1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 150及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief account of the picture, give relevant examples, and then explain what you will do to solve the problem. You
2、 should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Section A （ A） He didnt like the food there. （ B） The food there is the best in the area. （ C） Italian food is not as good as Chinese food. （ D） He didnt know what the food was like there. （ A） Check her schedule. （ B） Go to the concert wi
3、th him. （ C） Get some exercise. （ D） Attend the concert. （ A） He usually assigns homework. （ B） He usually talks quietly. （ C） He didnt teach class today. （ D） He acted like a friend today. （ A） Bill is not losing emotional control. （ B） Bill is more intelligent than he seems. （ C） Bill made an exce
4、llent copy of the parts. （ D） Bill should seek professional advice. （ A） To return the shoes and get a refund. （ B） To buy another pair of shoes. （ C） To change the shoes for another style. （ D） To change the shoes for a different color. （ A） The woman should have studied Spanish in Spain. （ B） The
5、woman didnt study Spain in high school. （ C） Living in Spain helped improve the womans Spanish. （ D） The woman must have had a good Spanish teacher. （ A） He wants to keep informed while hes absent. （ B） He didnt check the details of the report. （ C） He has just come back to work. （ D） He has to be a
6、way longer than expected. （ A） She doesnt expect to enjoy the theater. （ B） Shes sorry she cant go with the man. （ C） She thinks the theater will be too crowded. （ D） She rarely goes to outdoor plays. （ A） To tell him he has got the post of a manager. （ B） To have a private conversation with him. （
7、C） To inform him something about the interview. （ D） To discuss the future of the company with him. （ A） His educational background. （ B） The reason why he quitted his previous job. （ C） The turning point in his career. （ D） Examples of problems he met with. （ A） It has to be long and in detail. （ B
8、） It will be given in a formal style. （ C） It will include his view on the company. （ D） It will be given next Tuesday morning. （ A） Romantic love. （ B） Mystery murder. （ C） Science fiction. （ D） Ocean adventure. （ A） Visit the stories setting places. （ B） Look for all the details about the stories.
9、 （ C） Have a further talk with persons involved. （ D） Make some character analysis. （ A） Indifferent. （ B） Suspicious. （ C） Favorable. （ D） Critical. （ A） It has been finished. （ B） It will be published this month. （ C） It contains many detective stories. （ D） It ranks the top of bestseller lists. S
10、ection B （ A） His vision and his travel all over the world. （ B） His expertise and business marketing skills. （ C） The money we pay for the “information highway“. （ D） His confidence in software products. （ A） It is a network for shopping malls, offices and homes. （ B） It relieves the heavy burden o
11、f teachers in school. （ C） It simplifies the process of making friends online. （ D） It quickens sales of software products and intelligence. （ A） It will confine us to the four walls. （ B） We will have unlimited freedom. （ C） The rich will be even richer. （ D） Education will be widely spread. （ A） C
12、ommunication actually takes place when the message is received. （ B） There are more means of receiving than of sending communications. （ C） Reception of communication involves use of the senses. （ D） It is hard to organize by typing the means of sending communication. （ A） Clapping hands. （ B） Gestu
13、re and imitation. （ C） Handshaking. （ D） Smell and taste. （ A） They dont need conventional signs and symbols. （ B） They only require a receiver in communication. （ C） The distance between communicators cant be too long. （ D） They are not restricted in time and space. （ A） Worse than in the past. （ B
14、） As bad as in the past. （ C） Not so dangerous as in the past. （ D） As necessary as in the past. （ A） The adoption of modern ideologies can stop war. （ B） The adoption of any ideology could prevent war. （ C） The adoption of some ideologies could prevent war. （ D） The adoption of any ideology cant st
15、op war. （ A） Enhance the contests of force. （ B） Change peoples old mental habits. （ C） Change peoples ideologies. （ D） Persuade mankind to live with war. （ A） War is the only way to solve international disputes. （ B） War will be less dangerous because of the improvement of weapons. （ C） It is impos
16、sible for people to live without war. （ D） War must be abolished if man wants to survive. Section C 26 Rock climbing is an activity in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach the【 B1】 _of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-
17、defined route without falling. To【 B2】 _ complete a climb, one must return to the base of the route safely. Due to the length and extended endurance required, accidents【 B3】 _ happen on descent than ascent, especially on the larger【 B4】 _ pitches. Rock climbing competitions have the objectives of ei
18、ther completing the route in the quickest possible time or【 B5】 _ the farthest point on an increasingly difficult route. Scrambling, another activity involving the scaling of hills and similar formations, is similar to rock climbing. However, rock climbing is generally differentiated by its sustaine
19、d use of hands to support the climbers weight【 B6】 _ to provide balance. Rock climbing is a physically and mentally demanding sport, one that often tests a climbers strength, endurance, agility(敏捷 )and balance along with mental control. It can be a dangerous sport and knowledge of proper climbing【 B
20、7】 _ and usage of specialised climbing equipment is【 B8】 _ for the safe completion of routes. Because of the wide range and variety of rock formations around the world, rock climbing has【 B9】 _ several different styles and sub-disciplines. While not an Olympic event, rock climbing is【 B10】 _ by the
21、International Olympic Committee as a sport. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 After decades of decline, the share of mothers who stay home with their children has【 C1】 _risen over the last several years, a new report by the Pew Re
22、search Center has found. Pew【 C2】 _the rise of stay-at-home mothers to a mix of economic and societal factors. The【 C3】 _majority of married stay-at-home mothers, 85%, say they are doing so by choice in order to care for their families. That rate is much lower for single stay-at-home mothers, at 41%
23、. The report also found a【 C4】 _in women working because of the recession, a trend that has【 C5】 _as the economy recovers. Pew cited an increase in immigrant families, for whom it is more【 C6】 _to have a mother stay at home with her children, and an increase in the number of women who said they were
24、 disabled and unable to work. A companion public opinion survey by Pew, from 2013, found that mothers are much more likely than fathers to have【 C7】 _work hours, take a significant amount of time off, quit a job or, by a small【 C8】 _turn down a promotion in order to care for a child or family member
25、. A second Pew survey, taken this year, found most in the general public think that children are better off with a parent at home. “This has important【 C9】 _for the day to day lives of children,“ said DVera Conn, the reports author. The report also looked at how stay-at-home versus working moms use
26、their time. Those at home spend more time on housework, child care,【 C10】 _and sleep. A)reduced B)impetus C)vast D)implications E)interim F)steadily G)common H)cling I)leisure J)drop K)intuitions L)lingered M)abnormally N)attributed O)margin 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【
27、 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 When Mom and Dad Grow Old AThe prospect of talking to increasingly fragile parents about their future can be “one of the most difficult challenges adult children will ever face,“ says Clarissa Green, a Vancouver therapist. “People often tell me they dont
28、 want to raise sensitive issues with their parents about bringing in caregivers or moving,“ she says. “Theyll say, I dont want to see Dad cry.“ But Green usually responds, “Whats wrong with that?“ Adult children, she says, need to try to join their parents in grieving their decline, acknowledge thei
29、r living arrangements may no longer work and, if necessary, help them say goodbye to their beloved home. “Its sad. And its supposed to be. Its about death itself.“ BThere are almost four million men and women over age 65 in Canada. Nearly two thirds of them manage to patch together enough supportfro
30、m family, friends, private and government services-to live independently until virtually the day they die, according to Statistics Canada. COf the Canadian seniors who live to 85 and over, almost one in three end up being movedsometimes kickingto group living for the last years of their lives. Even
31、in the best-case scenarios(可能出现的情况 ), such dislocations can bring sorrow. “Often the family feels guilty, and the senior feels a-bandoned,“ says Charmaine Spencer, a professor in the gerontology department of Simon Fraser University. Harassed with their own careers and children, adult children may p
32、ush their parents too fast to make a major transition. DVal MacDonald, executive director of the B.C. Seniors Services Society, cautions adult children against imposing their views on aging parents. “Many baby boomers can be quite patronizing(高人一等的 ),“ she says. Like many who work with seniors, MacD
33、onald suggests adult children devote many conversations over a long period of time to collaborating on their parents future, raising feelings, questions and optionsgently, but frankly. However, many middle-aged adults, according to the specialists, just muddle(应付 )through with their aging parents. E
34、When the parents of Nancy Woods of Mulmur Hills, Ont., were in their mid-80s, they made the decision to downsize from their large family home . to an apartment in Toronto. As Woodss parents, George and Bernice, became more frail, she believed they knew she had their best interests at heart. They agr
35、eed to her suggestion to have Meals on Wheels start delivering lunches and dinners. However, years later, after a crisis, Woods discovered her parents had taken to throwing out the prepared meals. Her dad had appreciated them, but Bernice had come to believe they were poisoned. “My father was so loy
36、al,“ says Woods, “he had hid that my mother was overwhelmed by paranoia(偏执狂 ).“ To her horror, Woods discovered her dad and mom were “living on crackers and oatmeal porridge“ and were weakening from the impoverished diet. Her dad was also falling apart with the stress of providing for Bernicea commo
37、n problem when one spouse tries to do everything for an ailing partner. “The spouse whos being cared for might be doing well at home,“ says Spencer, “but often the other spouse is burned out and ends up being hospitalized.“ FFortunately, outside help is often available to people struggling through t
38、he often-distressing process of helping their parents explore an important shift. Sons and daughters can bring in brochures or books on seniors issues, as well as introduce government health-care workers or staff at various agencies, to help raise issues and open up discussions, says Val MacDonald,
39、whose nonprofit organization responds to thousands of calls a year from British Columbians desperate for information about how to weave through the dizzying array of seniors services and housing options. The long list of things to do, says MacDonald, includes assessing their ability to live independ
40、ently; determining your comfort level with such things as bathing a parent; discussing with all household members whether it would be healthy for an elderly relative to move in; monitoring whether, out of pure duty, youre overcommitting yourself to providing a level of care that could threaten your
41、own well-being. GThe shock phone call that flung Nancy Woods and her parents into action came from her desperate dad. “I got this call from my father that he couldnt cope anymore. My mother was setting fires in the apartment,“ she says. “He didnt want to see it for what it was. Up to then hed been i
42、n denial.“ HWithout knowing she was following the advice of experts who recommend using outside sources to stimulate frank discussion with parents, Woods grabbed a copy of The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons With Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in La
43、ter Life. She read sections of the book to her dad and asked him, “Who does that sound like?“ Her father replied, “Its Mother. Its dementia(痴呆 ).“ At that point, Woods said, her dad finally recognized their tragic plight. She told her father she would help them move out of their apartment. “He nodde
44、d. He didnt yell or roar. He took it on the chin(忍受痛苦 ).“ IWoods regrets that she “had not noticed small details signalling Moms dementia.“ But shes satisfied her dad accepted his passage into a group residence, where he and his wife could stay together in a secure unit where staff were trained to d
45、eal with patients with dementia. “From the moment they moved into the Toronto nursing home, their physical health improved. On the other hand, it was the beginning of the end in terms of their mental abilities. Perhaps they couldnt get enough stimulation. Perhaps it was inevitable.“ JAfter my father
46、 died in 2002, the grim reality of my mothers sharply declining memory set in starkly. With her expanding dementia, Mom insisted on staying in her large North Shore house, even though she was confused about how to cook, organize her. day or take care of herself. For the next three years we effective
47、ly imposed decisions on her, most of them involving bringing in caregivers, including family members. In 2005 Mom finally agreed, although she barely knew what was happening, to move to a nearby nursing home, where, despite great confusion, she is happier. KAs Spencer says, the sense of dislocation
48、that comes with making an important passage can be “a very hard adjustment for a senior at the best of times. But its worse if its not planned out.“ 47 One who works with seniors reminds baby boomers not to intrude their opinions on aging parents. 48 Adult children can make use of outside sources to
49、 help their parents make an important shift. 49 Meals prepared for Nancy Woods parents were thrown away because they were believed to be poisoned. 50 As it is difficult for a senior to make adjustment to an important change, it would be better to make plans in advance for them. 51 According to Statistics Canada, most seniors over sixty-five try to get support from various sources to live independently until
