1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 852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 What Is More Important: Character or Academic Achievement? You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below. 1有人认为应以考试成绩作为评价学生的标准 2也有人认为应以品格培养作为教育目的 3我
2、的看法 What Is More Important: Character or Academic Achievement? 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 1-4, mark： Y (for YES
3、) 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. 1 On Crete, New Evidence of Very Ancient Mariners Early humans, possibly even prehuman
4、 ancestors, appear to have been going to sea much longer than anyone had ever suspected. That is the startling implication of discoveries made the last two summers on the Greek island of Crete. Stone tools found there, archaeologists(考古学家 )say, are at least 130,000 years old, which is considered str
5、ong evidence for the earliest known seafaring in the Mediterranean and cause for rethinking the maritime capabilities of prehuman cultures. Crete has been an island for more than five million years, meaning that the toolmakers must have arrived by boat. So this seems to push the history of Mediterra
6、nean voyaging back more than 100,000 years, specialists in Stone Age archaeology say. Previous artifact discoveries had shown people reaching Cyprus, a few other Greek islands and possibly Sardinia no earlier than 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. The oldest established early marine travel anywhere was th
7、e sea-crossing migration of anatomically(解剖学上地 )modern people to Australia, beginning about 60,000 years ago. There is also a suggestive trickle of evidence, notably the skeletons and artifacts on the Indonesian island of Flores, of more primitive people making their way by water to new habitats. Ev
8、en more intriguing, the archaeologists who found the tools on Crete noted that the style of the hand axes suggested that they could be up to 700,000 years old. That may be a stretch, they conceded, but the tools resemble artifacts from the stone technology known as Acheulean, which originated with p
9、rehuman populations in Africa. More than 2,000 stone artifacts, including the hand axes, were collected on the southwestern shore of Crete, near the town of Plakias, by a team led by Thomas F. Strasser and Eleni Panagopoulou. She is with the Greek Ministry of Culture and he is an associate professor
10、 of art history at Providence College in Rhode Island. They were assisted by Greek and American geologists and archaeologists, including Curtis Runnels of Boston University. Dr. Strasser described the discovery last month at a meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America. A formal report has b
11、een accepted for publication in Hesparia, the journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, a supporter of the fieldwork. The Plakias survey team went in looking for material remains of more recent artisans, nothing older than 11,000 years. Such artifacts would have been blades, spe
12、ar points and arrowheads typical of Mesolithic and Neolithic periods. “ We found those, then we found the hand axes,“ Dr. Strasser said last week in an interview, and that sent the team into deeper time. “ We were confused,“ Dr. Runnels said in an interview. “ These things were just not supposed to
13、be there. “ Word of the find is circulating among the ranks of Stone Age scholars. The few who have seen the data and some pictures most of the tools reside in Athens said they were excited and cautiously impressed. The research, if confirmed by further study, scrambles timetables of technological d
14、evelopment and textbook accounts of human and prehuman mobility. Ofer Bar-Yosef, an authority on Stone Age archaeology at Harvard, said the significance of the find would depend on the dating of the site. “ Once the investigators provide the dates,“ he said in an e-mail message, “ we will have a bet
15、ter understanding of the importance of the discovery. “ Dr. Bar-Yosef said he had seen only a few photographs of the Cretan tools. The forms can only indicate a possible age, he said, but “ handling the artifacts may provide a different impression. “ And dating, he said, would tell the tale. Dr. Run
16、nels, who has 30 years experience in Stone Age research, said that an analysis by him and three geologists “ left not much doubt of the age of the site, and the tools must be even older. “ The cliffs and caves above the shore, the researchers said, have been uplifted by tectonic(板块构造 )forces where t
17、he African plate goes under and pushes up the European plate. The exposed uplifted layers represent the sequence of geologic periods that have been well studied and dated, in some cases correlated to established dates of glacial and interglacia)periods of the most recent ice age. In addition, the te
18、am analyzed the layer bearing the tools and determined that the soil had been on the surface 130,000 to 190,000 years ago. Dr. Runnels said he considered this a minimum age for the tools themselves. They include not only quartz hand axes, but also cleavers and scrapers, all of which are in the Acheu
19、lean style. The tools could have been made millenniums before they became, as it were, frozen in time in the Cretan cliffs, the archaeologists said. Dr. Runnels suggested that the tools could be at least twice as old as the geologic layers. Dr. Strasser said they could be as much as 700,000 years ol
20、d. Further explorations are planned this summer. The 130,000-year date would put the discovery in a time when People had already evolved in Africa, sometime after 200,000 years ago. Their presence in Europe did not become apparent until about 50,000 years ago. Archaeologists can only speculate about
21、 who the toolmakers were. 130,000 years ago, modern humans shared the world with other hominids, like Neanderthals and Homo heidelbergensis. The Acheulean culture is thought to have started with Homo erectus. The standard hypothesis had been that Acheulean toolmakers reached Europe and Asia via the
22、Middle East, passing mainly through what is now Turkey into the Balkans. The new finds suggest that their dispersals were not confined to land routes. They may lend credibility to proposals of migrations from Africa across the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain. Cretes southern shore where the tools were
23、found is 200 miles from North Africa. “ We cant say the toolmakers came 200 miles from Libya,“ Dr. Strasser said. “ If youre on a raft, thats a long voyage, but they might have come from the European mainland by way of shorter crossings through Greek islands. “ But archaeologists and experts on earl
24、y nautical(航海的 )history said the discovery appeared to show that these surprisingly ancient mariners had craft sturdier and more reliable than rafts. They also must have had the cognitive ability to conceive and carry out repeated water crossing over great distances in order to establish sustainable
25、 populations producing an abundance of stone artifacts. 2 What is the significance of the stone tools found on the Greek island of Crete? （ A） They are evidence for the earliest known human. （ B） They promote reconsideration of seafaring capabilities of prehumans. （ C） They prove the maritime capabi
26、lities of humans. （ D） They are the proof for the seafaring in the Mediterranean. 3 According to the specialists in Stone Age archaeology, _. （ A） Mediterranean seafaring started earlier than previously thought （ B） Mediterranean seafaring is less than 100,000 years old （ C） people had reached such
27、places as Cyprus 100,000 years ago （ D） previous artifact discoveries showed that toolmakers had arrived by land 4 What is the evidentce of primitive people migrating for new habitats by water? （ A） The sea-crossing migration 6,000 years earlier. （ B） The skeletons and artifacts on the Indonesian is
28、land. （ C） Modern peoples migrating to Australia. （ D） Stone tools on the Indonesian island. 5 According to the passage, what can we know about Acheulean? （ A） It originated with African populations. （ B） Artifacts from Acheulean are similar to hand axes. （ C） It could be up to 700,000 years old. （
29、D） It is the hand axes found on Crete. 6 We may infer from Dr. Runnels words that_. （ A） they did not expect to find hand axes there （ B） the hand axes appeared at the wrong place （ C） they shouldnt have looked for hand axes （ D） the hand axes did not appear to be clear enough 7 Ofer Bar-Yosef held
30、that the importance of the discovery would lie in_. （ A） the dating of the place where the tools are found （ B） whether the investigators will provide the dates of the photographs （ C） if we will have a better understanding of the discovery （ D） the handling of the tools found 8 An analysis by Dr. R
31、unnels and three geologists shows that_. （ A） the age of the site should be suspected （ B） the tools may be older or younger （ C） the age of the site is almost confirmed （ D） the experience of 30 years is essential 9 Neanderthals and Homo heidelbergensis are not modern humans but_. 10 Dr. Strasser b
32、elieved that the toolmakers may come from the European continent via_ 11 Archaeologists and experts believed that these ancient mariners must have been capable of conceiving and performing_. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the e
33、nd 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, and decide which is the best answer. （
34、 A） She will have geometry test tonight. （ B） She will prepare for the dinner. （ C） She will date with the man tomorrow. （ D） She wont have dinner with the man. （ A） He felt sick when he saw the alteration. （ B） He thinks the woman is being mean. （ C） He expected his suit should be ready. （ D） He wi
35、ll get his suit a week later. （ A） The organization of a conference. （ B） The cost of renting a conference room. （ C） The decoration of a conference room. （ D） The job of cleaning up the dining room. （ A） She ordered it through the mail. （ B） She bought it from Korea. （ C） It was a present from her
36、parents. （ D） She got it while visiting her parents. （ A） He wanted to meet the womans parents. （ B） He goes to a beach house each August. （ C） He wont be able to take a vacation. （ D） He didnt know the womans vacation plan. （ A） 1 million. （ B） 0.25 million. （ C） 0.5 million. （ D） 2 million. （ A） T
37、he woman will reach the restaurant ten minutes later. （ B） The woman has ten minutes to reach the restaurant. （ C） The man thinks he can reach the restaurant in twenty minutes. （ D） The man doesnt think he can arrive at the restaurant very soon. （ A） Because it is difficult to drive past the airport
38、 exit. （ B） Because there is much construction on Route 22. （ C） Because there are no road signs. （ D） Because the road condition is bad. （ A） Computer Literacy. （ B） English Literature. （ C） TOEFL training. （ D） Chinese Culture. （ A） May 30th. （ B） June 30th. （ C） July 30th. （ D） August 30th. （ A）
39、Sponsorship form, application fee and high school transcripts. （ B） Application fee, high school transcripts and language certificates. （ C） A bank statement, sponsorship form and language certificates. （ D） Sponsorship form, application fee and a bank statement. （ A） Which major the woman will be c
40、hoosing. （ B） The sociology course the woman is taking. （ C） How to find a job in publishing. （ D） The sociology professors the man likes. （ A） It is not as difficult as she had thought it would be. （ B） She would like her professor to explain it more clearly. （ C） She took a class on it last semest
41、er. （ D） It scared her a lot at the beginning. （ A） It might lead to a job in publishing. （ B） It is being taught by a famous sociologist. （ C） It will help her with her courses overseas. （ D） It will prepare her for future work. （ A） Her professor. （ B） A classmate. （ C） Her former boss. （ D） A for
42、eign diplomat. 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, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C
43、 and D. （ A） Food is no longer a basic need for us modern people. （ B） We eat a wide variety of food. （ C） We no longer eat food that primitive people ever ate. （ D） We eat more food than primitive people do. （ A） We need it to decorate our bodies. （ B） It is our second need. （ C） We need it to cove
44、r our bodies. （ D） Weather is changing all the time. （ A） The amount of money. （ B） Family size. （ C） The nice neighbor. （ D） Ones social position. （ A） How to prevent children from watching TV. （ B） How children like frightening TV programs. （ C） What bad effects TV programs have on children. （ D）
45、What teachers think of todays children. （ A） They suffer from mental pains. （ B） They start doing something in an active way. （ C） They become uninterested in class activities. （ D） They may grow up to be passive watchers. （ A） Love stories. （ B） Bloody fights and death. （ C） News report. （ D） Carto
46、ons. （ A） History of building and architecture. （ B） Story of mans progress. （ C） Architectural style. （ D） Basic principles of architecture. （ A） They could get protection from wild beasts. （ B） They wanted to move around easily. （ C） Natural shelters were very uncomfortable. （ D） Permanent dwellin
47、gs were easy to construct. （ A） Functional and beautiful buildings. （ B） Buildings that can shelter from bad weather. （ C） Buildings that can satisfy peoples aesthetic desires. （ D） Tall buildings with beautiful decoration. （ A） The principle of function. （ B） The enclosing of space. （ C） Protecting
48、 people from beasts. （ D） Artistic expression. 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 second time, you are required to fill in the blan
49、ks 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 If youre happy and you know it, maybe you really should clap your hands. Thats because being happy might make you live longer. Researchers found that happy people reduced their risk of【 B1】 _death by as much 35 percent. Unlike other “happiness“ studies
