1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 92及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: “What Do You Think of Challenge?“ You should write at least 150 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below: 1. 挑战的意义 2. 如何迎接
2、挑战 3. 我的看法 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) if the statement agrees with the information given
3、 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 Even as the economy improves, a jobless executive may face up to a year or more of unemployment. This is a lot of time, especially for h
4、ard-charging high-performers who are not used to having any free time. While some job seekers spend hundreds even thousands of hours discovering daytime television, others seem to thrive on activities that boost their professional careers or resolve family issues when they arent working. Having an e
5、xtended period of free time in the prime of ones life can in fact be a unique opportunity to focus on volunteer service, professional education or personal growth. Community Involvement For Lisa Perez, the wakeup call was burned pork chops. An executive who previously hadnt been particularly interes
6、ted in home and health had become obsessed with homemaking during a stint of unemployment. She realized that cleaning and organizing her home wasnt helping her job search. Nevertheless, “I made lists of 50 things to do every day,“ says Ms. Perez, a political and public-relations consultant in Scotts
7、dale, Ariz. “My house was spotless, just so Id have something to do.“ One day, her boyfriend didnt arrive on time for dinner because he had to work late, and her pork chops were mined. She threw a fit. “Id never been a person like that,“ she says. “So I decided to stop feeling sorry for myself, and
8、go out and do something productive.“ Ms. Perez, 35, resolved to become an active volunteer for the duration of her search. She gave her time to a health-care concern, a housing program and a political campaign. The work bolstered her self-confidence. “Volunteering takes the focus off of yon. One thi
9、ng you have thats still valuable is your time. And, of course, you learn that there are thousands of people with a life thats much worse than yours,“ she says. Volunteer assignments are also great ways to meet powerful and well-connected people. Over a six-month period, her volunteering evolved into
10、 working as a paid consultant and then as a full-time employee, a job she still holds today. In all, she was unemployed for eight months. Before her job loss, she thought she didnt have time to volunteer while working. “Now, even though I have a demanding job, I still volunteer, because of what I go
11、t out of it, says Ms. Perez. Continuing Education Gene Bellavance, a 36-year-old information-technology project manager, took another route during his unemployment. When he was laid off from a steel company near Cleveland, he knew his immediate prospects were bleak. He expected his search to take a
12、year. He faced a decision: take a job that would set back his career or hold out for an offer he really wanted. Mr. Bellavance, single and virtually debt free, shifted his finances into survival mode. He cashed out his pension, sold his house, unloaded things he didnt need at garage sales, and rente
13、d an apartment with a roommate. Then, he says, “I signed up for every benefit 1 could find.“ But be wasnt just waiting out the year. He spent the rest of his search updating his skills, including becoming certified in new database and project-management software. “You have to invest in yourself,“ Mr
14、. Bellavance says. “I estimated what technology was going to be the most beneficial and chose applications that were going to be pervasive, that were right for my market, and that were going to ensure top pay.“ In addition to income from the occasional IT-consulting assignment, he relied on a combin
15、ation of displaced-worker-retraining grants and unemployment benefits. “I went out and found the classes, submitted the paperwork, and dealt with the bureaucracy. You have to stay after them, keeping your benefits moving forward. Its up to you to make it work with your overall transition plan,“ be s
16、ays. His job search was one month shy of the full year hed expected. He looked for work during his training and says he would have finished the certification programs even if hed been hired before completing them. “People should not feel guilty“ about accepting government aid, he says. “I saw this i
17、n a lot of people. They felt they were some kind of loser for taking benefits. My advice is: Get all you can. Youve been paying for these programs in your entire career, and you may as well start to benefit from them.“ Family Matters In addition to pursuing training or volunteering, some displaced c
18、areerists use their time off work to attend to family matters. Many executives rediscover their children or find time to help their parents. Stanford Rappaport held three jobs in San Francisco, including high-tech and teaching positions. When he was laid off from the high-tech job last year, he knew
19、 it might be a long slog before he could get another post like it in the Bay Area. “I was able to do the math,“ says Mr. Rappaport, 46. “The number of people laid off: huge; and the number of available jobs: miniscule. At the time, I thought it might be two or three years before the tech industry re
20、covered.“ Mr. Rappaports remaining job, a part-time faculty position with City College of San Francisco, didnt pay enough to support him. After a couple of months of searching with no results, he decided to escape the Northern California jobs meltdown. “My plan,“ he says, “was to get out of an expen
21、sive living situation, and either seek work in another section of the U.S. or overseas, for those two years.“ Mr. Rappaport, who speaks five languages, had worked overseas before. Before he found an assignment, his Arkansas-based mother was diagnosed with a serious chronic illness, and he was called
22、 into duty as a son. Mr. Rappaport was able to help his mother get her affairs in order not to interrupt his search by using a San Francisco mail drop and cellphone. “I continued to look for work in California while I was in Fayetteville, Ark, helping my mother through this crisis.“ He took his moth
23、er to medical appointments, made repairs on her house, bought her a better car, and straightened out her legal and financial affairs. “I even got to go through my fathers effects, which in the five years since he had died were simply piled in boxes in his office,“ he says. Mr. Rappaports stay in Ark
24、ansas lasted six months. “Its amazing that at this stage I had the opportunity to spend a significant amount of time with my mother and improve her life and get a lot of things done for her. Most people never have that opportunity. Im very thankful that I had the chance. It was absolutely worth it,“
25、 he says. One of the unexpected benefits was the huge boost in confidence he gained from his role as caregiver. Hed been feeling depressed and defeated when he left California, but after returning, he felt renewed. He landed a job with a former employer after returning to San Francisco and remains a
26、 part-time faculty member. Discovery and Exploration Instead of spending time off lamenting your unemployed status, ask yourself: “Is there something Ive always wanted to do but havent because of the demands of my job?“ Felice Fisk, a 29-year-old in Seattle, recently left an account-manager position
27、 at a contract-furniture company. During seven months of unemployment, she took an interest in fine-art painting and completed 18 pieces before returning to work. “I found the art work, or some kind of creative outlet, to be really beneficial,“ she says. Shes now an interior designer for an interior
28、-design firm. Michael Ross, 42, a former IT administrator in El Cerrito, Calif, recently spent his 10 months of unemployment playing guitar and exploring his lifelong interest in scriptwriting and the movie business. “After 18 years at my former employer and how hard I had worked, I knew I had to re
29、cover, to get restored,“ he says. “I looked at this as an opportunity, rather than a penalty. This was very much about clearing space for me.“ At the executive level, even a very efficient and successful job search may be quite lengthy. It makes sense to spend that time in an enriching and productiv
30、e manner. These job seekers pursued service, continuing education and shoring up family bonds. How youll look back on a period of unemployment depends on what you do with it. 2 This passage mainly tells that being unemployed is not all bad. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 Lisa Perez found a new interest in
31、homemaking during the period of unemployment. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Lisa Perez was always optimistic during the period of her unemployment. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 After she got a new job, Lisa Perez regretted that she had not done volunteering work earlier. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Unemployment me
32、ans a lot of time, especially for those hard-charging executives who are not used to having any _ time. 7 Being a volunteer is helpful because volunteer assignments can provide you with chances to meet _ people. 8 Mr. Bellavance cashed out his pension, sold his house and unloaded things he didnt nee
33、d at garage after losing his job in order to change his finances into _ mode. 9 When unemployed, some careerists take the opportunity to _ family matters in addition to pursuing training or volunteering. 10 The role as caregiver brought about a huge boost in _ to Mr. Rappaport. After returning from
34、California, he felt renewed. 11 Michael Ross resigned and spent his unemployment time playing guitar and exploring his lifelong interest in scriptwriting and the movie business for he looked at this as an _, rather than a penalty. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversa
35、tions 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
36、, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） Be hostile to Nancy. （ B） Ask Nancy to come out. （ C） Talk to Nancy herself. （ D） Write Nancy a letter. （ A） The man can have his pants at the end of the day. （ B） Cleaning the pants will take longer than usual. （ C） She doesnt think the stain can be remov
37、ed. （ D） The man should go to a different location. （ A） The man should start running daily. （ B） She also prefers to exercise in the afternoon. （ C） Its important to warm up before exercising. （ D） The man should continue his exercise program. （ A） Everyone enjoyed himself at Johns parties. （ B） Th
38、e woman didnt enjoy Johns parties at all. （ C） It will be the first time for the man to attend Johns party. （ D） The woman is glad to be invited to Johns house-warming party. （ A） They should wait patiently. （ B） They should ask that man to leave. （ C） They should serve that man immediately. （ D） Th
39、at man is old enough to order things he likes. （ A） The professor postponed the exam and will inform everyone later. （ B） The professor phoned him about the postponing of the exam. （ C） The professor canceled the exam. （ D） The professor put off the exam. （ A） The location of the session has been ch
40、anged. （ B） She will definitely go to the session this evening. （ C） Shell probably be too tired to walk to the session. （ D） The session might be canceled because of a heavy snow. （ A） He thinks it is difficult to get fuel for the car. （ B） He can manage to get the gasoline they need. （ C） He doesn
41、t think it necessary to refuel the car. （ D） He hopes the woman will help him select a fuel. （ A） He needs a change. （ B） To visit New Mexico. （ C） Get into Albuquerque. （ D） Go skiing. （ A） Because she was born there. （ B） Because she worked there last year. （ C） Because her sister vacationed there
42、 last year. （ D） Because her sister and her vacationed there last year. （ A） No humidity. （ B） Moderate temperatures. （ C） High altitude. （ D） Half an hour away from the city. （ A） Its a new car. （ B） Its an old one. （ C） It always breaks down. （ D） Its expensive. （ A） Theres a big problem. （ B） The
43、res not a big problem. （ C） Its too bad to be fixed. （ D） Theres nothing wrong with it. （ A） She trusts him. （ B） She distrusts him. （ C） She likes him. （ D） She dislikes him. （ A） Gives her a gift. （ B） Gives her a check. （ C） Gives her a lift. （ D） Gives her a bike. Section B Directions: In this s
44、ection, 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） Eliminating the original vegetati
45、on from the building site. （ B） Marking the houses in an area similar to one another. （ C） Deciding where a house will be built. （ D） Surrounding a building with wild flowers and plants. （ A） They are changed to make the site more interesting. （ B） They are expanded to limit the amount of constructi
46、on. （ C） They are integrated into the design of the building. （ D） They are removed for construction. （ A） Because many architects studied with Wright. （ B） Because Wright started the practice of “land-scraping“. （ C） Because Wright used elements of envelope building. （ D） Because most of the houses
47、 Wright built were made of stone, （ A） Because they want to earn high salary. （ B） Because schools do not teach students how to choose jobs. （ C） Because there has been severe competition in the job market. （ D） Because they have no working experience. （ A） The job must not ruin your talents. （ B） T
48、he job must be able to shape your personality. （ C） The job must set a pattern of life. （ D） The job must suit your interest. （ A） Earning a Living （ B） Correct Attitude on Job-hunting （ C） How to Choose a Job? （ D） What Can a Good Job Offer? （ A） Training given to music therapists. （ B） How music p
49、revents disease. （ C） Studies on the benefits of music. （ D） How musicians create music. （ A） To replace physical therapy. （ B） To control brain seizures. （ C） To prevent heart disease. （ D） To relieve tension. （ A） Music they like can relieve depression but distract attention. （ B） Music they like can reduce stress and improve concentration. （ C） Classical music and rock-and-roll increase their heart rate and expand the breathing. （ D） Wearing headphones can help concentrate when they are per
