1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 251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 “Talk Much but Do Less“. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words which should cover:1) describing the meaning of cartoon briefly;2) stating
2、its main idea;3) giving your comment. Section A （ A） News about a friend. （ B） Information they read in a newspaper. （ C） An article on the economy. （ D） A classroom lecture. （ A） He is lucky. （ B） He doesn t know much about business. （ C） He is a good businessman. （ D） He shouldn t have moved to Au
3、stralia. （ A） He earns more and more money every day. （ B） His business isn t doing well at all. （ C） He is considering starting the business in Australia. （ D） His customers are coming like they used to. （ A） It is experiencing an economic boom. （ B） It is difficult to make money. （ C） It is very p
4、rosperous. （ D） Only good businessman can be profitable. （ A） He already knows a lot about painting. （ B） He hopes to become a painter someday. （ C） He s not very familiar with painting. （ D） He hates the class. （ A） She thought it was boring. （ B） She enjoyed the paintings. （ C） She hasn t seen it
5、yet. （ D） She wished she could accompany the man. （ A） Garys sister. （ B） The woman talking with Gary. （ C） The professor of the course. （ D） The painter Desiree. （ A） At the beginning of class. （ B） In the middle of class. （ C） At the end of class. （ D） Before the midterm exam. Section B （ A） He th
6、ought he might rent it. （ B） He decided he would buy it. （ C） He felt it was too expensive for him. （ D） He was unsure whether to buy it. （ A） He had experienced severe family problems. （ B） He struggled to become a successful author. （ C） He suffered a serious illness. （ D） He underwent his career
7、flop. （ A） He viewed it as a rich source of material for his books. （ B） He viewed it as a typical building of the region. （ C） He viewed it as way to escape from his work. （ D） He viewed it as a way to recapture his childhood happiness. （ A） It is the time when students are doing part-time jobs. （
8、B） It is the time before students graduate from college. （ C） It is the time when students just graduate from college. （ D） It is the time when students work in the kinds of jobs they might want to have some day. （ A） Because they want to increase their working experience. （ B） Because they do not y
9、et know what kind of permanent job they want. （ C） Because they want to get more income. （ D） Because they do not yet know what kind of working environment they want. （ A） Students can learn about different kinds of jobs. （ B） They can learn skills and gain valuable experience. （ C） They can meet im
10、portant people. （ D） They can get well paid. （ A） It was established in George Washington University in 1937. （ B） It was established in the National Museum of American History in 1937. （ C） It was established in the National Air and Space Museum in 1937. （ D） It was established in the National Buil
11、ding Museum in 1937. Section C （ A） Its defined as the result of the moisture in the Earth s atmosphere. （ B） It s defined as the result of the Earth s rotation. （ C） Its defined as the horizontal movement of air. （ D） Its defined as the vertical movement of air. （ A） Its the ultimate cause of winds
12、. （ B） It causes vertical movements of air. （ C） It reduces differences in air pressure. （ D） It s used to predict weather patterns. （ A） Air pressure. （ B） Temperature. （ C） Humidity. （ D） Wind direction. （ A） The need to exercise the memory. （ B） How the brain differs from other body tissues. （ C）
13、 The unconscious learning of a physical activity. （ D） How nerves control body movement. （ A） Repeat it aloud. （ B） Write it down. （ C） Make a mental picture of it. （ D） Practice recalling it. （ A） Ask questions about the assigned reading. （ B） Give an example of active learning. （ C） Explain recent
14、 research on recalling childhood memories. （ D） Make an assignment for the next class session. （ A） How they behave toward ants from other nests. （ B） What they usually eat. （ C） Why they are becoming extinct. （ D） Why they were brought to California （ A） They protect Argentine ants that live in nei
15、ghboring nests. （ B） They gather food with Argentine ants from other nests. （ C） They fight Argentine ants from other nests. （ D） They generally build larger nests than other ant species do. （ A） They attack members of their own nests. （ B） They recruit ants from other species into their nests. （ C）
16、 They form large colonies made of several nests. （ D） They hide from insects that attack their nests. （ A） They share the same few ancestors. （ B） They cant be distinguished from native Californian ants. （ C） They are evolving faster than native Californian ants. （ D） Their future survival is in dou
17、bt. Section A 26 The American【 C1】 _system, is organized around a basically private-enterprise, market-oriented economy in which【 C2】 _largely determine what shall be produced by spending their money in the marketplace for those goods and services that they want most. Private businessmen,【 C3】 _to m
18、ake profits, produce these goods and services in【 C4】 _with other businessmen; and the profit motive, operating under competitive pressures, largely determines how these goods and services are produced. Thus, in the American economic system it is the demand of individual consumers,【 C5】 _with the de
19、sire of businessmen to【 C6】 _profits and the desire of individual to maximize their incomes, that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to produce it. An important factor in a market-oriented economy is the【 C7】 _by which consumer demands can be expressed and responded
20、 to by producers. In the American economy, this mechanism is provided by a price system, a process in which prices rise and fall in【 C8】 _to relative demands of consumers and supplies offered by seller-producers. If the product is in【 C9】 _supply relative to the demand, the price will be bid up and
21、some consumers will be eliminated from the market. If, on the other hand, producing more of a commodity results in reducing its cost, this will tend to increase the supply offered by seller-producers, which in turn will lower the price and permit more consumers to buy the product. Thus, price is the
22、【 C10】 _mechanism in the American economic system. A) competition B) maximize C) short D) coupled E) individual F) response G) eliminated H) private I) economic J) striving K) regulating L) mechanism M) consumers N) political O) results 27 【 C1】 28 【 C2】 29 【 C3】 30 【 C4】 31 【 C5】 32 【 C6】 33 【 C7】
23、34 【 C8】 35 【 C9】 36 【 C10】 Section B 36 How to Cope with Your Soul-destroying Jobs A) We all have heardor at least seen in the moviesgreat 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 a
24、bout that. Rather, more realistically, its about what to do if youre in a job you dislikeor actively hatebut 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 w
25、ork 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. Don
26、t cheat 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 writ
27、e down 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
28、Goodwin, 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 marketab
29、le,“ she 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
30、more satisfying 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 th
31、at you like? 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,“
32、 Mr. Cohen 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 y
33、our supervisor, 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 a
34、ppreciation 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 g
35、ive you some sense of purpose if you cant get it from your workplace, he said. I) When I was in a job and my supervisors insistedunfairly, I believedthat 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-
36、ups, but also 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 st
37、ressed. There 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 compla
38、ined a lot 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
39、 can get back 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 latethats what people do when they are unha
40、ppy at work. 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
41、. L) A friend 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 sai
42、d he knew there 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
43、 thought he would 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 abo
44、ut quitting your 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 t
45、o work 60 hours 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 you re unhappy in your current job doesn t mean the next
46、 one will be perfect. 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
47、job shouldnt be given up. 40 Ms. Russo often complained about his job to his friends, but Ms. Rosenberg doesnt 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 pos
48、itive factors in 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 avai
49、lable to help you 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 Using Facebook makes people sadder, at least according to some research. But just what is it about the social network that takes a hit on our mood? A study of the different ways of interacting with the site now offers an answer: Grazing on the content of other people s ide
