1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 200及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic “The Gradual Loss of Traditional Culture“. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words which should cover:1)describing the meaning of cartoon br
2、iefly:2)stating its main idea:3)giving your comment. Section A （ A） Campus. （ B） Sarahs home. （ C） Off campus apartment. （ D） A hotel on the west of the town. （ A） She would let them move out. （ B） She would let them repair the dishwasher again. （ C） She will sue them. （ D） She will let them pay the
3、 full rent check. （ A） At 8:00 tomorrow night. （ B） At 7:30 tomorrow night. （ C） At 8:00 tonight. （ D） At 7:30 tonight. （ A） Sam. （ B） Ms. Connors. （ C） Sarah. （ D） Paula. （ A） In a crowded classroom. （ B） In an empty room. （ C） In a busy street corner. （ D） In a shopping centre. （ A） The mans profe
4、ssor. （ B） The man s roommate. （ C） The woman s boyfriend. （ D） A neighbour. （ A） He is too sloppy. （ B） He borrows Johns things. （ C） He brings guests over to the apartment. （ D） He doesnt use the kitchen enough. （ A） He should move out of the apartment. （ B） He should kick John out of the departme
5、nt. （ C） He should not bring anyone to the apartment anymore. （ D） He should try to work out the problems with John. Section B （ A） To live happily. （ B） To be contented. （ C） To live and cherish what you have at the moment. （ D） To have a great ambition. （ A） A child has to go to school. （ B） A chi
6、ld doesn t have enough money. （ C） A child is restricted to doing something he wants to do. （ D） A child will be punished by parents. （ A） Being a child is much happier than being an adult. （ B） We should enjoy what each age gives us. （ C） Being an adult should take more responsibilities. （ D） Being
7、 a child is often taken care by others. （ A） To keep our eyes lubricated. （ B） To show our weakness. （ C） To kill some bacteria. （ D） To relieve ourselves. （ A） Only animal tears are to be valued. （ B） Only animal tears can kill certain bacteria. （ C） Only humans cry for others. （ D） Only humans cry
8、 in response to emotions. （ A） Boys cry four times as often as girls. （ B） Girls cry four times as often as boys. （ C） Boys cry as often as girls. （ D） Girls cry a quarter as often as boys. （ A） Why humans cry. （ B） How to relieve ourselves. （ C） How animals cry. （ D） When people cry. Section C （ A）
9、 It receives more nutrients than it can absorb. （ B） It becomes oversaturated with water. （ C） It loses the ability to support insect life. （ D） It loses nutrients that arent replaced. （ A） Too many animals eating the plants in one small area. （ B） Planting too much vegetation in one small area. （ C
10、） Too many people building houses in one small area. （ D） Bringing together the wrong kinds of animals and plants. （ A） The animals overfertilize the soil. （ B） Dead plant roots can t hold the soil together. （ C） The wrong types of plants are left standing. （ D） There is a buildup of plant and anima
11、l matter. （ A） It can cause flooding （ B） It can carry diseases that affect animals. （ C） It can introduce too much salt into the soil. （ D） It can divert water from important crops. （ A） Teach their young how to swim. （ B） Mate and lay eggs. （ C） Hide from predators. （ D） Eat different kinds of fis
12、h. （ A） Its geography is similar to Brazil s. （ B） Their instinct leads them to the place they were hatched. （ C） There are other species of turtles located there. （ D） Its climate is milder than Brazil s. （ A） To discover how long their ancestors lived. （ B） To analyze how their appearance has evol
13、ved. （ C） To find out how a disease has spread （ D） To determine how closely groups of turtles are related. （ A） To demonstrate George Washingtons survival skills. （ B） To show that some stories about famous people may be historically inaccurate. （ C） To describe a historical event that was portraye
14、d in a painting. （ D） To tell a story that George Washington told about himself. （ A） She led her tribe to victory against the colonists （ B） She was considered to be extremelybeautiful. （ C） She created popular American Indian art. （ D） She helped establish peace between her tribe and the colonists
15、 （ A） They have only recently been discovered. （ B） They were painted by the colonists who knew her. （ C） Most of them portray her as a child. （ D） They might not reflect the fact of her life. Section A 26 Although interior design has existed since the beginning of architecture, its development into
16、 a【 C1】 _field is really quite recent. Interior designers have become important partly because of the many functions that might be【 C2】 _in a single large building. The importance of interior design becomes【 C3】 _when we realize how much time we spend surrounded by four walls. Whenever we need to be
17、 indoors, we want our surroundings to be as attractive and comfortable as possible. We also【 C4】 _each place to be appropriate to its use. You would be shocked if the inside of your bedroom were【 C5】 _changed to look like the inside of a restaurant. And you wouldn t feel right in a business office t
18、hat has the appearance of a school. It soon becomes clear that the interior designer s most important basic【 C6】_is the function of the particular space. For example, a theatre with poor sight lines, poor sound-shaping qualities, and too few entries and exits will not work for its purpose, no matter
19、 how beautifully it might be【 C7】 _. Nevertheless, for any kind of space, the designer has to make many of the same kind of【 C8】 _. He or she must【 C9】 _the shapes, lighting and decoration of everything from ceiling to floor. In addition, the designer must usually select furniture or design built-in
20、 furniture according to the functions that need to be【 C10】 _. A)obscure B)specialized C)attention D)expect E)concern F)specially G)evident H)contained I)decorated J)composed K)decisions L)suddenly M)served N)balance O)coordinate 27 【 C1】 28 【 C2】 29 【 C3】 30 【 C4】 31 【 C5】 32 【 C6】 33 【 C7】 34 【 C8
21、】 35 【 C9】 36 【 C10】 Section B 36 How to Cope with Your Soul-destroying Jobs A)We all have heard or at least seen in the movies great stories about people who are working in soul-destroying jobs, then quit in some spectacular fashion and move on to fabulous second careers. This isnt a column about t
22、hat. Rather, more realistically, its about what to do if youre in a job you dislike or actively hate but cant move on. Maybe you need to pay the rent or the mortgage and youve sent out endless resumes and havent gotten a bite. Whatever the reason, youre stuck. Are there ways to make going into work
23、every day more palatable? B)Dawn Rosenberg McKay, who writes the career planning guide on A(which is owned by The New York Times), suggests first making a list of all the things you dislike about your job. Try to do it when you have a little distance, like during a vacation or on a weekend. Dont che
24、at and write, “Everything.“ It may feel that way, but that s not helpful. C)“If you hate your boss, write down the things you hate about her,“ Ms. Rosenberg said. Do you like what you do, but dislike your colleagues or boss, or do you despise the actual tasks? Try to separate it out. Then write down
25、 all the things you like about your job, and again, “nothing“ is not a satisfactory answer. “Try to find something positive, even if its just the neighbourhood you work in or the view from your window,“ she said. D)If you want to switch careers, not just get out of that particular job, Cathy Goodwin
26、, a career consultant who specializes in career transitions, suggested focusing on “developing skills rather than serving time.“ What can you learn that you can put on your resume? Computer skills? Public speaking? “If your company offers education benefits, use them to make yourself marketable,“ sh
27、e said. Even if your company will pay only $1,000, you can take a class at a community college. E)Roy L. Cohen, author of The Wall Street Professionals Survival Guide(Financial Times Press, 2010), said “a bad job may be a necessary placeholder while you take classes or network for a new and more sat
28、isfying job.“ And yes, I can hear the groans out there. I know people who have been networking and applying for jobs for a year or more in the hope of moving on. No one said it would be easy in these tough economic times, or quick. F)If youre stuck, are there particular tasks in your job that you li
29、ke? Has your job changed so that youre now doing a lot of things you find mind-numbing or off your career path? Is there any way to talk to your boss about this? But before you approach your manager, “consider whether how you are being treated is unique to you or shared by your colleagues,“ Mr. Cohe
30、n said. As firms downsize, many employees are being forced to take on lots of extra work. If everyone is in the same boat, you may just have to accept it. If you feel, however, that you are unfairly singled out, or if you are truly overwhelmed, think whether there is a way you can talk to your super
31、visor, Ms. Rosenberg said. G)One trouble in many jobs is that workers feel underappreciated or completely unappreciated, Mr. Cohen said. There are some companies where “your boss sees you and your colleagues only as a resource to be used and exploited,“ he added. “Dont expect or look for appreciatio
32、n to be expressed or for your good work to be acknowledged. In this situation, employee appreciation is an oxymoron.“ H)So what can you do? Look outside your job for positive feedback. Can your family and friends supply it? Perhaps volunteering or joining a professional organization can give you som
33、e sense of purpose if you cant get it from your workplace, he said. I)When I was in a job and my supervisors insisted unfairly, I believed that I wasnt producing enough, I found it helpful to document exactly what I was doing. This proved not only important in negotiations with the higher-ups, but a
34、lso helped re-establish my own sense of worth. J)A. J. Russo, a pharmacy technician in Pennsylvania, said she tried to manage her problems with her colleagues by putting the situation in some perspective. “I try to remind myself that it s not my co-workers or boss,“ she said. “Were all stressed. The
35、re are three of us doing 300 prescriptions a day. I try not to take it personally.“ With car payments and student loans, she said, “I would rather be employed than unemployed.“ She said she was determined to stay in her current one until a new job came along. Ms. Russo said she had complained a lot
36、to her friends outside work, which might help deal with the pain. But, Ms. Rosenberg, the career columnist, cautioned against grousing too much to your colleagues at work. K)“They say misery loves company, but you dont want set a tone in the office,“ Ms. Rosenberg said. For one thing, it can get bac
37、k to the powers that be. And while a little complaining can feel good, too much tends to just compound the negativity. Be aware of further self-sabotage, Ms. Goodwin said. Sloppy performance, talking back to co-workers or managers or showing up late thats what people do when they are unhappy at work
38、. And it can get you fired. You may find out how much you liked, or at least needed, that job once youre forced out. There are times, of course, when you have to leave your job before you have another lined up, especially if its making you physically or emotionally ill, Ms. Rosenberg said. L)A frien
39、d of mine, who asked not be named because he was still looking for a job, quit his a year ago after three and a half months. “It was a constant source of stress,“ he said. “I was always in a bad mood, even on weekends.“ A professional with many working years under his belt, my friend said he knew th
40、ere were problems just a few weeks into the new job, but he was determined to stick it out. “But when I went to London for a meeting, I had to double my blood-pressure medication and take a blood-pressure monitor,“ he said. “Thats a sign that somethings wrong.“ M)He acknowledged that he thought he w
41、ould find another job more quickly than was the case. In the last year, he has done consulting work and even, at times, driven a limousine. But he never regrets leaving. “The uncertainty is uncomfortable, but its better than the certainty of that job,“ he said. N)If youre wondering about quitting yo
42、ur job, Ms. Rosenberg provides a useful quiz to help with the decision on her Web site. And while its not easy in our culture, where we tend to “live to work rather than work to live,“ as the saying goes, everyone I spoke to agreed we could try to change that perspective. Do you have to work 60 hour
43、s a week, or can you shorten your work hours and take a dance or memoir-writing class? Or go to a play? O)And beware of idealizing other jobs. It may well be that another position will suit you better. But remember, just because youre unhappy in your current job doesnt mean the next one will be perf
44、ect. 37 If you have no sense of goal, you can take part in volunteering activities. 38 Ms. Rosenberg suggests that not to list all the things you dislike about your job when you make a list, because it is meaningless. 39 Mr. Cohen said that before you have found a good job, the bad job shouldnt be g
45、iven up. 40 Ms. Russo often complained about his job to his friends, but Ms. Rosenberg doesn t approve this behaviour. 41 Mr. Cohen thinks that to be unappreciated by the boss is normal, for bosses just care about the profit you create. 42 Ms. Goodwin suggests that to explore the positive factors in
46、 your job instead of performing terribly or being late often. 43 Ms. Rosenberg reminds everybody to write something when youre asked to express your love for your job. 44 Dont idealize other jobs. Maybe your current job is better. 45 A quiz provided on Ms. Rosenbergs Web site is available to help yo
47、u decide whether you should change your job. 46 Cathy Goodwin regards developing skills as more significant than waiting for timing if you want to you change your job. Section C 46 I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year-round sun. You may think people in such a glamorous, fun-filled place
48、are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness. Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an ac
49、t. It is a deeper, more abiding emotion. Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends. I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant ac
