer, With programs such as “Apprentice“. Aspiring entrepreneurs in this reality show get knocked out week after week; many of the most s
22、uccessful contestants are from ethnic minorities. The Peoples Telly Many households, now watch and listen to little of the BBCs output, but almost all pay 131.5 pounds a year for it. The rapid shift to digital TV makes the debate whether the BBC should be publicly funded especially pressing. Set-top
23、 boxes (机顶盒 ) can tell whether a household has paid for a channel or not. Soon it will be practical and easy for everyone to choose whether or not subscribe to the BBC, or bits of it. Toward the end of the digital switch-over, which will happen between 2008 and 2012, the government will examine othe
24、r ways to finance the BBC after 2016. The likeliest change is that the television service would become partly or wholly subscription-financed. Radio would take longer to wean off public money because most radio sets now in use do not have the technology. (1,069 words) 2 The author tells the story of
25、 Norman Painting to illustrate _ . （ A） the BBCs educative role for the working class （ B） the popularity of the BBC in the 1930s （ C） BBCs influence on ordinary peoples career development （ D） the Britishs love for the BBC and its justification for governmental support 3 How has the BBC been financ
26、ed? （ A） Its publicly financed. （ B） Its commercially financed. （ C） Its financed through private donations. （ D） Its financed through viewer subscriptions. 4 Among developed countries, _ spends the greatest share of GDP on the public broadcasting. （ A） US government （ B） British government （ C） Ger
27、man government （ D） French government 5 What has happened to the BBC with the changes in technology and media habits? （ A） The BBC is no longer the dominant source of in-depth news. （ B） The BBC is losing its audience. （ C） The BBC programming is rapidly deteriorating in its quality. （ D） The BBC is
28、 replaced by the multi-channel services. 6 According to the figures released by Ofcom, which of the following currently poses the greatest threat to the BBC? （ A） The BBCs terrestrial competitors （ B） The Internet （ C） The multi-channel services including digital channels, BBC3 and BBC4. （ D） Newspa
29、pers and magazines. 7 According to Kevin Lygo, the BBC fails to attract younger viewers because its programs are _ . （ A） too rebellious （ B） a bit conservative and outdated （ C） lacking in integrity （ D） too high-minded 8 The BBC adopts “hammocking“ technique in order to _ . （ A） widen its audience
30、 （ B） add youth appeal to its programs （ C） conceal public service themes beneath entertainment （ D） get people to watch worthy stuff 9 The BBC used to present themes of ethnic minorities in a boring _ . 10 With increasing popularity of digital TV and set-top boxes, the debate on public funding for
31、the BBC is _ . 11 After 2016, the BBC television service is most likely to obtain its entire, or part of, funding through _ . 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 abou
32、t 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, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） He likes the current temperature. （ B） He wishes the weather
33、would get hotter. （ C） He cooked a bit of the food. （ D） He knows he will like the food. （ A） They get a bargain right away. （ B） They have a look at the advertisement. （ C） They throw away their TV set. （ D） They go and buy a big TV set. （ A） Apologize when Mary is less angry. （ B） Return Marys not
34、es in a few days. （ C） Write Mary a note of apology. （ D） Let her talk to Mary about the situation. （ A） 80. （ B） 160. （ C） 20. （ D） 40. （ A） $ 12. （ B） $ 4. （ C） $ 10. （ D） $ 8. （ A） Whether she Will go all depends on the weather. （ B） She asks the man to guess and bet. （ C） Surely she will not go.
35、 （ D） She is eager to go. （ A） They both enjoyed watching the game. （ B） The man thought the results were beyond their expectations. （ C） They both felt good about the results of the game. （ D） People were surprised at their winning the game. （ A） How to use a camera. （ B） How to use a washer. （ C）
36、How to use a keyboard. （ D） How to use a tape recorder. （ A） To interview a few job applicants. （ B） To fill a vacancy in the company. （ C） To advertise for a junior sales manager. （ D） To apply for a job in a major newspaper. （ A） A hard working ambitious young man. （ B） A young man good at managin
37、g his time. （ C） A college graduate with practical working experience. （ D） A young man with his own idea of what is important. （ A） Not clearly specified. （ B） Not likely to be met. （ C） Reasonable enough. （ D） Apparently sexist. （ A） She is writing a competitive paper for a scholarship. （ B） She i
38、s doing a research paper. （ C） She missed the lecture. （ D） She is planning to attend the scholarship award ceremony. （ A） Why species dont avoid extinction by adapting. （ B） Why species become extinct at the rate they do. （ C） Why humans arent extinct. （ D） How many species arent extinct. （ A） Ever
39、y species becomes extinct. （ B） Humans beings are powerful enough to kill other species. （ C） The population of human beings is very large. （ D） Human being is still a young species though it is exploiting the environment. （ A） Flies will take over the earth. （ B） Human will die off quite soon. （ C）
40、 Mass disease could lead to the human extinction. （ D） Human beings are destructive. 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
41、, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） She felt proud. （ B） She felt satisfied. （ C） She felt delighted. （ D） She felt surprised. （ A） She was asked to call the chairmans wife. （ B） She was asked to make a copy of English final exam. （ C） She was asked to
42、go to the chairmans wifes office. （ D） She 4vas asked to retake the final exam. （ A） Because she was a black girl. （ B） Because she got the highest average in the class. （ C） Because she wanted to hit the chairmans wife. （ D） Because she refused to retake the exam. （ A） Water absorbing ability. （ B）
43、 The cells membrane. （ C） Its surroundings. （ D） The ability to maintain salt. （ A） They lose water constantly. （ B） They contain a relatively lower concentration of salt. （ C） They neither lose nor absorb water. （ D） They possess a relatively higher concentration of salt. （ A） Excreting salt throug
44、h gill cells. （ B） Losing more water to their surroundings. （ C） Drinking more water. （ D） Diluting the amount of salt. （ A） Government funded. （ B） Private. （ C） Political. （ D） None of the above. （ A） Wars or natural disasters make them lose their families. （ B） They want to help their families ea
45、rn enough,mooney to survive. （ C） They are poor. （ D） All the above. （ A） The Philippines. （ B） Mexico. （ C） Brazil. （ D） Guatemala. （ A） Most of the children in developing countries do not receive education or health care. （ B） The chief goal of Child Hope U. S. A is to halt the spread of AIDS and
46、the use of illegal drugs among children. （ C） Child Hope U. S. A cooperates with international childrens groups, government agencies and other national and local groups. （ D） No children work in Pakistan after the new laws to control child labor was approved. Section C Directions: In this section, y
47、ou 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 blanks numbered
48、 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 Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person is expert in the skill of pronouncing his own language, but few people are even mod
49、erately【 B1】 _ at pronouncing foreign languages. The【 B2】 _ reason why people in general do not speak foreign languages very much better than they do is that they fail to【 B3】 _ the true nature of the problem of learning to pronounce, and【 B4】 _ never set about dealing with it in the right way. For too many people fail to realize that pronouncing a foreign language is a skill, one that needs careful training of a special kind, and one that cannot be【 B5
