1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 79 及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic A Boom in Continuing Education. You should write at least 150 words according to the outline given below in Chinese: 1图表 所示为某城市 1989、 1994、 1999、 2004年参加成人教育 (或继续教育 )的人
2、数情况，请描述其变化 2请说明产生这些变化的原因 (可从社会发展及竞争能力方面加以说明 ) 3请预测我国成人教育 (或继续教育 )的前景A Boom in Continuing Education 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.
3、 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 NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 2 The Business of Media Violence In 2001, people a
4、round the world spent US $14 billion going to the movies. The U.S. domestic box office alone hit US $9 billion a 75 percent increase from 1991 and there are huge revenues from home video/DVD sales, rentals and spin-off merchandise. But even these profits are dwarfed by music, the largest global medi
5、a sector. In 2000, sales reached US $37 billion, with music consumption high among young audiences everywhere. Video games are not far behind: global sales for 2002 were anticipated to be US $31 billion. An Expanding Foreign Market American media corporations earn fit least half of their profits fro
6、m foreign sales. And global markets are growing fast as standards of living are rising around the world. Sales of TVs, stereos, VCRs and satellite dishes are increasing, and in the last decade or two, new and expanding markets have emerged in countries that have abandoned state control of media and
7、distribution. Today, U.S. films are shown in more than 150 countries world wide, and the U.S. film industry provides most of the pre-recorded videos and DVDs sold throughout the world. American television programs are broadcast in over 125 international markets, and MTV can be seen in more foreign h
8、ouseholds than American ones. This international success has a tremendous impact nor just on the recipient countries, but also on the cultural environment of the U.S. To some extent, the tail is wagging the dog: more and more, the demands and tastes of foreign markets? are influencing what popular p
9、roducts get made in the U.S. Action Sells: Film and Television Nowhere is this influence more evident than in the film industry. In the U.S. and Canada, movies rated “G“(General) and “PG“(Parental Guidance) consistently brings in more revenues than R-rated films. Yet the number of G and PG films has
10、 dropped in recent years, and the number of restricted films has risen. Two-thirds of Hollywood films in 2001 were rated “R“. Film producers are unequivocal about why this is so: the foreign market likes action films. Action travels well. Action movies dont require complex plots or characters. They
11、rely on fights, killings, special effects and explosions to hold their audiences. And, unlike comedy or drama which depend on good stories, sharp humor, and credible characters, all of which are often culture-specific action films require little in the way of good writing and acting. Theyre simple,
12、and theyre universally understood. To top it off, the largely non-verbal nature of the kind of films that journalist Sharon Waxman refers to as “short-on-dialogue, high-on-testosterone“ makes their dubbing or translation relatively inexpensive. There are, of course, exceptions to the rule. The film
13、Titanic made almost US $2 billion in worldwide sales as of 2001 making it the biggest-grossing movie of all time. The British film The Full Monty was an international hit; and My Big Fat Greek Wedding debunked all the profit formulas in 2002. But such offbeat successes are hard to predict. A flick s
14、uch as Die Hard or Terminator is much more of a sure thing. Most film budgets today average US $75-100 million, so Hollywood studios dont like to take chances. All this means enormous pressures on the American movie industry to abandon complexity in favor of action films. The effect is a kind of “du
15、mbing-down“ of the industry in general. Foreign investors are much less likely to invest in films focusing on serious social themes or womens issues, or ones that feature minority casts. Such films, however brilliant, are not where the big money is. Worldwide appeal determines casting and script dec
16、isions and the overwhelming demand is for white actors and action. Success breeds success, and the sheer ubiquity of these productions and all their spin-off products and businesses around the world is in turn fueling an ever-growing demand for U.S. popular culture products. Foreign market pressures
17、 are driving the $1.9 billion Canadian film and television industry as well: international sales are essential for a country with such a small domestic market. And so, as the Writers Guild of Canada points out, “distributors are now the gatekeepers of Canadian television.“ According to the Guild, th
18、e pressures of foreign markets are resulting in more non-Canadian writers, and television series that look less and less Canadian. Its hard to compete with the giant next door. Because American studios export so widely, they can sell an hours worth of TV entertainment to Canadian broadcasters at a c
19、ost well below what it would cost Canada to produce its own. (Its been said that two minutes of original television production can buy an hour of American drama). And getting a film shown in Canadian theatres can be a challenge when most theatres are owned by large multinational corporations. Explic
20、it and Violent Music Lyrics Go Mainstream In the last decade, social analysts have also noted a steady increase in violent and anti-social music lyrics and images. Once relegated to the fringes, “rage“ music, filled with profanity and hate, has become a cash cow for the mainstream music industry. Th
21、e worlds largest music company, Universal Music Group, is putting the might of its international marketing machine behind artists like Eminem, Dr. Dre and Limp Bizkitall known for their bleak anthems of violence and hatred, often aimed at women, gays and lesbians. This kind of violence reached mains
22、tream status in 2001, when the U.S. Grammy awards nominated Eminem for four awards. He won three, and his 2002 CD, The Eminem Show made US $3.63 million in its first month of sales. Rap music, too, has been co-opted by the major corporations. The Recording Industry Association of America says that r
23、ap/hip-hop, which sprang out of the East Coast music scene 25 years ago, replaced pop music in 2001 as the third most popular music genre. Gansta Rap artists are now being accused of destroying the soul of original rap and hip hop movements with their violent lyrics and lifestyles. Video Games and V
24、iolence Though there are many challenging non-violent computer and video games, in the last few years video games have become almost synonymous with violence. Their trademark movie-like realism, combined with enormous marketing budgets, bas made this entertainment industry the second most-profitable
25、 in the world. In September 2002, the ultra-violent Grand Theft Auto 3 was the second most popular game in the world. The game was initially banned in Australia for its graphic violence and sexual content, but it nevertheless grossed US $ 300 million by the end of 2002. The success of GTA3 (and its
26、successor GTA: Vice City) is upping the ante for violence in the next generation of video games. The cost of developing new games is so high that producers need to know that a game is going to be a hit before bankrolling it. Marketing Violence to Young People No one knows better than the communicati
27、ons industries that children and young people re- present a huge market, due to both their own spending power and their influence on family spending decisions. In September 2000, a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report revealed what many suspected: U.S. media corporations were routinely ignoring the
28、ir own rating restrictions and actively marketing violent entertainment to children and teens. In fact, the study showed that 80 per cent of R-rated movies, 70 per cent of restricted video games, and 100 per cent of music with “explicit content“ warning labels were being marketed to kids under 17. T
29、he report revealed a number of standard (though illicit) practices for marketing adult media products to kids. These included advertising in publications for adolescents, such as YM, Teen and Marvel comics; screening trailers for restricted movies on TV at times when kids are likely to be watching;
30、and recruiting teens and children(sometimes as young as nine) to evaluate story concepts, commercials, trailers and rough cuts even for R-rated movies. The study also revealed that the film and videogame industries often target children as young as four with toy tie-ins for adult-rated movies and ga
31、mes. Follow-up reports from the FTC indicate that the film and gaming industries have improved their practices somewhat. However, ads for R-rated movies continue to appear on television shows popular with kids (TV is considered the most important medium for drawing an audience to a film), and the vi
32、deo game industry still advertises games rated M (Mature) in magazines with young readers. The music industry has done little to clean up its act. All five major record labels continue to advertise albums with explicit or violent content on television programs and in magazines that have substantial
33、followings of kids under the age of seventeen. 2 Compared with the profits of music sector, those of movies are much smaller. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 The success of expanding foreign markets have influenced the domestic cultural environment as well as the countries that have opened their media marke
34、t. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 In 2001, R-rated films accounted for the majority of Hollywood films because both domestic and foreign markets were in favor of action movies. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 The box office of Terminator is more than that of My Big Fat Greek Wedding. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 The de
35、cisions of script and actors are determined by _. 7 Music lyrics of Eminem are full of _, but they are very popular. 8 According to the Recording Industry Association of America, before 2001 _ was rated as the third most popular music genre. 9 The popularity of Grand Theft Auto 3 will stimulate prod
36、ucers to invest more violent videogames because they are _. 10 According to a FTC report, U.S. media corporations are marketing violent entertainment to children actively and _. 11 The FTCs later reports show that the film and gaming industries have made some improvement while _ has done almost noth
37、ing to improve. 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 w
38、ill 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 transportation for the trip is free. （ B） The class wont enjoy going on the field trip. （ C） Some people may not go on the trip. （ D） Everyone in the class has paid th
39、e fee. （ A） He thinks David is not reliable. （ B） Hes willing to trust David. （ C） He has told his doubts to David. （ D） He thinks David will benefit from this experience. （ A） His son hit him on the arm. （ B） He stumbled over a stone and fell. （ C） He bumped the arm against a piece of furniture. （
40、D） He knocked over a coffee pot. （ A） Because they have some financial problems. （ B） Because there will be much rain in May. （ C） Because they wont have free time in May （ D） Because they cant have everything got ready by then. （ A） She will play basketball. （ B） She will go to see sick Lily, （ C）
41、She will go swimming. （ D） She will play volleyball. （ A） He thinks it is a pity that there is a flaw on it. （ B） He thinks it is a good bargain but it could be much cheaper. （ C） He thinks it is a real bargain because the flaw is hardly noticeable. （ D） He thinks the woman should show it to her fri
42、ends. （ A） It will be sunny. （ B） It will be very cold. （ C） It will be windy. （ D） It will be rainy. （ A） She had to work throughout her honeymoon. （ B） She had nothing to do during her honeymoon. （ C） She couldnt go shopping in her honeymoon. （ D） She spent her honeymoon all by herself. （ A） What
43、the mans plans are for tonight. （ B） Why the man does not want to play tennis. （ C） Why they do not have time to play tennis after class today. （ D） What time they can meet in the library. （ A） He drank too much coffee last night. （ B） He caught a cold last night. （ C） He is nervous about his projec
44、t. （ D） He missed dinner last night. （ A） Let him win a tennis game. （ B） Help him finish his project. （ C） Give him some medicine for his stomach. （ D） Go to the library with him. （ A） Training given to music therapists. （ B） How music prevents disease. （ C） Studies on the benefits of music. （ D） H
45、ow musicians create music. （ A） In place of physical therapy. （ B） To control brain problems. （ C） To prevent heart disease. （ D） To relieve depression. （ A） They like to have music in the operating room. （ B） They solved problems better while listening to music they liked. （ C） They preferred class
46、ical music. （ D） They performed better when they used headphones. （ A） It increased the students white blood cell. （ B） It increased some students energy level. （ C） It improved the students ability to play musical instruments. （ D） It released a natural painkiller in some students bodies. Section B
47、 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） Development
48、 of industry. （ B） Healthy life. （ C） The future of children. （ D） Clean air. （ A） Because man has a strong desire for a modern way of life. （ B） Because people pay no attention to it. （ C） Because people from the countryside rush into the cities. （ D） Because people are not aware of the benefits of
49、 modern society. （ A） Man knows where the society is going. （ B） People dont welcome the rapid development of our modern society. （ C） The speaker is worried about the future of our modern society. （ D） Man can do nothing about the problem of pollution. （ A） Railway workers. （ B） A robot. （ C） A computer. （ D） A machine. （ A） The workers on the underground platforms were replaced by machines. （ B） It became the first completely automatic railwa
