1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 126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 “When it comes to success, there are no shortcuts. “ You can give examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 20
2、0 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 speakers liked space exploration. （ B） The woman
3、 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 know how much his rent is going to increase. （ C）
4、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 have enough money to attend it. （ A） The man sho
5、uld 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 midterm exam either. （ C） The man shouldnt hire the
6、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 test. （ A） She is not interested in the course.
7、（ 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） The most effective method of learning the German language. （ B） The popularity of online shopping using ones perso
8、nal computer. （ C） Questions that one has to answer when going through customs. （ D） Native customs in Germany when meeting someone for the first time. （ A） She is a Japanese. （ B） She comes from Germany. （ C） She is an American citizen. （ D） She has British nationality. （ A） In a music mailing club
9、. （ B） In a class of German culture. （ C） In a discussion group on the Internet. （ D） In a seminar on the German language. （ A） Take an intensive course in German. （ B） Give his greetings to Lindas parents. （ C） Establish a friendly relationship with Linda. （ D） Learn how to say “Nice to meet you“ i
10、n German. （ A） He feels unsafe living alone. （ B） He is in short of money recently. （ C） He needs someone to help him study. （ D） He enjoys sharing a room with others. （ A） Its too old to be used. （ B） Its totally broken. （ C） The door of it cant be closed. （ D） It cant keep the food fresh. （ A） She
11、 decides to look for another house. （ B） She is moved by the mans thrift. （ C） She will help the man fix up the house. （ D） She will lend some money to the man. Section B （ A） To invite authors to guide readers. （ B） To encourage people to read and share. （ C） To involve people in community service.
12、 （ D） To promote the friendship between cities. （ A） They had little interest in reading. （ B） They were too busy to read a book. （ C） They came from many different backgrounds. （ D） They lacked support from the local government. （ A） In large communities with little sense of unity. （ B） In large ci
13、ties where libraries are far from home. （ C） In medium-sized cities with a diverse population. （ D） In large towns where agreement can be quickly reached. （ A） The careful selection of a proper book. （ B） The growing popularity of the writers. （ C） The number of books that each person reads. （ D） Th
14、e number of people who benefit from reading. （ A） By restoring. （ B） By burying. （ C） By burning. （ D） By recycling. （ A） To replace landfill sites. （ B） To speed up waste recycling. （ C） To meet the EU requirements. （ D） To reduce the cost of burying waste. （ A） To open a new landfill nearby. （ B）
15、To set up a plant for burning waste. （ C） To close the Powderhall landfill in 2015. （ D） To persuade people to deduce their waste. （ A） It is an ability both man and animals possess. （ B） It is the reason for mans superiority over animals. （ C） It is the reason for mans success as a species. （ D） It
16、 is a proof of our superior intelligence. （ A） To show how dependent men are on a particular food. （ B） To show how primitive the diet of some people is. （ C） To show what different foods are eaten. （ D） To show the adaptability of man as regards his diet. （ A） A very popular food plant. （ B） A plan
17、t with limited uses. （ C） An animal raised for food. （ D） A plant used-as a main food. Section C 26 Falling in love comes at the cost of losing close friends, because romantic partners absorb time that would otherwise be invested in platonic relationships, researchers say. A new partner pushes out t
18、wo close friends on average, leaving lovers with a smaller【 B1】_circle of people they can turn to in times of crisis, a study found. The research, led by Robin Dunbar, head of the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at Oxford University, showed that men and women were【 B2】 _likely t
19、o lose their closest friends when they started a new relationship. 【 B3】 _research by Dunbars group has shown that people typically have five very close relationships that is, people whom they would turn to if they were in【 B4】 _or financial trouble. “If you go into a romantic relationship, it costs
20、 you two friends. Those who have romantic relationships,【 B5】 _having the typical five core set of relationships only have four. And of those, one is the new person whos come into their life,“ said Dunbar. The study,【 B6】 _to the journal Personal Relationships, was designed to investigate how people
21、【 B7】 _spending time with one person over another and suggests that links with family and closest friends suffer when people start a romantic relationship. Dunbars team used an internet-based【 B8】 _to quiz 428 women and 112 men about their relationships. In total, 363 of the participants had romanti
22、c partners. The findings suggest that a new love interest has to【 B9】 _the loss of two close friends. Professor Dunbar said, “What I suspect is that your attention is so wholly focused on the romantic partner that you dont get to see the other folks you had a lot to do with before, and so some of th
23、ose relationships start to【 B10】 _.“ 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Tough new rules for pubs and clubs including a ban on drinking games like the in-famous “dentists chair“ will be introduced in Britain this year in order to【 C
24、1】 _the heavy drinking culture that costs the country billions of pounds a year. Other【 C2】 _like “all you can drink for 10 pounds“ , speed drinking competitions and “women drink free“ nights will also be prohibited. But,【 C3】 _, bulk offers of cheap alcohol in supermarkets widely regarded as one of
25、 the main sources of Britains problems with under-age and【 C4】 _drinking will not be affected. Doctors and health lobbyists (游说者 ) argue that the government has failed to use its most effective weapon, the【 C5】 _of minimum price controls on alcohol. Home Secretary Theresa May said she did not want t
26、o target【 C6】 _drinkers on low incomes, but that the government and the industry had a duty to act on booze-fueled (助长豪饮风气 的 ) promotions. These【 C7】 _have a real impact on society, not to mention the lives of those who just want to enjoy a good night out,“ he said. The dentists chair, where drinks
27、are poured directly into the mouth by others, was made famous by the celebrations of footballer Paul Gascoigne at Euro 96. That game and others that promote mass【 C8】 _ will be banned from April and bosses of pubs and clubs will have to ensure free tap water is made【 C9】 _to revelers (饮酒狂欢者 ). A sec
28、ond set of rules【 C10】 _compulsory ID checks and making sure smaller alcoholic measures are on sale come into effect in October. A) additional I) imposition B) ambiguously J) intensifying C) available K) manipulate D) consumption L) practices E) controversially M) promotions F) curb N) responsible G
29、) enforcing O) temptations H) excessive 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 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
30、) things we do every day may actually be helping us get there faster. None of this means we should even try 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
31、 9 everyday things youre probably doing that could potentially shorten your lifespan: 1. Youre sitting down 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
32、found that? even regular exercise couldnt deter (阻止 ) the potential negative effects of sitting for long stretches 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, compa
33、red to sitting for under four hours a day. Time to get that stand-up desk. 2. Youre neglecting your friends. 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
34、 Chapel Hill, which collected data from 148 different studies. The same researchers found that prolonged loneliness 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
35、 tested study period, and those social connections generally promote brain health in aging brains. 3. Youre 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 Ha
36、rvard researchers. The negative effects of watching television seem to overlap with the potential negative 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 th
37、e age of 25 reduces the viewers life expectancy by 21.8 minutes.“ 4. Youre eating too much unhealthy food. 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 t
38、o Virginia, overlapping with much of the “Diabetes Belt“ has led to many studies trying to figure out why life 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, accordi
39、ng to the research done by the University of Washington Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. F As the 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 do
40、zens of doughnut (甜甜圈 ) shops that dot this East Texas county of about 57,000.“ G As far as what foods to especially 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 person
41、s risk of premature death by 63 percent, according to findings by Canadian researchers after analyzing 40 years 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 associa
42、ted with higher death rates were smoking and not having a job.“ Another found that older people who lost their 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 st
43、ress and have been linked to the same negative effects as sitting. Long commutes also reduce the likelihood 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 c
44、onsistently commuting for 31 miles or more, according to researchers at Swedens Umea University. The cause 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
45、divorce, it wasnt able to pinpoint why female mortality rates are higher. 7. Youre putting up with annoying 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 suppo
46、rt, which could represent how well a participant is socially integrated in his or her employment context, is 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 re
47、ported feelings of low social support at work were 2.4 times more likely to die over the study period. 8. Youre 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
48、 more than nine hours a night. L Most of us suffer from too little rather than too much sleep, but research 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 m
49、emory problems, weight gain and early death. And some research shows that too much (dramatically, unusually 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 life
