1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 31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 “Cultured and fine manners are everywhere a passport to regard. “ You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more tha
2、n 200 words. Section A （ A） Lend Marsha some reference materials. （ B） Ask Marsha where the bookshelf is. （ C） Check through the books on Marshas shelf. （ D） Ask Marsha if she has an extra bookshelf. （ A） Mr. Smith will come this afternoon. （ B） The man will probably call Mr. Smith. （ C） Mr. Smith c
3、ame 15 minutes ago. （ D） Mr. Smith came between 10:30 and 12:00. （ A） He loves his present job. （ B） He is going to open a store. （ C） He is about to retire. （ D） He works in a repair shop. （ A） She suffers from computer radiation. （ B） Her eyes dont feel comfortable. （ C） She wants to wash somethin
4、g away in her stomach. （ D） She has a digestion problem. （ A） Not everyone from England likes to read all the time. （ B） People who teach English like things besides books. （ C） The English like to read a lot and listen to music. （ D） English teachers usually like to read a lot. （ A） Making a phone
5、call. （ B） Fixing a broken telephone. （ C） Having a physical examination. （ D） Whispering to each other. （ A） The assignment looks quite easy. （ B） He is also worried about the assignment. （ C） He has already finished the assignment. （ D） He cant help the woman with the assignment. （ A） She was give
6、n a raise. （ B） She was given a new job. （ C） She was criticized for being late. （ D） She was praised for her hard work. （ A） He wants to be a competent graduate. （ B） He wants to become a college teacher. （ C） He wants to study in Oxford University. （ D） He wants to change his life by studying. （ A
7、） He is too young to catch up with others. （ B） He is not intelligent enough. （ C） He pays too little attention to his study. （ D） He can not finish his homework independently. （ A） He wants James to be a good lawyer. （ B） He wont force James to study what he isnt good at. （ C） He wants James to fol
8、low his footsteps. （ D） He will make efforts to stop James playing tennis. （ A） American presidents intervention in television programs. （ B） American presidents favorite television programs. （ C） Television development with American presidents. （ D） Televisions effect on American presidential elect
9、ions. （ A） He wants to study in a graduate school. （ B） There are more specialized materials. （ C） He has some acquaintances there. （ D） There is a larger volume of books. （ A） It covers such a wide range that a lot of efforts are needed. （ B） Its background information is too obscure to continue. （
10、 C） It has no real meaning so the man should make a change. （ D） It is such a common topic that there is a lot of related information. （ A） By sending e-mails to other universities. （ B） By typing the request in the computer （ C） By turning to the librarian for advice. （ D） By making calls to public
11、 libraries. Section B （ A） The overflowing of foreign products. （ B） The increasing use of foreign words. （ C） The abandon of traditional life style. （ D） The lost of Japanese spirits. （ A） They will have difficulty understanding each other. （ B） Their culture is too traditional to catch up with the
12、 time. （ C） It will become harder for them to learn foreign languages. （ D） Few people are willing to learn Japanese. （ A） It is popular among people of all ages. （ B） It has already been one of the best sellers in Japan. （ C） Its readers are beyond his expectation. （ D） He believes it will gain pop
13、ularity all over the world. （ A） Cairo. （ B） Washington. （ C） Paris. （ D） New York. （ A） Google. （ B） UNESCO. （ C） European Union. （ D） UNICEF. （ A） It was proposed by the Library of Congress in Washington. （ B） It collects books from around the world in seven different languages. （ C） Users who get
14、 access to the library are free of charge. （ D） 2,000 documents are available in the library. （ A） Giving lectures in schools. （ B） Providing free bottles of sun cream. （ C） Providing beach umbrella at the seaside. （ D） Providing free skin cancer screenings. （ A） Social workers. （ B） Policemen. （ C）
15、 School teachers. （ D） A street cleaner. （ A） To encourage children to do more sports. （ B） To encourage children to learn to send emails. （ C） To encourage children to write letters more frequently. （ D） To encourage children to read more books. （ A） Sunny. （ B） Cloudy. （ C） Rainy. （ D） Windy. Sect
16、ion C 26 Many young people believe good grades and excellent internships will land them their ideal job. However, contrary to what they think, often their major will【 B1】_the person who is hiring them for the position. Young adults need to have a【 B2】 _view in order to survive in corporate America.
17、When you apply at a major corporation, do not be surprised if you【 B3】 _an entry level position. You usually do not start at the top, but work your way up. It is all about “paying your dues“. Hard work and being in the corporation for some time may lead to greater earning【 B4】 _. If you are unable t
18、o get a promotion after eighteen months, depending on the position, it may be time to move on. In interviews, young adults often【 B5】 _their majors. Unless you are going into a【 B6】 _field where an accounting or science degree is needed, no one really cares as much as you may think. You are there to
19、 prove why you can do the position【 B7】 _for. When you walk out of the interview they must believe you are willing “to pay your dues“. It usually does not hurt to ask for more work. On the contrary, this shows initiative and the【 B8】 _to go the extra mile for the company. “Paying your dues“ will get
20、 you【 B9】 _in life. It can often help you expand your leadership role at work. Just remember that someone will always be trying to steal your glory, so never get【 B10】_in a position, otherwise you may become stagnant(not changing or making progress, and continuing to be in a bad condition). 27 【 B1】
21、 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Use of the illegal drug named Ecstasy(MDMA)has increased alarmingly in Britain over the last few years. Many deaths have so far been【 C1】 _to the drug in Britain although it is possible that other drugs c
22、ontributed to some of those deaths. While it is true that all drugs by their very nature change the way in which the body reacts to its environment and are therefore potentially dangerous, it is still unclear whether casual use of Ecstasy is as dangerous as【 C2】 _believe. What is certain is that the
23、 drug causes【 C3】 _changes to the body which may lead to【 C4】_complications in certain circumstances. In almost all cases of MDMA-related deaths in Britain, overheating of the body and inadequate replacement of fluids have been noted as the【 C5】 _causes of death. However, not all physical problems【
24、C6】_with the drug are immediate. Medium-term and long term effects have been reported which are quite disturbing, yet not all are conclusively linked to the drugs use. Medium term effects include the possibility of【 C7】 _the liver disease hepatitis, or risking【 C8】 _to the kidneys. Animal studies sh
25、ow no such damage, although it is readily admitted by researchers that animal studies are far from conclusive since humans react in different ways than rats and monkeys to the drug. Perhaps the most damning evidence urging against the use of Ecstasy is that it is【 C9】 _an addictive substance, and on
26、e that quickly loses its ability to transport the mind, while it increases its effect upon the body. Yet, unlike the classic addictive drugs, Ecstasy does not produce physical【 C10】 _symptoms. In fact, because one becomes quickly tolerant of its effect on the mind, it is necessary to forgo its use f
27、or a while in order to experience again its full effect. A)primary I)owed B)primitive J)attributed C)fatal K)undoubtedly D)infecting L)traditionally E)contracting M)damage F)authorities N)distinguishable G)withdrawal O)distinct H)associated 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【
28、C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 We must Train People to Break the Rules ALay out the entrails, read omens and auguries, study the heavens, shake your hoary locks like an ancient seer. Signs and portents bring us messages, and we should heed them ere civilization crumbles. BOff Hope Cove
29、, on the Devon coast, a crew of strong, experienced men has saved a girls life with minutes to spare, only to find itself “disciplined“ because the only boat available was classified as an “additional facility awaiting inspection“. Earlier and farther inland, see two more strong men standing helples
30、s in their luminous Police Community Support uniforms, wittering into radios because they lacked the correct certificates to try to rescue a drowning boy. CElsewhere, a coastguard resigned after saving a 13-year-old dangling from a cliff. He failed to fetch and buckle on his own safety harness, and
31、immediately found himself in trouble from bosses droning that they “dont want dead heroes“. DMeanwhile a thousand small habitual practices from cake stalls to carpentry classes find themselves under heavy reproof and restraint. And in a hospital ward somewhere a dying, frail old man repeatedly falls
32、 out of bed because nurses reckon that they cant put up the sides of the bed without a “risk assessment“, in case they breach his “human rights“ and “unlawfully imprison“ him. EA frantic family tries to get a telephone line reconnected to a remote Welsh hillside where a man has had a stroke, and mee
33、t only call-centre shrugs because they dont have the account number off the bill; a neighbor phones the weekend “on-call“ doctor service about an ailing nonagenarian neighbor, to be told by the doctor that nothing can be done until they give the victims correct postcode and date of birth. FAn amateu
34、r dramatic group has to find lock-up storage for two plastic toy swords; and in Huddersfield, citizens have to barricade the road before Binmen will take away rubbish bags that didnt fit correctly into the wheelie bins, although the surplus is entirely due to the said Binmen having been on strike an
35、d omitting the last collection. GFrom distant California, thanks to Times online message boards, comes the echo of a voice from the Ancient World. Jim from El Centro responded to the Hope Cove rescue story at the weekend with a quotation from Marcus Tullius Cicero: “A bureaucrat is the most despicab
36、le of men, though he is needed as vultures are needed, but one hardly admires vultures, which bureaucrats so strangely resemble. I have yet to meet a bureaucrat who was not petty, dull, almost witless, crafty or stupid, an oppressor or a thief, a holder of little authority in which he delights, as a
37、 boy delights in possessing a vicious dog. Who can trust such creatures?“ HSomething is wrong. We read too many stories about this craven, inhuman, poltroonish cowering behind rules and routines, and about individuals who get into trouble for momentarily breaching them in the name of humanity or sen
38、se. I take issue with Cicero and Jim a little, though it is too easy to rage at bureaucracy itself and join in thoughtless jeering at “suits“. Even Cicero accepts that efficient administration is necessary: it gets things done and distributed, and is a bulwark against chaos. So I think we have to ch
39、oose our targets more carefully, and unpick more precisely the evil threads that make us so uneasy and unhappy and desperate to stick to rules in defiance of common sense and kindness. II would diagnose it as insecurity, linked to a misunderstanding of the concept of “training“(which, incidentally,
40、links straight back to the culture of unintelligent testing in schools). Depressed, anxious people always prefer to stick to rules rather than think for themselves; at the extreme they lapse into obsessive-compulsive disorder, forever washing their hands and touching wood. Depressed, anxious institu
41、tions such as the Maritime and Coastguard Authority, National Health Service management(and quite a few call centers)display this pathology on a corporate level. You get the “training“, tick the right multiple-choice boxes and refuse to think that there might be another choice, not listed. You feel
42、safer that way, like a troubled child determined not to color outside the lines. JYet this is the opposite of real training, as practised for years in real armies, navies, laboratories and institutions. Real training lays down a framework of expertise and safety not to prevent initiative, but to fre
43、e it. If you really know the rules and understand their purpose, you can judge when to make an exception and break them. KA nurse should be able to think(as some no doubt do): “Right, the patient is confused and rolling about, and might get hurt, Ill put up the sides of the bed and keep an eye on th
44、ings, and have a word with the relatives later to explain.“ LThe boat crew should feel free to think(as they did): “The big lifeboat isnt going to be in time, we know our own boats safe even though it hasnt got the certificate yet, and if we do get into trouble its worth a try to save a life go for
45、it!“ The dustmen should say: “OK, so there are bags lying beside the wheelie bins in contravention of council regulations, but thatll be because of the strike, isnt it? Chuck them in.“ MThe NHS or telecom call-centre staff should be alert not only to the list of correct procedures on the wall, but t
46、o the note of panic in the distant voice. NEmployees should be allowed to be people too; and a good bureaucrat should feel safe to judge which value scored highest at the critical moment. We all see examples of this gentle accommodation every day. But we also know that those who break small rules fo
47、r human values run a real risk, because of that corporate anxiety and depression. It is brought on by soulless micromanagement from the top and a culture that assumes the citizen is a moron. Keeping the balance is not always easy: but hell, human life is a tightrope and always has been. Certainly th
48、e reckless rule-breakers should be curbed or sacked; but so should the stupidly rigid bureaucrats. OCant leave you on that gloomy note. So rejoice: 125 miles out in the dark North Sea, in the excellent Tall Ships Race, 13 crew(mainly teenage)have just been rescued from the flooded cutter Clyde Chall
49、enger by the(mainly teenage)crew of a fellow-competitor, the Norwegian ketch Loyal. I am sure that they all obeyed the rules: perish the thought that they wouldnt. But if they had to break a few, good luck to them. 47 A good weapon to prevent chaos is efficient administration. 48 Instead of thinking for themselves, the depressed, anxious people prefer to stick to rules. 49 The purpose of real training is to, but not to p
