1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 14及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on the technology and the elderly. You should write at least 150 words but no more th
2、an 200 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. Section A （ A） To study at Toms home. （ B） To study at his home. （ C） To clean Toms home. （ D） To help the other students study. （ A） At the restaurant. （ B） At the bus station. （ C） At the travel agency. （ D） At the laundry. （ A） Practice is the mos
3、t important. （ B） The examination is very difficult. （ C） The woman is easy to be influenced. （ D） The woman should take the others suggestion. （ A） Face the reality of poverty. （ B） Visit France on the Internet. （ C） Gain money via computer. （ D） Reduce the expenditure on computer games. （ A） The w
4、oman should stick to her original method. （ B） The woman should copy the English pronunciation. （ C） He can assist the woman with her oral English. （ D） He doesnt think oral English is important. （ A） Beautiful and kind. （ B） Humorous but weird. （ C） Pompous and arrogant. （ D） Talkative but humble.
5、（ A） The woman has an appointment with Mark. （ B） The man is Marks best friend. （ C） The woman likes Mark very much. （ D） The man is unfamiliar with Mark. （ A） She hopes the man will abandon the shake. （ B） She thinks the shake is expensive. （ C） She reckons the shake as her best cool drink. （ D） Sh
6、e doesnt like the shake because its cold. （ A） From a job-hunting website. （ B） From the personnel department of her company. （ C） From the website of the mans company. （ D） From the bulletin of the mans company. （ A） Her company closed down. （ B） She was dissatisfied with her company. （ C） Her comp
7、any was in poor management. （ D） She was laid off by her company. （ A） Being very diligent in every aspect. （ B） Working voluntarily for her superior. （ C） Doing the work arranged by her manager. （ D） Doing well in shorthand and typing. （ A） She can know important things very soon. （ B） The boss may
8、 know the schedule beforehand. （ C） She can deal with the chores for the boss. （ D） The boss may inform her of important issues. （ A） Some of them are experts in psychology. （ B） They mostly aim at incautious people. （ C） They should change their attitude. （ D） They know how to prevent crime. （ A） K
9、nowing the psychology of criminals. （ B） Locking all entrances to the house. （ C） Fighting against criminals with great courage. （ D） Being alert and precautious to crime. （ A） Some homes are easier to break into. （ B） People may open doors for unexpected visitors. （ C） Criminals know people are les
10、s alert at home. （ D） People may get less help from others at home. Section B （ A） Housewives and college students. （ B） Parents planning for childrens education. （ C） As many audience as possible. （ D） The wealthy business executives. （ A） Offering something other banks dont have. （ B） Giving free
11、gifts to its customers. （ C） Showing detailed description of the services. （ D） Adopting completely new attitude to banking. （ A） Banks should introduce higher rates for savings to attract customers. （ B） People of all ages are eager to receive something for nothing. （ C） Advertisements on TV are mo
12、re effective than in newspapers. （ D） It is quite a tough job to advertise for a bank. （ A） An unexpected event that happens. （ B） Our understanding of an event. （ C） The things that happen in our lives. （ D） The mentioning of the word itself. （ A） Going to bed earlier. （ B） Working much harder. （ C
13、） Reading more books. （ D） Knowing how to relax. （ A） By controlling the stress. （ B） By starting a good career. （ C） By finding the cause of stress. （ D） By taking care of ourselves. （ A） The workers on the platforms were replaced by machines. （ B） It became the first completely automatic railway i
14、n the world. （ C） A completely automatic line was added to its network. （ D） Its trains were all controlled by the computer. （ A） A platform worker. （ B） The command spot. （ C） A computer. （ D） A machine. （ A） To drive the train after it is started automatically. （ B） To start the train and to drive
15、 it when necessary. （ C） To take care of the passengers on the train. （ D） To send commanding signals to the command spot. （ A） There will be danger of accidents on the line. （ B） The train will run off the rails. （ C） Their speeds will be automatically fixed by the computers. （ D） The train will ke
16、ep a safe distance from each other. Section C 26 New images of a weird weather phenomenon known as a roll cloud have surfaced in Richland, Mississippi. The images, taken by a phone camera by a Mississippi【 B1】 _Daniel Blake Fitzhugh, reveal a seemingly endless roll cloud, or arcus cloud, a low cloud
17、【 B2】_ that forms over the sea or at the edges of thunderstorms. Fitzhugh sent an image and video of the cloud to LiveScience after seeing an earlier report of a roll cloud off the coast of Brazil. Fitzhugh told LiveScience he【 B3】 _the video and image of a roll cloud in 2010 in Richland, a town on
18、the【 B4】 _of Jackson, Mississippi. “It had been cloudy and windy all day,“ Fitzhugh wrote in an e-mail. “I was heading north and the cloud was going from west to east. I noticed it and was【 B5】_surprised! I had never seen anything like it before.“ The cloud was rolling around like a “sideways tornad
19、o,“ Fitzhugh said. In fact, roll clouds form where sinking cold air drives low-hanging,【 B6】 _warm air upward, where cooler temperatures condense the moisture in the air to form clouds. Winds【 B7】_the weird rolling effect. Their more commonly spotted cousins, shelf clouds, form on the leading edges
20、of thunderstorms; while shelf clouds【 B8】 _the bulk of a storm, these tubular clouds arent. Tornadoes are also【 B9】 _storms when they occur. Unlike tornadoes, roll clouds arent dangerous. They are rare, however. One of the best chances to see a roll cloud is off the coast of Queensland, Australia. H
21、ere, sea winds【 B10】 _form a reoccurring roll cloud known as Morning Glory during the fall months. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 World leaders need to take action on the energy crisis that is taking shape before our eyes. Oil
22、prices are【 C1】 _and it looks less and less likely that this is a bubble. The price of coal has doubled. Countries as far apart as South Africa and Tajikistan are plagued by power cuts. Rich states, no longer strangers to periodic blackouts(断电 ), are worried about【 C2】 _of energy supply. In the deve
23、loping world, 1. 6 billion people around a quarter of the human race have no access to electricity. I believe that fundamental changes are underway in the energy field whose significance we have not yet fully grasped. Global【 C3】 _for energy is rising fast as the population increases and developing
24、countries such as China and India【 C4】_dramatic economic growth. The International Energy Agency(IEA)says the worlds energy needs could be 50% higher in 2030 than they are today. Yet the fossil fuels on which the world still depends are finite and far from environmentally friendly. Serious thought n
25、eeds to be given now to creating feasible【 C5】 _. The need for coordinated political action on energy and related issues climate change and alleviating poverty, to name but two has never been more【 C6】 _. Yet there is no global energy【 C7】 _ in which the countries of the world can agree on joint sol
26、utions to the potentially enormous problems we see emerging. So does the world really need yet another international organization?【 C8】 _, yes. A global energy organization would complement, not replace, bodies already active in the energy field. It would bring a vital inter-governmental【 C9】 _to be
27、ar on issues that cannot be left to market forces alone, such as the development of new energy technology, the role of nuclear power, and innovative solutions for reducing pollution and greenhouse gas【 C10】 _. A)demand F)perspective K)position B)soaring G)emissions L)acute C)institution H)alternativ
28、es M)Frankly D)radiation I)alert N)access E)undertake J)security O)undergo 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 How Customs Work A)One of the little rituals all international travelers go through is customs. To most people, this is j
29、ust another stop in an airport or a minor inconvenience at a countrys borders. But when you go through customs, you are actually taking part in a key component of the global economy. B)A nations customs service has many responsibilities. At its most basic level, its purpose is to regulate what comes
30、 into and goes out of a country. The foremost element of this regulation is controlling international trade. The concept of trade is as old as civilization itself. If my tribe has a huge supply of bananas, and your tribe has a huge supply of fur, we will trade goods so that both our tribes can eat a
31、nd both can keep warm. In the modern world, international trade is based on money, but it works in pretty much the same way. My country may produce more televisions than the population needs, but not enough cars. In order to have everything the population needs, businesses in my country will export
32、TVs and import cars. C)Any nation wants its own businesses to do well, so most of the time they prefer their people buy domestic goods over competing foreign goods. But in many cases, goods are available cheaper in another country than in your country, and people naturally want to buy them at the lo
33、wer price. To tilt the balance in favor of domestic businesses, governments impose tariffs, also called duty, on foreign goods coming into the country. D)In addition to encouraging domestic trade, duty also gives the nation a “piece of the action“ when somebody buys something produced overseas. Cust
34、oms agencies are often major sources of revenue for the government. The US Customs Service, for example, brings in more money than any other government office except the Internal Revenue Service. To control specific sorts of trade, a government may impose a higher tariff on certain types of goods(al
35、cohol, for example). Certain countries may join together to work out mutually beneficial trade agreements, enabling businesses in those nations to trade more freely with each other than they can with businesses in other nations. This gives an advantage to nations that a country has a good relationsh
36、ip with. E)Customs agencies also monitor what is being exported from a country. For example, most governments strictly regulate what weapons can be exported to other nations. This is simply a common-sense safety measure: Its not a good idea to arm enemy nations, so the government has to know who is
37、buying any domestically-produced weaponry. As well see later on, customs agencies also pay careful attention to how much money citizens are transporting out of the country. F)Duty charges have a huge effect on big businesses, which may import millions of dollars worth of goods every year. To regulat
38、e trade on this level, a countrys customs agency must keep track of all shipments that come into the nations ports or cross its borders. They cant check every bit of foreign cargo, of course, so agents pick certain boxes to inspect and certain shipments to scrutinize. In an effort to speed up the pr
39、ocess, the US Customs Service is implementing new, computerized systems for processing shipments and charging importers. G)While large businesses are the main importers in a country, trade restrictions also apply to the individual traveler. When you bring home souvenirs(纪念品 )from another country, yo
40、u are actually importing goods. In the United States and many other countries, the customs agency grants each traveler a nominal duty exemption(免除 )to allow them to bring back a reasonable amount of goods without having to pay tariffs. H)In most countries, it isnt feasible for the customs agency to
41、check all of the goods that every single traveler is importing, so governments have to depend largely on peoples honesty. When you enter a country, you are asked to truthfully report what goods you are importing and make a good faith estimate of their value. They dont put their entire trust in peopl
42、es good character, of course; customs performs a thorough search of some percentage of all travelers. I)Some customs agencies decide which travelers to search based on random chance. You are asked to press a button on a machine that activates a random number generator. Depending on the number that c
43、omes up, either a green light comes on and you can pass through or a red light comes on and the agent searches your bags. Other customs agencies decide who to search based solely on intuition. After many years on the job, a customs agent develops a keen eye for people who are up to no good. Unlike t
44、he police, customs agents are fully authorized to search your luggage, clothes and even your body without any warrant or reason for suspicion. Customs agents often work side-by-side with immigration officials, and in some ports of entry, one inspector may represent both agencies. But at its core, a
45、customs agency is concerned with the things that are coming in and out of a country, rather than the travelers themselves. J)In addition to monitoring legal imports, a nations customs agency also works to keep out illegal or contraband(违禁品 )items. Customs agencies must fight the flow of illegal mate
46、rials across borders. In addition to drugs, customs agencies may watch for weaponry, child pornography(色情资料 ), counterfeit merchandise and stolen goods. They also watch for people carrying illegally gained money across borders. K)These sorts of illegal materials make up only one category of contraba
47、nd goods. Customs agents also stop the importation of legal goods that are a threat to the nations security. In most countries, the importation of fruits, meats, animals and plants is heavily regulated due to the fear of disease or ecological imbalance. While it may seem strange that a piece of frui
48、t is considered a threat to national security, the risk of biological contamination is very real. In the late 1980s, one traveler with one piece of contaminated fruit caused an infestation(大量滋生 )of Mediterranean fruit flies that destroyed millions of dollars worth of crops in California. L)Some comp
49、letely harmless items are deemed contraband simply because of the country they come from. If country A is considered to be a national enemy of country B, or has a record of violating international law. country B(and other countries)might institute an embargo(禁运 )against that country(a ban on the importation of country As goods). This cuts off potential business for country A, and this may persuade its leaders to change their policies. In the Uni
