1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 176及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then discuss how to get rid of the haze. You should give sound arguments to suppo
2、rt your views and write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Section A （ A） Because he was praised by the professor. （ B） Because he has found a good job. （ C） Because he has got a chance for an interview. （ D） Because he has made a good investment. （ A） Know as much about the company as p
3、ossible. （ B） Try to work as an intern in the company. （ C） Find out the background of the top executives. （ D） Review the questions being asked before. （ A） Keep neatly dressed and well-behaved. （ B） Be polite and confident. （ C） Take a deep breath and relax. （ D） Ask someone in the company for hel
4、p. （ A） Ultimate achievement in the company. （ B） Opportunities of further training. （ C） Requirements of salary and benefits. （ D） Insight of the present business trend. （ A） When he got on the ferry. （ B） When he found a chair. （ C） When he reached the riverbank. （ D） When he was making a phone ca
5、ll. （ A） The police officer. （ B） His uncle. （ C） A friend of his family. （ D） An acquaintance of the woman. （ A） Because he needs to book a flight. （ B） Because he intends to travel in the country. （ C） Because he hopes to return to the U. S. A. （ D） Because he wants to get his backpack back. （ A）
6、Find information on the U. S. Department of State website. （ B） Prepare some extra money for the emergency passport. （ C） Contact her later for the necessary documents. （ D） Come to the consulate immediately for protection. Section B （ A） Some senior hackers. （ B） The government agencies. （ C） The s
7、ecurity researchers. （ D） The game players. （ A） Because it costs $ 77 billion to develop. （ B） Because it even puts data in offline devices in danger. （ C） Because it aims at nuclear facilities and military bases. （ D） Because it is revealed to reporters and the public. （ A） Cutting all the devices
8、 from the Internet. （ B） Stopping using all the advanced laser printers. （ C） Installing the high-tech anti-hacking softwares. （ D） Using an AM radio to detect the signals. （ A） To solve economic problem. （ B） To increase gender equality. （ C） To follow the international trend. （ D） To increase the
9、number of population. （ A） Only mothers can take the paid parental leave. （ B） No parental leave can be taken after the child is 8. （ C） Only families of two working parents can enjoy the paid leave. （ D） Parents must reserve the paid parental leave in advance. （ A） For 2 weeks. （ B） For 10 weeks. （
10、 C） For 2 months. （ D） For 3 months. （ A） They worry about the salary cut. （ B） They show favor to taking the leave. （ C） They think women should benefit more. （ D） They feel more responsibility on them. Section C （ A） Enemies exist in everyones life. （ B） Humble people have fewer enemies. （ C） It i
11、s terrible to have enemies. （ D） Generous people are popular. （ A） Something you have read. （ B） Something you have experienced. （ C） Something you have heard. （ D） Something you have imagined. （ A） It should be avoided. （ B） It is a virtue. （ C） It could be kept. （ D） It has a bad impact. （ A） It m
12、akes people mentally ill. （ B） It hinders peoples improvement. （ C） It gives people too much stress. （ D） It makes people successful. （ A） It is good to send a quick message to a friend. （ B） It is very effective to type notes on computers. （ C） It is better for long-term memory by writing notes by
13、hand. （ D） It is very hard for people to resist a funny cat video. （ A） It must require advanced technologies. （ B） It will lead to mindless transcription. （ C） It usually contains too many words. （ D） It hurts students performance in remembering facts. （ A） Listening to a teacher and then taking a
14、test. （ B） Recording just the main points, or summarizing. （ C） Stopping mindless transcription while taking notes. （ D） Using technologies to write notes on computer screens. （ A） Changing the walls into doors. （ B） Finding hope through parents. （ C） Spotting every opportunity. （ D） Overcoming all
15、the difficulties. （ A） He was kind of born with hope. （ B） His beauty was recognized by people. （ C） He understood the value of being a man. （ D） His parents gave him hope. （ A） God has given him a miracle in his life. （ B） No one but himself can change the circumstances. （ C） He takes money as noth
16、ing compared with love. （ D） He tries to make his life a miracle for others. Section A 26 Fears, in general, keep us from reaching our full potential. Fear of success is probably one of the hardest fears to identify, a fear that lies in unconsciousness and one that has the power to really keep us st
17、uck. Dealing with fear of success requires us to look at ourselves and take responsibility for areas within us, but most times we attribute to other people or【 C1】 _events. After all, you may be thinking, who would sabotage(蓄意破坏 )their own efforts to succeed and more【 C2】 _why would anyone do that?
18、Its important to understand that fear of successlike many other fearsis unconscious. Success implies visibility: being seen by others involves a level of vulnerability and【 C3】 _that we ought to engage in, in order to let the ones around believe in our abilities and trust that what we do is valuable
19、 and worthy. Before others are able to do any of these things, we must be the first to believe and trust in our own abilities. For the most part, we can control how we【 C4】 _ourselves in front of the world, the message we are trying to【 C5】 _, and so on. Yet earning someones trust and furthering our
20、 accomplishments requires cohesiveness between the images we are trying to convey and what others perceive. You may be very apt at maintaining a certain image and yet the people around【 C6】_much more than what you want to【 C7】 _. Human beings are able to pick up on subtle cues in our non-verbal comm
21、unication, including how we feel toward ourselves. What that means is that if at the core we have【 C8】 _about ourselves, insecurities about our abilities and low levels of【 C9】 _in what we do, then unconsciously, we will attempt to guard these areas from the eyes of others. This is where fear of suc
22、cess comes into play: aware of some of these shortcomings and in an attempt to hide our “weakness“ we end up acting in an【 C10】 _manner and in the process, create a less than cohesive and consistent image. In short, we end up blocking ourselves. A)commonsense I)external B)confidence J)importantly C)
23、convey K)inauthentic D)describe L)negatively E)doubts M)perceive F)explore N)present G)expose O)suspicion H)exposure 27 【 C1】 28 【 C2】 29 【 C3】 30 【 C4】 31 【 C5】 32 【 C6】 33 【 C7】 34 【 C8】 35 【 C9】 36 【 C10】 Section B 36 How Customs Work A)One of the little rituals all international travelers go thr
24、ough is customs. To most people, this is just 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 le
25、vel, its purpose is to regulate what comes 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 tra
26、de goods so that both our tribes can eat and 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 ne
27、eds, businesses in my country will export 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 p
28、eople naturally want to buy them at the lower 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 someb
29、ody buys something produced overseas. Customs agencies are often major sources of revenue for the government. The U. S. 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
30、 a higher tariff on certain types of goods(alcohol, 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
31、 nations that a country has a good relationship 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 n
32、ations, so the government has to know who is 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
33、dollars worth of goods every year. To regulate 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 t
34、o scrutinize. In an effort to speed up the process, the U. S. 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 br
35、ing home souvenirs(纪念品 )from another country, you 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 countr
36、ies, it isnt feasible for the customs agency to 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
37、value. They dont put their entire trust in peoples 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
38、number generator. Depending on the number that comes 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 kee
39、n eye for people who are up to no good. Unlike the 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
40、may represent both agencies. But at its core, a 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. Cust
41、oms agencies must fight the flow of illegal materials 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
42、 materials make up only one category of contraband 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
43、. While it may seem strange that a piece of fruit 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 d
44、ollars worth of crops in California. L)Some completely 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 e
45、mbargo(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 United States, the best known example of this sort of sanction is the embargo against Cuban products. Ther
46、e is a high demand for Cuban cigars in the United States, but they are strictly regulated because of the strained relationship between the United States and Cuba. As with drugs, smugglers are eager to sneak in a supply to meet this demand, and are constantly trying to get around customs. M)In many c
47、ountries, the customs agency closely monitors the importing and exporting of cultural artifacts. While a traveler may have purchased the item in good faith, it might have been stolen at an earlier point. Customs agencies have helped to restore many priceless artifacts to their rightful owners. N)A c
48、ountrys government might also ban importation of items based on ethics and morality. For example, in many countries, you cannot import ivory or other products that come from endangered animals. In 2000, the United States enacted the Dog and Cat Protection Act, banning the importation of any products
49、 made from dog and cat fur that was acquired inhumanly. The U. S. Customs Service confiscates all such goods so that U. S. citizens do not inadvertently support this practice. O)Without customs agencies, nations would have no control over what comes in and goes out of their country. In order to protect its citizens and businesses, a government has to be vigilant in protecting its borders, not only against armed attack, but also against unwanted imports. As any customs agent will tell you, this is crucial to
