1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 845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 Craze for Match-making. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below： 1现在很多人热衷于各种相亲活动 2引起此现象的原因 3我的看法 Craze for Match-making 二、 Part II Reading Com
2、prehension (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 agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for NO) if th
3、e statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 1 Are You Ready for More? In a world of climate change, abnormal storms are the new normal. Why were unprepared for the distressing future. Joplin. Mo. , was prepared. The
4、 tornado(龙卷风 )warning system gave residents 24 minutes notice that a twister was moving quickly towards them. Doctors and nurses at St. Johns Regional Medical Center, who had practiced tornado drills for years, moved fast. And yet more than 130 people died in Joplin, including four people at St. Joh
5、ns, where the tornado sucked up the roof and left the building in ruins, like much of the shattered city. Even those who deny the existence of global climate change are having trouble dismissing the evidence of the last year. In the U. S. alone, nearly 1, 000 tornadoes have ripped across the heartla
6、nd, killing more than 500 people and causing $ 9 billion in damage. Worldwide, the 2010 heat wave in Russia killed an estimated 15, 000 people. Floods in Australia and Pakistan killed 2, 000 and left large areas of each country under water. And the temperature keeps rising: 2010 was the hottest year
7、 on earth since weather records began. From these and other extreme-weather events, one lesson is sinking in with terrifying certainty. The stable climate of the last 12, 000 years is gone. And we are not prepared. Picture California a few decades from now, a place so hot and dry the states trademar
8、k orange and lemon trees have been replaced with olive trees that can handle the new climate. Alternating floods and droughts have made it impossible for the reservoirs to capture enough drinking water. Theyre all changes that California officials believe they need to prepare for within the next dec
9、ade or two. And they arent alone. Across the U. S. , its just beginning to dawn on civic leaders that theyll need to help their communities brave coming dangers brought by climate change. Yet only 14 states are even planning, let alone implementing, climate-change adaptation plans, says Terri Cruce.
10、 a climate consultant in California. The other 36 apparently are hoping for a miracle. The game of catch-up will have to happen quickly because so much time was lost to inaction. The burning of fossil fuels has raised atmospheric levels of heat-trapping CO2 by 40% above what they were before the Ind
11、ustrial Revolution. The added heat in the atmosphere retains more moisture, builds up the energy in the system, and results in more violent and extreme weather. There is wide consensus that the 2 degrees Fahrenheit(华氏温度 )of global warming of the last century is behind the rise in sea levels, more in
12、tense hurricanes, more heat waves, and more droughts and floods. Even if the world went carbon-neutral tomorrow, wed be in for more; because of the CO2 that has already been emitted, were on track for another 5 degrees of warming. Changing temperatures will have a profound effect on the plants and a
13、nimals among us. Crops that flourished in the old climate regime will have to adapt to the new one, as some pests are already doing. Tropical diseases are reaching temperate regions. Yet most of us are naive about what climate-change adaptation will involve. At the positive extreme, “adapting“ sound
14、s as pleasant as cities planting more trees, as Chicago, New York, Boston, and scores of others are doing. And it sounds as architecturally interesting as changing roofs: New York, which is looking at an average temperature increase of up to 3 degrees Fahrenheit by 2020, is planning to paint 3 milli
15、on square feet of roofs white, to reflect sunlight and thus reduce urban heat-island effects. But those steps dont even hint at how disruptive and expensive climate-change adaptation will be. “Ten years ago. when we thought climate change would be slow and linear, you could get away with thinking th
16、at adaptation meant putting in permeable(渗水的 )pavement, so that storm water would be absorbed rather than cause floods, “says Bill McKibben, author of the 2010 book Earth. “Now its clear thats not going to be at all sufficient. Adaptation is going to have to be a lot more than changing which trees c
17、ities plant. “ States and cities will have to make huge investments in infrastructure to handle the rising sea and raging rivers. Keene. N. H. recently enlarged pipes along its highways so storm runoff would be less likely to wash out roads. In the San Francisco Bay area, planners are considering in
18、creasing the height of the seawall on the citys waterfront at the San Francisco and Oakland airports. Because warmer air provides less lift, airport runways the world over will have to be lengthened in order for planes to take off. In Norfolk, Va. , where the combination of global sea-level rising a
19、nd local-land sinking has brought water levels 13. 5 inches higher since 1930, the city has fought a battle to stay ahead of the tide by elevating one often-flooded roadway by 18 inches. An expected sea-level rise there of twice the global average means that 371 miles of highway are at risk of looki
20、ng more like canals, while 2, 500 historic and archeological sites could become real-life versions of Atlantis. In Alaska, six native villages on the coast, including Newtok and Shishmaref, are likely to get swamped as seas rise and storm surges intensify. They also sit on permafrost(永冻层 ). which is
21、nt “perma“ anymore. As the ground melts beneath the villages, the state is figuring out how and where to relocate them. The U. S. could take some advice from other countries like the Netherlands, which has more than a little experience keeping the ocean at bay. As part of a 200-year plan, the countr
22、y has launched a 1. 5 billion project to broaden river channels so they arent overwhelmed as a result of the higher flows. Rotterdam raised by two feet a storm gate at the port that holds back the(rising)North Sea, and elevated the ground the new 1. 700-acre port sits on by a foot and a half to keep
23、 it from being submerged. all at a cost of some 50 million. All told. it will soon be spending some 4 billion a year to cope with what will happen. Britain, too, is taking adaptation seriously, planning to raise the height of the floodgates protecting central London from the Thames by 12 inches. So
24、what lies behind Americas resistance to action? Economist Sachs points to the lobbying power of industries that resist acknowledgment of climate changes impact. “The country is two decades behind in taking action because both parties are controlled by Big Oil and Big Coal, “ says Sachs. But the pion
25、eers of action isnt waiting any longer. This week, representatives from an estimated 100 cities are meeting in Bonn, Germany, for the 2nd World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change. As Joplin, Mo. . learned in the most tragic way possible, against some impacts of climate change, mans
26、minor efforts are useless. But time is getting short, and the stakes are high. Says Daniel Sarewitz. a professor of science and society at Arizona State University: “Not to adapt is to put millions of people to death and breakdown. “ 2 Since human beings had weather records, the temperature in 2010
27、was_. （ A） the highest （ B） the lowest （ C） moderate （ D） normal 3 In California, people will have substituted olive trees for orange and lemon trees in that the latter_. （ A） can better adapt to the new climate （ B） have negative effect on the environment （ C） can not adapt to the changing climate
28、（ D） are less beautiful and more expensive 4 Faced with the worsening climate change, only 14 states in the U. S. A. are_. （ A） carrying out the climate-change adaptation plans （ B） making plans to deal with the climate problems （ C） hoping for something unexpected to happen （ D） making laws to prev
29、ent the damage of environment 5 People widely accept that the extreme weather conditions such as intense hurricanes and heat waves result from_. （ A） the wide damage to the earth （ B） planting less trees in the cities （ C） the added heat in the atmosphere （ D） excessive burning of fossil fuels 6 Wha
30、t will be deeply influenced by the changing temperatures? （ A） Sea and river levels. （ B） Plants and animals. （ C） Peoples health. （ D） Peoples living style. 7 What is New York going to do in order to reduce urban heat-island effects? （ A） Paint the roofs white. （ B） Change trees it has planted. （ C
31、） Cut down CO2 emission. （ D） Use permeable pavement. 8 Why do airports all over the world have to make the runways longer? （ A） Planes can run faster on longer runways. （ B） Warmer air can not provide enough lift. （ C） New models of planes must run longer. （ D） People realize they were wrong in the
32、 past. 9 In Alaska, the government is planning to relocate some villages since the ground under them is_. 10 In Netherlands, the project to broaden river channels costs the country_. 11 Economist Sachs holds that the governments inaction can be attributed to some industries resistance to the acknowl
33、edgment of_. 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
34、 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 needs to relax. （ B） The man should try harder to concentrate. （ C） She has almost finished the reading assignment. （ D） The music will bother her. （ A） He will go to the
35、 art exhibition. （ B） He did not get an invitation. （ C） He already has other plans for Saturday. （ D） He wants to join the publicity committee. （ A） Vote for the man. （ B） Read the mans speech. （ C） Introduce the man to the class president. （ D） Tell her friends to vote in the election. （ A） The su
36、it is out of style. （ B） The suit is more appropriate for the occasion. （ C） The woman looks better in blue than in black. （ D） The suit doesnt fit the woman well. （ A） Writing her thesis was easier than she thought it would be. （ B） She intends to work on her thesis during her vacation. （ C） She in
37、tentionally chose an easy topic to write about. （ D） She plans to spend some time relaxing. （ A） He disagrees with the woman. （ B） He has a lot of experience listening to others. （ C） He can keep a secret. （ D） He has several younger brothers and sisters. （ A） She is younger than her sister. （ B） Sh
38、e does not spend much time with her sisters children. （ C） She does not get along well with her sister. （ D） She no longer resembles her sister. （ A） He does not have enough money for the trip yet. （ B） He is planning to work during spring break. （ C） The trip is too far off in the future to think a
39、bout. （ D） He has changed his mind about going to Canada. （ A） Judging peoples behavior. （ B） Common causes of anger. （ C） Changing peoples attitudes. （ D） The effects of negative behavior. （ A） When theyre unable to control the persons behavior. （ B） When the causes of the behavior are obvious. （ C
40、） When the consequences of the behavior are unpleasant. （ D） When the behavior is unexpected and not polite. （ A） They usually accept responsibility. （ B） They blame factors beyond their control. （ C） They complain about their own problems. （ D） They compare their behavior to the others. （ A） An exp
41、eriment in Antarctica. （ B） The breaking-off of the Larsen Ice Shelf. （ C） The formation of the Larsen Ice Shelf. （ D） An expedition to Antarctica. （ A） They could be a sign of global warming. （ B） They are disturbing Antarctic bird habitats. （ C） They have destroyed research facilities. （ D） They c
42、ontradict current scientific theories. （ A） No melting has been observed recently. （ B） The past several winters have been unusually severe. （ C） Nothing unusual has happened in other parts of Antarctica. （ D） The ice shelf has remained intact despite the weather changes. （ A） They can accelerate th
43、e speed of the wind. （ B） They make the continent a pleasant place for humans. （ C） They cool the wind and thus slow down melting. （ D） They cool the weather and freeze all the water. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear som
44、e 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） Those living outdoors. （ B） Those in active growing and blooming. （ C） Those growing slowly. （ D） Those having been wa
45、tered. （ A） The plants do not have proper temperature. （ B） The plants do not have enough water. （ C） The plants are not used to cold weather. （ D） The plants do not have enough sunshine. （ A） They hang a bulb on the leaves. （ B） They wrap the tree with plastic film. （ C） They cut the branches of th
46、e trees. （ D） They spray water on the trees. （ A） He looks like the character in Spider-Man. （ B） His behaves like a spider. （ C） He climbed many of the worlds tallest buildings. （ D） He likes to collect different spiders. （ A） The beautiful scenery in high place. （ B） The danger of climbing skyscra
47、per. （ C） The decent income by climbing. （ D） The entertainment for the public. （ A） It provides him a new form of relaxation. （ B） It provides him chances of becoming famous. （ C） It makes him realize what is important. （ D） It makes him become more courageous. （ A） By increasing the flow of blood.
48、 （ B） By taking in more nutrition. （ C） By digesting food more quickly. （ D） By using energy in our body properly. （ A） Its the name of a native Colombian. （ B） It has gyms in all countries around the world. （ C） It occupies the first place in fitness industry. （ D） Its a dance-fitness program. （ A）
49、 He created Zumba in the 1990s. （ B） He spread Zumba to the world in 2002. （ C） He is an American-Colombian. （ D） He was fat before he created the program. （ A） Zumba is bond to disappear. （ B） Zumba is facing tots of problems. （ C） Zumba develops with great future. （ D） Zumba will soon become number one. 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 rea
