1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 262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 How to Broaden Our Knowledge? You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. 1在信息快速发展的今天，我们应该不断扩大自己的知识面 2具备宽广知识面的意
2、义 3为此，我们应该 Section A （ A） He wanted her to apply for another visa. （ B） He hasnt seen her for a long time. （ C） He wanted to tell her the visas been granted. （ D） He was eager to send her the application form. （ A） There are too many people living there. （ B） The cost of living there is relatively h
3、igh. （ C） It has frequent natural disasters. （ D） The weather there is pleasant. （ A） To research the climate. （ B） To visit her relatives. （ C） To get her health insurance. （ D） To finish graduate courses. （ A） Go abroad for study at once. （ B） Celebrate for her granted visa. （ C） Get her health ce
4、rtificate. （ D） Apply for another visa. （ A） He had to attend Prof. Smiths lecture. （ B） He had to go to see the dentist. （ C） He had to wait for an emergency call. （ D） He had to do some research on volcanoes. （ A） They are very dangerous to the nearby community. （ B） They can bring rare materials
5、to the surface. （ C） They produce more heat to the ocean. （ D） They can prevent the ice sheet from melting. （ A） She knows a lot about active volcanoes. （ B） She works as an assistant for the professor. （ C） She seems not very familiar with the lecture. （ D） She is eager to learn more about the glob
6、e. （ A） The water will flow south. （ B） The sea level will rise. （ C） The ocean will become more acid. （ D） The floods will destroy cities. Section B （ A） They worked for long time and nearly had no leisure. （ B） They usually had to work 8 hours each day. （ C） They worked very hard but earned little
7、. （ D） They had to support a large family. （ A） How to deal with stress at work. （ B） How to take care of the aged people. （ C） How to use the leisure time wisely. （ D） How to improve their living conditions. （ A） More money and less work. （ B） Freedom and good relationship. （ C） Respect and confide
8、nce. （ D） Fresh energy and active interest. （ A） It dates back to more than 1800 years ago. （ B） It is liked by men and women of all ages. （ C） It usually gains favor among older men. （ D） It has the same popularity as pipe smoking. （ A） The cost of growing tobacco increased. （ B） Many people began
9、to give up smoking. （ C） The government banned smoking and cigarette. （ D） The taxes on cigarettes increased greatly. （ A） Go to the designated areas. （ B） Ask for the conductors permission. （ C） Share with other passengers. （ D） Have something else instead of cigarettes. （ A） It shows the component
10、s of each cigarette. （ B） It warns us that smoking is dangerous to health. （ C） It tells people the side effects of smoking cigarettes. （ D） It reminds people not to smoke in public places. Section C （ A） Because schools and businesses are changing rapidly. （ B） Because international students are no
11、w much more mobile. （ C） Because many new tests have been developed worldwide. （ D） Because English is used increasingly as a common language. （ A） The tests have been standardized. （ B） The tests are taken via computers. （ C） The tests are about language speaking. （ D） The tests are now more diffic
12、ult. （ A） Try to make sure that all the test-takers are happy in the tests. （ B） Design the items in a way that they test real-world proficiency. （ C） Hire people with intercultural communication backgrounds. （ D） Review items about intercultural communication in the tests. （ A） Artificial texts. （
13、B） Specific texts. （ C） Authentic texts. （ D） Designed texts. （ A） Because they wanted to be closer to the government. （ B） Because Tokyo was the historical commercial capital. （ C） Because the population was growing rapidly in Tokyo. （ D） Because Japans economy was growing at that time. （ A） The co
14、st of the two hundred items. （ B） The economic growth last year. （ C） The population of the cities. （ D） The fluctuations of the currencies. （ A） All European cities would drop in the rankings. （ B） US cities would experience dramatic change in rankings. （ C） It would become more costly to live in a
15、ll US cities. （ D） The power of the US cities would be strengthened. （ A） They were loaded onto the computer with a disk. （ B） They were small in size but still very expensive. （ C） They could not be used without the Internet. （ D） They functioned as a business tool and a studio. （ A） All of them ar
16、e big but cheap. （ B） They are available on the Internet. （ C） We can buy them from a store. （ D） It takes hours to download them. （ A） The new generation of phones and gaming systems. （ B） The emergence of new platforms and marketplaces. （ C） The small and collectible size of the applications. （ D）
17、 The application of browsers and social networks. Section A 26 Our bodies experience an ebb and flow of energy throughout the day. This is called a circadian rhythm, and it has been studied【 C1】 _by scientists. Our energy level builds gradually to a peak, then【 C2】 _, reaching a trough about 12 hour
18、s later. The exact nature of this cycle varies from person to person, and so do our【 C3】_for activity versus rest Our natural rhythms are【 C4】 _by internal drives and external stimulation. Typically, external stimulation wins out over what our internal guide tells us. For example, when we fly across
19、 six time zones, we have to fit into a different time frame whether we like it or not. The same is true when we work the night shift. These are【 C5】 _examples of what most of us experience every day on the job. So here we are, many of us working hours that are【 C6】 _to what our internal rhythms woul
20、d prefer. Too bad. Or is it? Some forward-looking companies are looking at internal rhythms as they【 C7】_to productivity and are finding that a mid-afternoon nap increases work output and【 C8】 _. But can naptime really fit into the American workday? While experts seem to agree that napping is a good
21、 idea, the reality of napping is probably a long shot at best. There are lots of reasons for this. One is the need for predictability and standardization in the workplace,【 C9】 _in companies that do business around the world. Another is the longstanding American work ethic that【 C10】 _total commitme
22、nt from beginning to end of the workday. Napping is viewed as slacking, a real no-no for the go-getter who wants to get ahead. A)contrary E)prior I)especially M)extreme B)exclaimed F)demands J)relate N)declines C)extensively G)preferences K)specifically O)appropriate D)affected H)impact L)accuracy 2
23、7 【 C1】 28 【 C2】 29 【 C3】 30 【 C4】 31 【 C5】 32 【 C6】 33 【 C7】 34 【 C8】 35 【 C9】 36 【 C10】 Section B 36 Join the “Sleep Challenge“ ADid you get enough sleep last night? Probably not. “We are a nation of sleep-deprived women,“ says Cindi Leive, editor-in-chief of Glamour magazine. While everyone in co
24、llege burns the candle at both ends, Leive says womens sleep problems only get worse with the arrival of kids and careers. After a while, she says, you begin to think that its selfish to put your own need for sleep ahead of all of your familys needs and all the items on your to-do list. Its a self-d
25、efeating strategy because when youre tired, you cant accomplish as much as you can when youre rested. You never win. BLeive and Arianna Huffington are out to change that dynamic through Sleep Challenge 2010, a joint venture between Glamour and The Huffington Post that began at the beginning of the y
26、ear and will continue through the end of the month. Both women are blogging on their sites about their own experiences and including lots of helpful tips for readers who want to join in. Leive said she and Huffington came up with the idea when they met last summer on a panel about women and power at
27、 Maria Shrivers Womens Conference in California. They agreed that fatigue was the one complaint all women shared no matter where they stood on the corporate ladder. Leive suggested that the two challenge each other to see who could do the best job of improving their sleep. CIt was “half in joke,“ Le
28、ive says, but the idea began to seem better and better the more they thought about it. Studies show that adults who dont get enough sleep increase their risk of heart disease and mood disorders. Theyre more likely to get into car accidents. Their concentration and thinking is impaired. And theyre ev
29、en more likely to gain weight. “I was shocked when I started reading the research to find the links between sleep and virtually every other health problem,“ Leive says. “I know that I could reduce my risk of a million different diseases by eating better and exercising, but sometimes those things are
30、 hard. Sleeps easy.“ DWell, maybe not so easy, according to the blog posts. Its clear that “challenge“ is the right word for their effort. In one of her first posts, Huffington wrote about how she was tempted to stay up late talking to her daughter, who was home from college. “She, of course, can sl
31、eep all morning if she wants,“ Huffington wrote. “I have to be up at 6:30.“ Huffington tried to resolve the situation by having a “chat-filled dinner,“ going to a movie with her daughter, and then going to a coffee house for a caffeine-free “nightcap.“ EFor Leive, one of her most difficult moments s
32、o far was getting out of bed on the weekend close to her weekday wake-up time. “Going to bed at 11 p.m. this Saturday night and then getting up at 6:30 a.m. the next morning made me feel a little like a third-grader,“ Leive wrote. “Plus, I felt irrationally annoyed at my husband, who got to lie in b
33、ed until 9.“ But, she admits, she felt “awesome“ after getting the extra rest. FRecent nights have been less successful. Huffington, who lives in Los Angeles, wrote that she “fell off the wagon“ on day 11 when two friends from Washington were in town. “Everyone was having such a great time no one wa
34、nted it to end including me,“ she wrote. “My compatriot(同胞 )Zorba the Greek suddenly popped into my head, reminding me that life is about living each moment fully. You cant let anything, Zorba whispered in my ear, even something as positive as the sleep challenge, get in the way of fully embracing t
35、he moment. So I surrendered to my inner Zorba.“ Huffington says she paid for staying up until 2:30 a.m. by being exhausted the next afternoon. GLeive had a bad night as well. After a later-than-usual dinner with friends, she tried to get a full nights rest but woke up in the middle of the night and
36、found herself“mentally scrolling(翻滚 )through my to-do list.“ She couldnt get back to sleep as she worried about unfinished tasks. One problem on that night, she said, might have been the glass of wine she had at dinner. Alcohol can disrupt sleep if you drink it too close to bedtime. HEven with this
37、less-than-perfect performance, theres no question that Leive and Huffington are publicizing a major health issue for women. According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, womens sleep tends to be lighter and more easily disturbed than mens. Women are also more likely to wake up saying they don
38、t feel rested even after theyve had a full night of sleep. Young working mothers have a particularly difficult time getting the rest they need. IInsomnia(失眠 )may seem like an inevitable side effect of modem life, but it can also be a sign that something else is wrong. “You should take it seriously i
39、f it has been going on for two to three weeks,“ says Dr. Mary Susan Esther, a sleep doctor. “If youre really struggling, then you need to see a physician.“ Sleep problems could be triggered by a mood disorder like depression. Other possible causes include medication you might be taking, hormonal cha
40、nges, or just bad sleep habits. JIf theres nothing physically wrong, Esther offers four tips to get your sleep back on track. 1. Have a standard wake-up time. KYou cant always control the hour that you actually fall asleep, but you can make yourself get up at the same time every day. If you stick to
41、 that schedule, eventually you should find yourself falling asleep more easily. Thats something both Leive and Huffington have been doing. And that also means that you have to get up early on weekends as well, as Leive did so painfully. Esther says your weekend wake-up time should be no more than an
42、 hour later than your regular wake-up time. “The most common night to have problems sleeping is Sunday night because youre worried about Monday and you slept in on Sunday,“ Esther says. 2. Make sure you have downtime before bed. LYour body needs a signal that its almost time for sleep. Most parents
43、do this with their kids by giving them a bath, then reading them a story a regular bedtime routine. Adults need this as well, so shut off computers and TVs at least an hour before you want to be asleep. Lowering the lights in the house helps as well: this signals your brain that its the end of the d
44、ay. 3. Avoid caffeine after noon. MYes, its hard especially with a Starbucks on every corner. But it takes many hours for the caffeine to work through your system and if you have a cup of coffee or tea at dinner, it will interfere with your ability to get to sleep. That also applies to soft drinks t
45、hat contain caffeine and even chocolate. 4. Make sleep a priority. NYou need to schedule sleep time just like everything else. Its not of little significance. It all sounds simple, but as Leive and Huffington have found, reforming long-held sleep habits takes real effort. Leive admits shes a little
46、uncertain about what will happen when the month-long challenge ends. “I am sure I will have a relapse(故态复萌 )when theres a string of nights where I want to be up until 2 in the morning,“ she says. But, she adds, “I hope some of it will stick.“ 37 It takes real effort to avoid a relapse into bad sleep
47、 habits. 38 Doctors recommend that people have a regular wake-up time. 39 It is found that womens sleep quality is generally lower than mens. 40 Sticking to a regular wake-up time helps you fall asleep more easily. 41 Staying up too late at night can result in being exhausted the next day. 42 People
48、 who dont sleep well are more likely to be involved in a car accident. 43 Lowering the lights, like giving a kid a bath, is a signal that its time for sleep. 44 Studies found that people who dont get enough sleep are more likely to get heart disease. 45 According to an editor, womens sleep problems
49、become more prominent among working mothers. 46 Two women were talking on their sites about their own experiences, and they agreed that women should sleep more. Section C 46 Thousands of students, faculty and staff boycotted classes and staged rallies across the 10-campus University of California(UC)on Thursday to protest dramatic cuts to the systems budget and proposed additional hikes in undergraduate fees. The authorities of the Universit
