1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 118及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark “Those who have the ability to be grateful are the ones who have the ability to achieve greatness. “ You can give examples to illustrate your point. You shou
2、ld write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Section A （ A） The man doesnt know any foreign languages. （ B） The man has to know how to write in a foreign language. （ C） The woman has some problems with the exam. （ D） The man has no idea of what the exam-related materials mean. （ A） Both s
3、peakers liked space exploration. （ B） The woman appreciated the film on TV very much. （ C） The woman was impressed by the exploration the man made. （ D） Both speakers went to the cinema to see a film on space exploration. （ A） He has decided how hes going to spend the prize money. （ B） He doesnt kno
4、w how much his rent is going to increase. （ C） Hes planning to enter next years essay contest. （ D） He has already paid his landlord for next years rent. （ A） She is not interested in the topic. （ B） Her roommate is too little to agree to it. （ C） She didnt have enough time for it. （ D） She doesnt h
5、ave enough money to attend it. （ A） The man should relax for a while. （ B） The man should see a doctor. （ C） It shouldnt take long to write the proposal. （ D） The man should wrap up his books as quickly as possible. （ A） Its too late for the man to find a tutor. （ B） She hasnt prepared for the midte
6、rm exam either. （ C） The man shouldnt hire the same tutor that she had. （ D） The man should hire a tutor before the midterm exam. （ A） The test was difficult for him. （ B） The test lasted only one hour. （ C） The time is too short for the whole test. （ D） The man only finished the first page of the t
7、est. （ A） She is not interested in the course. （ B） She doesnt like the way the professor lectures. （ C） Shes having a hard time following the professors lectures. （ D） Shes having difficulty with the heavy reading assignments. （ A） American literature. （ B） Elementary education. （ C） Psychology. （
8、D） Experimental medicine. （ A） They are professional story-tellers. （ B） They are the presents of young children. （ C） The stories will help them improve their vocabulary. （ D） The stories are required for a course. （ A） Developmental psychologists. （ B） Friends of the speakers. （ C） The same person
9、. （ D） Fictional characters. （ A） Bending and stretching of the body. （ B） Paying attention to ones breath. （ C） Trying to have a blank mind. （ D） Seeking help from religion. （ A） His physical condition. （ B） His instructors advice. （ C） His mental illness. （ D） His doctors suggestion. （ A） Go to th
10、e origin place of yoga. （ B） Become a master in this field. （ C） Set up a fitness center. （ D） Teach the woman meditation. （ A） How to recover from stroke. （ B） The spiritual practice of yoga. （ C） The mysterious India. （ D） Physical instructors in the U. S. Section B （ A） Give out brochures. （ B） D
11、o something similar. （ C） Write books for children. （ D） Retire from being a teacher. （ A） A well-known surgeon. （ B） A mother of a four-year-old. （ C） A singer born in Tennessee. （ D） A computer programmer. （ A） To avoid signing up online. （ B） To meet Dollywood board members. （ C） To make sure the
12、 books were the newest. （ D） To see if the books were of good quality. （ A） It is given at birth only. （ B） It is given through education only. （ C） It is given both at birth and through education. （ D） It is given neither at birth nor through education. （ A） Become a genius. （ B） Not reach his inte
13、lligence limits in his life. （ C） Reach his intelligence limits in rich surroundings. （ D） Still become a genius if he should be given special education. （ A） The part that birth plays. （ B） The importance of their positions. （ C） The importance of their intelligence. （ D） The role of environment on
14、 intelligence. （ A） A whole week. （ B） A whole night. （ C） Three days. （ D） Twenty-four hours. （ A） How to prevent children from watching TV. （ B） Why children like frightening TV programs. （ C） What bad effects TV programs have on children. （ D） What teachers think of todays children. （ A） They suf
15、fer 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） Cartoons. Section C 26 A good marriage means growing as a
16、couple but also growing as individuals. This isnt easy; marriage has always been difficult. Why are we seeing so many divorces at this time? Yes, our modern social fabric is thin, and yes, the permissiveness of society has created【 B1】 _expectations and brought the family into disorder. But divorce
17、is so common because people today【 B2】 _exercise the self-discipline that marriage requires. They expect easy joy, like the entertainment on TV, the【 B3】_of a good party. Marriage【 B4】 _of some kind, not dreadful self-sacrifice of the soul, but some level of【 B5】 _. Some of ones fantasies, some of o
18、nes legitimate desires, have to be given up for the value of the marriage itself. “While all marital (婚姻的 ) partners feel shackled (受束缚的 ) at times, it is they who really choose to make the marital ties into confining chains or【 B6】 _bonds“ , says Dr. Whitaker. Marriage requires sexual, financial an
19、d emotional discipline. A man and a woman cannot follow every impulse, and cannot allow themselves to stop growing or changing. A divorce is not an evil act. Sometimes it provides【 B7】 _for people who have grown hopelessly apart or were frozen in patterns of pain or mutual unhappiness. On the other
20、hand, if the partners can stay past the【 B8】 _of the romantic myths into the development of real love and intimacy, they have achieved a work as amazing as the greatest cathedrals of the world. Marriages that do not fail but improve, that persist despite【 B9】 _, are not only rare these days but offe
21、r a wonderful shelter in which the face of our【 B10】 _humanity can safely show itself. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Organised volunteering and work experience has long been a vital companion to university degree courses. Usua
22、lly it is left to employers to【 C1】 _the potential from a list of extracurricular adventures on a graduates resume, but now the University of Bristol has launched an award to formalize the achievements of students who devote time to activities outside their courses. Bristol Plus aims to boost studen
23、ts in an increasingly【 C2】 _job market by helping them acquire work and life skills alongside academic qualifications. “Our students are a pretty active bunch, but we found that they didnt【 C3】_appreciate the value of what they did outside the lecture hall,“ says Jeff Goodman, director of careers an
24、d employability at the university. “Employers are much more【 C4】 _than they used to be. They used to look for【 C5】 _and saw it as part of their job to extract the value of an applicants skills. Now they want students to be able to explain why those skills are【 C6】 _to the job.“ Students who sign up
25、for the award will be expected to complete 50 hours of work experience or voluntary work, attend four workshops on employability skills, take part in an intensive skills-related activity and,【 C7】 _, write a summary of the skills they have gained. Exceptional efforts will gain an Outstanding Achieve
26、ment Award. For instance, those who【 C8】 _best on the sports field can take the Sporting Plus Award which fosters employer-friendly sports accomplishments. Goodman hopes the【 C9】 _will enable active students to fill in any gaps in their experience and encourage their less-active【 C10】 _to take up ac
27、tivities outside their academic area of work. A) attendants I) peers B) competitive J) perform C) convey K) popularity D) crucially L) potential E) deduce M) prosperous F) demanding N) relevant G) necessarily O) scheme H) negatively 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【
28、 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 9 Things Youre Doing That Could Shorten Your Life A Lets be honest: From the moment were born, were all dying just as were living. But certain mundane (平凡的 ) things we do every day may actually be helping us get there faster. None of this means we should even try
29、 to eliminate these behaviors from our lives entirely, but its proof that overdoing anything, even when seemingly innocuous (无害的 ), can have serious impacts on our health. Below weve rounded up 9 everyday things youre probably doing that could potentially shorten your lifespan: 1. Youre sitting down
30、 for more than a few hours every day. B Two whole years of your life could be cut just from sitting more than three hours a day. Australian researchers published in the British Medical Journal found that? even regular exercise couldnt deter (阻止 ) the potential negative effects of sitting for long st
31、retches of time. Another study published in the JAMA Internal Medicine found that sitting for more than 11 hours a day increased the risk of death by 40 percent over the next three years, compared to sitting for under four hours a day. Time to get that stand-up desk. 2. Youre neglecting your friends
32、. C People with weak social connections were found to die at much higher rates than their counterparts, according to research by Brigham Young University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which collected data from 148 different studies. The same researchers found that prolonged lo
33、neliness could be as bad for your lifespan as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. On top of all this, elderly people with large circles of friends were found to be 22 percent less likely to die over a tested study period, and those social connections generally promote brain health in aging brains. 3. Youre
34、 vegging out (犯懒 ) in front of your TV. D Watching just two hours of television a day can lead to an increased risk of premature death, heart disease and Type 2 diabetes (糖尿病 ), according to Harvard researchers. The negative effects of watching television seem to overlap with the potential negative
35、effects of sitting too much, but watching television seems to make the negative effects of sitting even worse. According to the New York Times, “every single hour of television watched after the age of 25 reduces the viewers life expectancy by 21.8 minutes.“ 4. Youre eating too much unhealthy food.
36、E Perhaps this sounds obvious, but the truth is that so many of us continue to do it. The existence of the “Stroke Belt“ which includes many southeastern states and ranges from parts of Texas to Virginia, overlapping with much of the “Diabetes Belt“ has led to many studies trying to figure out why l
37、ife expectancy is so low and strokes are so common there. One such study focused on a town in East Texas. The residents of this town died seven years earlier than the healthiest Texans, according to the research done by the University of Washington Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. F As t
38、he New York Times reported, “The proof of Anderson Countys live-hard, die-young culture is in the bread pudding and the all-you-can-eat fried catfish, the drive-through tobacco barns and the dozens of doughnut (甜甜圈 ) shops that dot this East Texas county of about 57,000.“ G As far as what foods to e
39、specially avoid, eating red meat seems to shorten life expectancy by as much as 20 percent when eating extra portions. 5. Youre still looking for a job. H Being unemployed can increase a persons risk of premature death by 63 percent, according to findings by Canadian researchers after analyzing 40 y
40、ears of data from 20 million people in 15 countries. Other more specific studies on the changing mortality rates (死亡率 ) of American white women found that “the two factors most strongly associated with higher death rates were smoking and not having a job.“ Another found that older people who lost th
41、eir jobs during the recession could have seen their lifespan decrease by as many as three years. 6. Youre dealing with a long commute. I Commutes of about an hour have been found to increase stress and have been linked to the same negative effects as sitting. Long commutes also reduce the likelihood
42、 that individuals will consistently participate in health related activities. The greatest lifespan risk is with female commuters, who were found to have significantly shorter lifespans after consistently commuting for 31 miles or more, according to researchers at Swedens Umea University. The cause
43、for the dip in female life expectancies has been the topic of much speculation lately, but while the Swedish research was able to link commuting to obesity, insomnia (失眠 ) and a higher rate of divorce, it wasnt able to pinpoint why female mortality rates are higher. 7. Youre putting up with annoying
44、 co-workers. J Missing out on strong connections with your co-workers can also potentially mean missing out on a longer life. According to researchers at Tel Aviv University, “Peer social support, which could represent how well a participant is socially integrated in his or her employment context, i
45、s a potent predictor of the risk of all causes of mortality.“ Although having feelings of encouragement coming from bosses and managers didnt seem to affect the subjects lifespans, those who reported feelings of low social support at work were 2.4 times more likely to die over the study period. 8. Y
46、oure not sleeping enough (or maybe too much?) K Harvard Medical School points out that research has shown that life expectancies significantly decrease in subjects who average less than five or more than nine hours a night. L Most of us suffer from too little rather than too much sleep, but research
47、 suggests there truly is a sleep “sweet spot“. Chronic lack of sleep is associated with a greater risk of cardiovascular (心血管的 ) disease, diabetes, some cancers, dementia (痴呆 ), cognitive and memory problems, weight gain and early death. And some research shows that too much (dramatically, unusually
48、 too much) regular sleep could be problematic as well. MResearch has also shown that we need an average of eight hours to function optimally, but another, somewhat controversial study found that getting more than seven hours of sleep a night has been linked to shortened lifespans. A 12 percent incre
49、ase in mortality rate was found in people who slept eight hours versus those who hovered closer to seven, in a 2002 study from Brigham and Womens Hospital. However, other studies have found that needing to sleep for too long may be a sign of other physical ailments (疾病 ), from diabetes to depression. 9. Youre fearing death or that you wont live for as long as youd like. N This is a painful parad
