1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 27及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 to write an essay commenting on the remark “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have “ . You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than
2、 200 words. Section A （ A） He is in a meeting. （ B） He is on the telephone. （ C） He is busy. （ D） He is confused. （ A） She wants to buy another calculator. （ B） She wants the man to buy a calculator. （ C） She invites the man to have a cup of coffee. （ D） Shell give hers to the man if he buys her a c
3、offee. （ A） Practice harder. （ B） Dont give up. （ C） Stop trying to be a superstar. （ D） Find another partner. （ A） Call the hotel to cancel the booking. （ B） Call the hotel to confirm the booking. （ C） Ask Linda to confirm the booking at the hotel. （ D） Ask the man to confirm the booking at the hot
4、el. （ A） She used to have some name cards. （ B） She gives name cards to some new friends. （ C） She didnt want to take the mans name card. （ D） She should have some name cards for convenience. （ A） She thinks members in Group B are lazy. （ B） She thinks Group B is better than Group C. （ C） She feels
5、very lucky to work with her group members. （ D） She is pessimistic about working with her group members. （ A） The woman wants to buy a computer. （ B） There is no need to reserve a computer in advance. （ C） The computers can be booked up to 48 hours in advance. （ D） Six hours ahead of time is absolut
6、ely enough to reserve a computer. （ A） The woman wants to travel very much. （ B） It is the off-season of the tourism market. （ C） It is the best time for travel at the moment. （ D） The mans company is always busy all the year. （ A） She has finished her work. （ B） She is too exhausted to work. （ C） H
7、er kids will arrive home after school. （ D） The man does not ask her to go back to the office. （ A） It is weird. （ B） It is convenient. （ C） It is comfortable. （ D） It is exhausting. （ A） The woman does not like it. （ B） It is produced by weird people. （ C） One can see a lot of strange things in it.
8、 （ D） The man is determined to watch it tonight. （ A） His boss might ask him to stay up late. （ B） The woman will record tonights program. （ C） He may have to prepare for tomorrows business trip. （ D） He will be having a meeting with his boss at that time. （ A） She does some teaching work. （ B） She
9、does her homework. （ C） She works as a babysitter. （ D） She attends weekend lessons to improve her English. （ A） One of her teachers recommended her to do it. （ B） One of her friends introduced it to her. （ C） She got it through a notice near the bus stop. （ D） She happened to meet a person who offe
10、red the job. （ A） To put up notices on community bulletin boards. （ B） To post notices on wire poles. （ C） To ask his teachers for help. （ D） To register in job center of the university. Section B （ A） Separating the fire. （ B） Reducing the heat. （ C） Removing the fuel. （ D） Cutting off the oxygen.
11、（ A） When it breaks out. （ B） How it comes about. （ C） What kind it is. （ D） Where it takes place. （ A） Another class of fires. （ B） Another type of extinguishers. （ C） How fires break out. （ D） How fires can be prevented. （ A） To grow beautiful flowers. （ B） To take part in the competition. （ C） To
12、 grow all kinds of flowers in the world. （ D） To grow a rose of new color and win prizes. （ A） They were naughty. （ B） They hated Mr. Flowers. （ C） Mr. Flowers didnt let them watch flowers. （ D） They just wanted to play a joke on Mr. Flowers. （ A） He was too old to see who did it. （ B） He was too ki
13、nd to beat the boys. （ C） The boys ran too fast for him to catch. （ D） It was impossible for him to be on guard all the time. （ A） They wanted to do what they were told not to. （ B） The notice was closer to the path. （ C） They hated to see the notice. （ D） The notice was in the way. （ A） To express
14、sympathy for AIDS victims. （ B） To show the consequences of AIDS. （ C） To stress the importance of medical tests. （ D） To warn people against high-risk behaviors. （ A） After he got married to Karen. （ B） After the family members were tested. （ C） After Karen persuaded him to see the doctor. （ D） Aft
15、er he found something wrong with his tongue. （ A） Promising drugs will soon stop AIDS. （ B） The spread of AIDS could be controlled. （ C） It is hopeless to win the battle against AIDS. （ D） The death rate of AIDS patients has been reduced. Section C 26 The trend toward smaller families may not be as
16、modern as we think. Although women gatherers had four or five children, only two typically survived childhood the number found in the【 B1】 _American family today. Even our style of【 B2】_children is starting to parallel hunting gathering communities, in which girls and boys【 B3】 _play together from a
17、 young age, and consequently experiment at sex earlier and engage in【 B4】 _marriages. Clearly, weve moved away from the agricultural custom of arranged marriages and insulating girls at home to【 B5】_their virginity. Moreover, the home is no longer the “place of production“, as it was in farm days. W
18、e dont make our soap, grow our vegetables and kill chickens for the dinner table. Instead, we hunt and gather in the grocery store and return to our “home base“ to consume the food we have collected. No wonder we are so in love with fast food. It probably【 B6】_an eating strategy our primate relative
19、s adopted over 50 million years ago. Theres no mistaking the trend: Humans are once again【 B7】 _. Husband and wife are no longer bound to a single plot of land for their【 B8】 _. and women are back in production as well as reproduction. As we view the future, theres every reason to believe the sexes
20、will enjoy the kind of equality that is a function of our birthright. By equality, I mean a more【 B9】 _division of power not that our roles will converge. Alike men and women have never been and never will be. Very simply, we think【 B10】 _. which is again tied to our long hunting gathering heritage.
21、 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Englishman suspects all theories, philosophical or other. He suspects everything new and is reluctant to accept them at the very beginning, unless he is【 C1】 _by the force of circumstances to see
22、 that this new thing has advantages over the old. They do not consult historical【 C2】 _in order to decide what to do: They first learn the facts as they are; then they depend upon their own common sense, not at all upon their university learning or upon philosophical theories. It is difficult to get
23、 praise from Englishman. A new idea, a noble action, and an【 C3】_painting any of these things will be admired and praised by every other people in Europe long before you can get Englishmen to praise. The Englishman all this time is trying to find fault. Why should he try to find fault? He has【 C4】 _
24、the terrible caution of his ancestors in regard to mistakes. Unless it【 C5】 _him he is away from mistakes, he will not accept the new things. He has learned【 C6】 _his ancestors taught him. The judgment of the Englishman by all other European peoples is that he is the most【 C7】 _, the most unreceptiv
25、e, and the most unfriendly among other peoples. Another typical character of English people is that they are the most【 C8】 _of all western peoples. If you ask a Frenchman, an Italian, a German, even an American, what he thinks about Englishmen, every one of them will have a common answer Englishmen
26、are so proud of themselves that it is difficult for them to accept things beyond their present conditions. But you would find upon the other hand that nearly all nations would speak【 C9】_of certain other English qualities energy, courage, honor. The friendship of an Englishman once gained is more st
27、rong and true than any other. It must be acknowledged that the English character is especially well fitted for the struggle. It is neither a lovable nor an agreeable character; it is not even kindly, for kindness is an emotional【 C10】_, and the English never likes to do things on the spur of the mom
28、ent. But with all this, the character is a grand one, and its success has been the best proof of its value. A)impulse I)exquisite B)arrogant J)ensures C)invariably K)inherited D)importance L)grace E)highly M)precedents F)compelled N)suspicious G)caution O)resemble H)complied 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C
29、3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 How Safe Is Your Cell Phone? AIt takes a little extra work to get in touch with Andrea Boland. The Maine state repre-sentative answers e-mails and lists her business and home phone numbers on the Web. But unlike many pol
30、iticians surgically attached to their BlackBerrys, she keeps her cell switched off unless shes expecting a call. And if she has her way, everyone in Maine and perhaps, eventually, the rest of the U.S. will similarly think twice before jabbering away on(急促而含混不清地说话 )their mobiles. BIn March, Maines le
31、gislature will begin debating a bill she submitted that would require manufacturers to put a warning label on every cell phone sold in the state declaring, “This device emits electromagnetic(电磁的 )radiation, exposure to which may cause brain cancer.“ Her warning would continue, “Users, especially chi
32、ldren and pregnant women, should keep this device away from the head and body.“ CFor those of you now eyeing your cell phones suspiciously, its worth noting that both the National Cancer Institute and the World Health Organization say there isnt evidence to support the assertion that cell phones are
33、 a public-health threat. But a number of scientists are worried that there has been a dangerous rush to declare cell phones safe, using studies they feel are inadequate and too often weighted toward the wireless industrys interests. An analysis published by University of Washington neurologist Henry
34、 Lai determined that far more independent studies than industry-funded studies have found at least some type of biological effect from cell-phone exposure. DSeveral countries including Finland, Israel and France have issued guidelines for cell-phone use. And San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who beg
35、an researching the issue when his wife was expecting their first child, is hoping his city will adopt legislation that would have manufacturers print radiation information on cell-phone packaging and manuals and require retailers to display the data on the sales floor. EWith 270 million Americans an
36、d 4 billion people around the world using cell phones and more signing up every day a strong link between mobiles and cancer could have major public-health implications. As cell phones make and take calls, they emit low-level radio-frequency(RF)radiation. Stronger than FM radio signals, these RF wav
37、es are still a billionth the intensity of known carcinogenic(致癌的 )radiation like X-rays. FThe wireless industry contends that RF radiation lacks the strength to alter molecules in the human body; the Federal Communications Commission(FCC)maximum for cellphone-signal exposure is intended to prevent R
38、F radiation from heating tissue to the point that cells are damaged. Cell-phone RF radiations “effect on the body, at least at this time, appears to be insufficient to produce genetic damage typically associated with developing cancer,“ Dr. Robert Hoover, director of the National Cancer Institutes E
39、pidemiology and Biostatistics Program, testified at a 2008 congressional hearing. GBut the body of research is far from conclusive. In 1995, Lai co-wrote a study showing that a single two-hour exposure of RF radiation at levels considered safe by U.S. standards produced the sort of genetic damage in
40、 rats brain cells that can lead to cancer. Though subsequent researchers often funded in part by the wireless industry failed to replicate Lais results, a 2004 European Union-funded study reported similar findings. HDariusz Leszczynski, a research professor at Finlands Radiation and Nuclear Safety A
41、uthority in Helsinki, has done studies indicating that RF radiation may create a stress reaction in the cells that line blood vessels, leading to a dangerous breach in the blood-brain barrier. “Mobile-phone radiation may be able to indirectly hurt cells, perhaps by interfering with their ability to
42、repair normal DNA damage,“ he says. “Given the scientific uncertainty, its premature to say the use of cell phones is safe.“ IIf RF radiation increases the chances of developing brain cancer, it should show up in long-term studies of cell-phone users. But many epidemiological studies have found no c
43、lear connection, including a 2007 Danish Cancer Society study of 421,000 cellphone users, which led many in the media to conclude that mobiles are harmless. To date, “peer-reviewed(同行评审 )scientific evidence has overwhelmingly indicated that wireless devices do not pose a risk,“ says John Walls, a sp
44、okesman for CTIA, a global wireless association. JThere are problems with many of these studies, however. For starters, the Danish one which reviewed the medical records of people who had signed up for cell phones from 1982 to 1995 didnt include all the business users, who were among the earliest ad
45、opters and most intensive users, because they were not billed directly. KAlso, the study looked only at tumors that were diagnosed by 2002 not long after daily use of cell phones became widespread. Brain cancers can take several decades to develop, so it might be many years before a measurable bump
46、in cancer rates shows up. “The latency period(潜伏期 )we have is far too short,“ says Dr. Siegal Sadetzki, a cancer researcher at Israels Gertner Institute whose epidemiological(流行病学的 )studies have found some connections between cell-phone use and salivary-gland tumors(唾液腺肿瘤 ). “And today, people are u
47、sing the phone much more heavily.“ LSadetzki served as Israels principal investigator in the Interphone study, which was conducted over the past several years by 13 countries, most of them European. The Interphone results initially were to be published in 2006, but the final report has been postpone
48、d repeatedly, and the study investigators are reportedly deeply divided. In the U.S., which isnt one of the Interphone countries, the National Toxicology Program is launching studies of the health effects of cell phones. But peer-reviewed results wont be available until at least 2014. MThats a long
49、time to wait for definitive data. The good news is that there are easy ways for those concerned about RF radiation to cut down on exposure. Using your cell phones speaker or connecting a wired headset while keeping the handset away from your body drastically reduces RF exposure.(Bluetooth headsets help too, but they still emit some radiation.)And given the potentially more serious ris
