1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 181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 My Opinions on the False Advertising. Your essay should start with a brief description of the picture. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
2、My opinions on the False Advertising Section A （ A） The Amazon rainforest in Brazil. （ B） The South America. （ C） The Pacific Ocean. （ D） The Andes Mountains. （ A） His friend told him. （ B） From a TV show. （ C） From a National Geographic magazine. （ D） From a newspaper. （ A） The Pacific Ocean in Per
3、u. （ B） The Atlantic Ocean. （ C） The Andes Mountains. （ D） The Amazon. （ A） l. （ B） 2. （ C） 3. （ D） 4. （ A） A cows meat. （ B） A sheeps meat. （ C） Chickens meat. （ D） A pigs meat. （ A） Beef. （ B） Chicken. （ C） Liver. （ D） Mutton. （ A） In the restaurant. （ B） In street stalls. （ C） In the online shop.
4、 （ D） In the market. （ A） Its pretty cool. （ B） It may be not healthy. （ C） Its delicious. （ D） It should be avoided. Section B （ A） He is good at imagining things in the universe. （ B） He can do very complex thinking. （ C） He is hard to be dealt with. （ D） He is one of the most brilliant people on
5、earth. （ A） A billion. （ B） Over 450. （ C） Hundreds of billions. （ D） Hundreds of millions. （ A） He prefers making friends with aliens to interacting with native Americans. （ B） He supports further exploration of the outer space. （ C） He takes a negative attitude towards making friends with aliens.
6、（ D） He is very philosophical about outer space aliens. （ A） Nearly half a million. （ B） 2.8 million. （ C） l,700. （ D） 100,000. （ A） Drugs may cause health problems. （ B） Drugs may cause violent crimes. （ C） Taking prescription drags may cause traffic accidents. （ D） Drugs may cause poverty. （ A） Dr
7、ugs are of affordable prices. （ B） Doctors are willing to sell drugs to college students. （ C） Drugs are causing the rise of serious assault. （ D） Drugs are easily got in medical institution. （ A） Drug use is more serious in high schools than in colleges. （ B） Drinking alcohol is not as popular as b
8、efore. （ C） There are more high school students who take drugs. （ D） Half high school students have access to drugs. Section C （ A） They planned their migrations. （ B） They didnt travel far from their base camps. （ C） They hid from their enemies in caves. （ D） They planned seeds near their camps （ A
9、） They had trouble finding it. （ B） Lack of light made it impossible. （ C） It was too small for a group to fit into. （ D） Items stored by others took up most of the space. （ A） Prehistoric desert people. （ B） Migratory animals. （ C） Food supplies and tools. （ D） Growing plants. （ A） To illustrate th
10、e size of some objects. （ B） To introduce the next assignment. （ C） To show some artifact on display at the campus museum. （ D） To demonstrate his photographic ability. （ A） It cant be compressed. （ B） It is often polluted. （ C） Its temperature often fluctuates dramatically. （ D） It limits their siz
11、e. （ A） A whale. （ B） A human. （ C） A snake. （ D） A snail. （ A） A comparison of fish to warm-blooded animals. （ B） The difference between saltwater and freshwater environments. （ C） The importance of fish to human beings. （ D） How water has affected the development of fish. （ A） At the beginning. （
12、B） In the middle. （ C） One week before the end. （ D） At the end. （ A） To review material that will be on a test. （ B） To introduce a new professor. （ C） To explain changes in the schedule. （ D） To describe the contents of a paper. （ A） Administer an examination. （ B） Present a conference paper. （ C）
13、 Explain next weeks schedule. （ D） Take attendance in class. Section A 26 Energy drinks are a staple among college students and club kids, and theyre even becoming ubiquitous in many American【 C1】 _. But a new report, published Monday by the journal Pediatrics, suggests that energy drinks may be dan
14、gerous to childrens health. According to the report a review of studies on drinks【 C2】 _to boost energy, endurance and performance the health hazards may be especially worrisome for children with conditions such as ADHD, diabetes or heart conditions. What worries pediatricians like Lipshultz is the
15、fact that energy drinks, which are【 C3】 _as dietary supplements, are not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration(FDA). That means they dont have to follow the same strict【 C4】_that the FDA places on potentially harmful ingredients such as caffeine that soda makers must follow. Lipshultz became
16、 personally interested in the【 C5】 _when children began coming to the hospital after getting sick from energy drinks. For one, many pediatricians and families are【 C6】 _of the differences between energy and sports drinks, and confuse the nutritional claims made for sports drinks with the primarily s
17、timulant-based effects of energy beverages. Also, before 2010, U. S. Poison Control Centers were not tracking adverse events【 C7】 _to energy drinks specifically: they monitored only problems【 C8】 _from caffeine overdoses. When【 C9】 _in high enough amounts over a long enough period of time, caffeine
18、can cause changes in blood flow and reduce insulin(胰岛素 )sensitivity. While these health consequences of too much caffeine arent new, Lipshultz is hoping to alert pediatricians and parents to the growing popularity of the drinks.【 C10】_,“ says Lipshultz, “as we gather more data, we will be able to ma
19、ke more appropriate recommendations about energy drinks in the future“. A)arising B)aware C)classified D)consumed E)domestic F)fortunately G)hopefully H)households I)ignorant J)issue K)limits L)marketed M)range N)related O)topic 27 【 C1】 28 【 C2】 29 【 C3】 30 【 C4】 31 【 C5】 32 【 C6】 33 【 C7】 34 【 C8】
20、 35 【 C9】 36 【 C10】 Section B 36 April Fools Day Is No Joke A)As our society gets ever more serious and humorless, heres why we need to laugh more. The average American adult laughs just 18 times a day. Thats down from the eight laughs an hour they enjoyed when they were five years old. This, accord
21、ing to emerging research in the behavioral sciences, is a big problem. B)While schools are instituting anti-bullying programs, research finds that many forms of teasing are actually highly beneficial. These days, comedy is everywhere on television, in movies, and all over the Internet. Yet our lives
22、 lack levity. We are over-scheduled, over-tired, and over-worked. Who has time to crack jokes with friends anymore? Plus, being funny seems to be riskier than ever. One failed joke can light up the Twitter sphere. C)Modern science, however, suggests humor might be far more important and powerful tha
23、n most of us realize and that we could all stand to benefit from doubling down on comedy. D)Over the centuries, most scholars focused on humors dark side. Plato and Aristotle believed comedy was all about exerting superiority over your peers and delighting in others follies(罪恶 ). Freud thought humor
24、 was a psychic release valve for people to release their dirty and repressed thoughts. When Lord Chesterfield, the champion of eighteenth-century manners, noted in one of his famous letters that “there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter,“ he was echoing the common opinion
25、of philosophers and historians alike. E)But increasingly, scientists are embracing and examining the brighter side of life, with a special emphasis on what makes people happy. No wonder then, that humor is now seen as a virtue in the increasingly popular positive psychology movement, alongside conce
26、pts like creativity, curiosity and love. F)But thats just the beginning. Humor, for example, has been shown to significantly enhance relationships, romantic and otherwise. If two people can make each other laugh, after all, they likely share many of the same values, beliefs, and interests the bedroc
27、k(基石 )of healthy relationships. No wonder, then that a survey of 700 men and women found that people considered humor one of the most important characteristics when choosing a partner. And studies of happy marriages, especially those lasting more than 50 years, find spouses often credit their marita
28、l bliss to laughing together. G)Humor can also smooth interactions and build bonds. While schools are instituting anti-bullying programs, research finds that many forms of gentle teasing are actually highly beneficial. Such verbal and physical play is integral for setting social boundaries, easing c
29、onflicts, and negotiating the uncertainties of life. Humor even seems to help serious business negotiations. In one study, people trying to bargain down the price of a landscape painting were more likely to come to an agreement if the person on the other side of the negotiating table cracked, “Ill t
30、hrow in my pet frog. “ H)There are less obvious benefits to enjoying a joke. Comedy challenges assumptions and humor broadens perspectives, thus enhancing creativity. In one experiment, researchers had people try to solve a classic-puzzle: attach a candle to a blank wall using only the candle, a box
31、 of tacks, and some matches. Folks who watched slapstick comedy were more successful at solving the task tack the box to the wall and then use a match to melt the candle onto the box than those who had watched a math video or exercised. I)Being funny can also be a useful way to point out what is wro
32、ng with the world. In fact, the former leader of the Serbian youth movement Otpor, claims “ laughtivism“ injecting humor into its protest movements was one of the main reasons they were able to overthrow President Slobodan in 2000. According to him, jokes like this made the protesters seem cool and
33、courageous and made Slobodan look stupid. As the butt of the joke, he faced a lose-lose situation: He could either allow activists to make fun of himor risk looking like he couldnt take a joke. J)While most of us arent focused on overthrowing despots, that doesnt mean we cant benefit from a more per
34、sonal version of “laughtivism“ using humor to navigate the frustrations and slights we face in our daily lives. Research shows that while people dont like complainers, they do like humorous complainers those who manage to vent wittily about bad weather or a terrible customer service experience. K)An
35、d finally, although science hasnt proven that laughter is the best medicine, it has shown that humor is a potentially powerful mechanism to deal with physical and psychological pain. Historical records indicate that people facing great suffering, from Holocaust victims to prisoners of war, found hum
36、or to be an important way to copefindings bolstered by laboratory and clinical research. In one especially touching experiment, researchers interviewed a group of widowers six months after the death of their spouses. Those able to smile and laugh about their marriage during this time of lingering sa
37、dness had fewer problems with grief and depression in the years that followed. L)The science is clear: Wed all benefit from living a more humorous life. But how, exactly, do we do that? It might help to understand what makes things funny in the first place. While deconstructing humor has stumped sch
38、olars for millennia, were partial to the benign violation theory, a new comedic axiom McGraw developed with his collaborator Caleb Warren and has been testing at the University of Colorados Humor Research Lab(HuRL). The theory proposes that people are amused by situations that seem wrong or threaten
39、ing in some way(i.e. , a violation), but are actually okay or safe(i. e. , benign). For example, tickling is a harmless physical attack and therefore funny as long as its at the hands of someone you know and trust. And puns misuse language in a way that makes sense at least to the people who care ab
40、out language and can understand the joke. M)The idea that humor arises from potentially negative experiences, from violations, points to where we should all be looking for more comedic fodder. Mark Twain had it light when he quipped. “ The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow. There is no hu
41、mor in Heaven. Paradise is no place for laughs but a boring meeting, a traffic jam, or a family holiday? N)Even better, transforming these violations into benign violations finding a way to laugh them robs these stresses and strains of their bite. O)So, if you want to inject more humor into your lif
42、e, you could go to more comedy clubs or increase your intake of silly movies. That would surely increase your laughs per hour but we prefer a different approach, one that isnt dependent on what comedians in town or the quality of the latest Will Ferrell Flick: teach yourself to think like a comedian
43、. Take a step back from the faults and foibles of daily life, and find a way to laugh at them. Take whats wrong, in other words, and find a way to make it okay. 37 The cornerstone of a healthy relationship is that people have the same values, beliefs, interests and even laugh and joke together. 38 C
44、omedy was once deemed as disgraceful by some ancient philosophers. 39 Protest movements can turn out to be more fruitful with the help of a bit of humor. 40 Humor can help to reduce and cure physical and psychological pain. 41 People prefer humorous complainers to those who just keep complaining. 42
45、 A better way to have more fun is to laugh at your faults rather than see more comedies. 43 Laughing together plays an important role in maintaining happy marriages. 44 We shall search for comedic materials from negative experiences and violations. 45 Humor brings a lot of joy into our lives and can
46、 offer a number of positive effects. 46 People who you know and trust can use some situations that easily cause misunderstanding to entertain themselves. Section C 46 In a new study released by Pew, researchers find that while Millennials(千禧一代 ) people who were born after 1981 are back to the pre-re
47、cession era unemployment levels of 7. 7% , they havent been able to establish themselves as adults in other ways, like owning a home or getting married. Richard Fry, an economist and lead author of the study, describes the situation as Millennials “failure to launch. “ “The group that was hit the ha
48、rdest young adults are now getting full-time jobs and earnings are tracking upwards. But the surprise is that with the recovery in the labor market, there are fewer young adults living independently. “ When the recession hit, young people moved back into their parents house in droves, unemployed and
49、 without much hope for any future work. The thought process was that once the economy improved and Millennial returned to work, theyd scoot out of their parents lair. But that hasnt been the case, and economists arent sure why. About 42.2 million 18-to-34 year olds are living away from home this year: 2007s numbers were just above 2015s independent young adult population at 42. 7 million. There are a few common characteristics of these Millennial householders:
