1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 148及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Most Important Thing in Cross-Cultural Communication. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. Section A
2、 （ A） Peter is very busy. （ B） Peter works fast. （ C） Peter works hard. （ D） Peter is behind in study. （ A） Fly to Cleveland directly. （ B） Take a connecting flight at Seattle. （ C） Buy the ticket at Seattle. （ D） Buy a domestic airline ticket. （ A） He knows where to get a new map. （ B） He will help
3、 the woman read the map. （ C） He has already seen the library. （ D） He will go to the library as well. （ A） It will help detect all kinds of liars. （ B） It will most likely prove ineffective. （ C） It can help solve complex problems. （ D） It is a new weapon against terrorists. （ A） Spend money more r
4、easonably. （ B） Find a job to support his family. （ C） Apply for student loans again. （ D） Stop worrying about money. （ A） His stereo disturbs himself, too. （ B） His stereo sounds like dog barking. （ C） The neighbors arent justified in complaining. （ D） The neighbors dont appreciate music at all. （
5、A） She thinks she is behind in her study. （ B） She only has time to study in the evenings. （ C） She has no time to study in the evenings. （ D） She thinks working is easier than studying. （ A） Hes worried about whether he can finish his presentation tomorrow. （ B） Hes nervous but he believes hell be
6、better tomorrow. （ C） Hes nervous about his presentation because hes unprepared. （ D） Hell finish writing his presentation tomorrow. （ A） Putting up posters for her works. （ B） Attending an art class. （ C） Decorating her dorm room. （ D） Organizing a global tour. （ A） Two dimensional. （ B） Three dime
7、nsional. （ C） Colorful. （ D） Detailed. （ A） She earned a lot of money. （ B） She learned many things. （ C） She was acquainted with many people. （ D） She became an art major. （ A） Hold an exhibition on campus. （ B） Go to New York City. （ C） Enter for the tour to Boston. （ D） Meet the European painters
8、. （ A） They clustered in caves. （ B） They traveled in groups. （ C） They had a refined language. （ D） They fed mostly on fruit. （ A） They lived in sturdy shelters. （ B） They used sand as insulation. （ C） They kept fires burning constantly. （ D） They faced their homes southward. （ A） Meet his anthropo
9、logy teacher. （ B） Lend him her magazine when she finishes it. （ C） Come over to his house after class. （ D） Speak slowly for him to take notes. Section B （ A） Delayed treatments. （ B） The quakes themselves. （ C） Lack of food and water. （ D） Collapse of buildings. （ A） Earthquakes may happen anywher
10、e at anytime. （ B） The precise place and time of an earthquake. （ C） Whether the majority of people know about first aid. （ D） Whether people live and work near earthquake belts. （ A） They have compared animal behaviors with humans. （ B） They knew how to avoid earthquakes. （ C） They tried many ways
11、to decrease earthquakes. （ D） They showed increasing success in predicting earthquakes. （ A） Young people tended to do what they like. （ B） Companies preferred male workers to female. （ C） Young men got better pay than young women. （ D） Good looking people earned more than bright ones （ A） The self-
12、assured ones. （ B） The high-income ones. （ C） The average ones. （ D） The popular ones. （ A） Brighter people got better pay. （ B） Pay scales were not fair at all. （ C） Males were brighter than females. （ D） Pays depended on ones age. （ A） He has to be 40 per cent smarter. （ B） He has to work for long
13、er time. （ C） He needs to have a better education. （ D） He should have something special. （ A） They can practice anywhere in America or in other countries. （ B） They need to apply in the state where they want to work. （ C） They have to get the permission from National Health. （ D） They are only allo
14、wed to work in their own country. （ A） She has little respect and low income. （ B） The doctor seldom relies on her reports. （ C） She has to take care of the patients until they recover. （ D） The patients believe in her judgment and advice. （ A） Discuss the patients treatment with doctors. （ B） Show
15、too much care to the patient. （ C） Have much freedom to give advice to the patient （ D） Tell the patient the exact results of the test. Section C 26 People who dont understand what their employers expect them to do may be headed for one of the most common and yet most avoidable career【 B1】 _. If you
16、r boss doesnt take the time to explain properly what you are expected to do in your position, then keep asking questions until you know 【 B2】 _what it is. Dont limit your questions to matters of everyday【 B3】 _. Lee Colby, a management consultant, offers his advice. He says you can ask more【 B4】 _ q
17、uestions like, “what are our departments goals? How does my work【 B5】 _the overall objective of the company?“ That method helped Lisa James, an assistant manager at an electronics company when James was 【 B6】 _ to a new department seven years ago, she found herself not only working for the manager o
18、f quality but assisting 3 other managers. The job was both【 B7】 _and ill-defined. To clarify what was expected of her and what she hoped to get from her job in terms of career development, she crafted a list of goals【 B8】_ her principal boss. The list proved so well that her boss used it as the basi
19、s for her annual performance reviews. Shortly afterwards, she was given a raise for her efficient work. If your boss is【 B9】 _ about what your goals should be, try this technique: Read your position description, which most large firms provide, and【 B10】 _the two or three most important tasks it ment
20、ions. Then meet with your boss, point out the tasks youve chosen and ask if they accurately reflect what your boss considers important. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Throughout history man has observed such natural cycles as t
21、he rising and setting of the sun, the ebb and flow of the ocean tides, and the changes of the seasons. The【 C1】 _nature of these events provided people with a measure of【 C2】_about things to come and give them reason to reflect on their past and plan for their future. The regularity of such social a
22、ctivities as work hours, meal times, and holiday schedules【 C3】 _the extent to which human activity itself is organized in cycles. Recently,【 C4】 _effort has been spent investigating the effect of various biological rhythms in the human body.【 C5】 _, interest in these rhythms at least in part result
23、s from mans basic desire to predict future behavior. The human body【 C6】 _a number of repeatable rhythms: heartbeats, breathing rates, brain waves and other physiological processes within the human machine. Scientists studying rhythms in humans have measured sleep patterns and attention【 C7】 _over p
24、eriods of several days, and have【 C8】 _the fact that the cycles exist and exert effects on physiological and sociological behavior. A common example is jet lag. A persons traveling in the east-west direction across time zones【 C9】 _his sleep cyclesit may take several days to return to the【 C10】_cycl
25、e or to readjust to a new one. A)indicates B)demonstrated C)verifying D)normal E)considerable F)upsets G)disappoints H)periodic I)Certainly J)Thankfully K)spans L)gorgeous M)security N)exhibits O)limits 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Sectio
26、n B 46 How to Duck Cabin Fevers And Other Aches on a Plane? AOn the first leg of this seasons holiday travel tour, I had the delightful experience of watching my 20-month-old touch nearly every surface on our airplane, from numerous armrests and people we passed in the aisle to our fingerprint-stain
27、ed window. As a somewhat uncontrollable germaphobe(洁癖 ), it took everything I had not to dip my son in hand sanitizer(消毒剂 )and then physically restrain him. But I was flying alone with two children and he was happy eating those snacks off the floor, and so, for the sake of my fellow passengers, I le
28、t him handle pretty much anything he wanted. Hence, I wasnt surprised when his nose started running shortly after we arrived at our destination, followed by the inevitable cough, which his older brother also picked up. Our “vacation“ ended at a CVS Minute Clinic, with ear infections for both kids. B
29、Coming down with a cold, cough or other illness after air travel is a common refrain, even from adults who dont try to lick the seatback tray table. But is the plane really to blame? Not particularly, says aviation medicine specialist Mark Gendreau, vice chair of emergency medicine at the Lahey Clin
30、ic in Burlington, Mass. “You do have a higher risk of contracting a viral infection while traveling, but you have to remember that its really the door-to-door experience thats exposing you to germs: the crowds on the subway to the airport, the escalator, the security line, getting on and off the air
31、craft,“ he explains. “Its almost impossible to say where, exactly, you get sick.“ CIn fact, experts point out that the environment of a plane is probably less risky, health-wise, than many other crowded, confined spaces. Given airliners improved ventilation systems, germs arent being constantly circ
32、ulated through the plane, stresses Gendreau. Instead, he says, you are most likely to pick up a bug from close contact with a sick person or by touching a surface thats been coughed or sneezed on or otherwise contaminated, such as an armrest or an overhead bin lock. DStudies have shown that the high
33、est risk of germ transmission on a plane, by far, comes from those around you, particularly those seated within two rows, says Michael Zimring, director of the Center for Healthy Travel at the Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. “The closer the proximity and the longer the time youre confined with so
34、meone in a closed compartmentand usually its at least a couple of hoursthe better the chance of catching a cold,“ he says. EResearch published last May in the journal BMJ studied a packed, long-haul 747 flight from Los Angeles to New Zealand that had at least nine passengers who were later confirmed
35、 to have swine flu. Researchers found that the three additional travelers who appeared to have contracted the virus on the flight were all sitting within two rows of an infected person; that put the chance of transmission at 3.5 percent within two rows and roughly 1.9 percent for anyone in the same
36、section of the plane. F“Theres no doubt that planes are pretty germy,“ says Charles Gerba, a professor of microbiology at the University of Arizona who studies how diseases are transmitted in indoor environments. “There is no requirement or regulation for the cleaning and disinfection of airplanesit
37、s up to individual airlinesand it just doesnt get done regularly,“ he said. The dirtiest spot on board? By far, the re-strooms, according to Gerba, who says that in the course of his research, he has identified E. coli bacteria on almost every toilet surface, with the worst offenders being sink hand
38、les and faucets, soap dispensers and door handles. GOf course, just because such germs are there doesnt mean theyre a problem. “There is definitely an unpleasant factor, but its one thing to say theres a virus or bacteria on a surface, and another thing for that to make you sick,“ says Katherine And
39、rus, assistant general counsel for the Air Transport Association, a trade group representing major U.S. airlines. “Most of us, if were relatively healthy and have good immune systems, dont have to worry that much about all of the surfaces in the world that may be contaminated.“ She adds that frequen
40、t, proper hand washing goes a long way toward preventing illness in any crowded environment. HThere are several other steps you can take. Zimring, author of “Healthy Travel: Dont Travel Without It,“ says its important get enough sleep, eat healthfully, exercise and get a flu shot to build up immunit
41、y before traveling. Gendreau suggests the following to stay healthy while flying: IDrink up. Proper hydration(水合作用 )is critical to optimal immune function. Given that the relative humidity in a passenger cabin can be as low as 10 percent on long flights, its essential to drink as much water while in
42、 the air as possible; avoiding alcohol will help, too. Staying well hydrated can also help prevent mild altitude sickness, with symptoms such as headache, lightheadedness and nausea(恶心 ), which people often mistake for a post-flight cold or flu. JPack a hand sanitizer. Soap and water do a great job,
43、 but the restrooms sink handle, soap dispenser and doorknobs may be contaminated with germs. So use alcohol-based sanitizer after leaving the re-stroom and throughout the rest of your flight. And think twice before you rub, scratch or otherwise pat your face during a flight; those simple acts can pr
44、ovide ample opportunity for the transmission of bacteria and viruses. KBe wary about that tray. Air carriers with flight turnover times of less than an hour do not routinely disinfect the trays or other surfaces such as the armrests and windows. So wipe them down with an alcohol-based sanitizer when
45、 you first take your seat. LKeep the air turned on at your seat. When people cough, sneeze or speak, they eject up to 30,000 droplets, which can travel several feet. To minimize the chance of infected droplets landing on you, turn your air vent to medium flow and position it so that the air current
46、is directed just slightly in front of your face. That will help direct germs away from your eyes, nose and mouth. MAs for me, I think I will run with my germaphobic tendencies from now on, forbidding floor snacks, using a great amount of sanitizer on both my children and wiping down our immediate su
47、rroundings as soon as we board. The travel might not be happierfor me or for my fellow passengersbut if its even slightly more healthful, I think its worth it. 47 It is pointed out that the infection possibility is closely related to the distance and the time spent with others in a closed compartmen
48、t. 48 An aviation medicine specialist believes its impossible to identify where a passenger get infected. 49 Because of my fellow passengers, I let my little son deal with anything he desired, even though I usually do not. 50 During flying, drinking enough water is of much significance for immune fu
49、nction to be in its best state. 51 As it is not obligatory for airlines to clean the planes, planes undoubtedly abound with germs. 52 A study stated that the chance of transmission within two rows was 1.6 percent higher than in the same section of the plane. 53 It would be better not to tap your face during a flight because it might help bacteria to transmit. 54 The existence of germs doesnt necessarily mea
