1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 43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 Should Colleges Focus on Talent Training or Scientific Research? You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words following the outline given below: 1高校应当
2、更注重人才培养还是更注重科研一直备受关注 2人们观点不一 3我的观点 Section A （ A） Why his phone had been disconnected. （ B） Why she could not get through to him. （ C） Why he didnt leave her a message. （ D） Why he refused to answer her call. （ A） The houses within his price range are sold out. （ B） Most people in this city want to
3、own a home. （ C） He has difficulty finding affordable housing. （ D） The woman should rent a nicer apartment. （ A） The woman would like the man to take care of her mail. （ B） The woman has put the number into everyones mailbox. （ C） The new copy machine can meet everyones needs. （ D） A code number is
4、 necessary to run the copy machine. （ A） He will stop work to take care of the baby. （ B） He will find a job near his home next year. （ C） His wife is going to give birth to a baby. （ D） His wife will leave her work soon. （ A） The shopping center is flooded with people. （ B） They will come to the ma
5、ll some other day. （ C） Parking in this city is a horrible nightmare. （ D） She will wait for the man at the south gate. （ A） He will be back in a minute to repair the computers. （ B） It will take longer to reconnect the computers to the Net. （ C） He has tackled more complicated problems than this. （
6、 D） A lot of cool stuff will be available online tomorrow. （ A） She forgot to call her mother. （ B） Prof. Smith gives lectures regularly on TV. （ C） Her mother is a friend of Prof. Smiths. （ D） She did see Prof. Smith on TV. （ A） The man has to wait to get his medicine. （ B） The store doesnt have th
7、e prescribed medicine. （ C） The man has to go to see his doctor again. （ D） The prescription is not written clearly enough. （ A） Hosting a TV program. （ B） Introducing a famous doctor. （ C） Commenting on allergies. （ D） Making a performance. （ A） By taking allergy shots. （ B） By taking a full spoon
8、every day. （ C） By taking pollen to build up tolerance. （ D） By taking only local honey. （ A） Add peaches and apples to your diet. （ B） Cook with onions and garlic. （ C） Reduce the amount of vinegar. （ D） Have more fruits enriched with Vitamin C. （ A） Mix it with cold water. （ B） Drain it through bo
9、th sides of the nose. （ C） Do it over a sink. （ D） Have three-year-old kids do it. （ A） It aims at evaluating the ability of a candidate to handle stress. （ B） It demotivates candidates by creating a master-servant situation. （ C） It is deliberately planned and usually warns interviewees beforehand.
10、 （ D） It is regarded as an unnecessary tool for assessment. （ A） Be cheerful even when you are provoked. （ B） Never seem to be nervous. （ C） Try to win debating points. （ D） Never say “I dont know.“ （ A） Make sure if the company is the one you want to work for. （ B） Respond with a smile and show you
11、r sense of humor. （ C） Confess your ignorance or frustration straightaway. （ D） Maintain eye contact with the interviewer and keep answers brief. Section B （ A） To keep fit. （ B） To study well. （ C） To earn more money. （ D） To gain esteem. （ A） By changing the measure to achieve the goal. （ B） By va
12、luing the importance of the goal. （ C） By reflecting the image of the goal. （ D） By reinforcing the impression of the goal. （ A） You should do little exercises. （ B） You should take some of your favorite foods. （ C） You should always keep on diet. （ D） You should take some drugs for help. （ A） They
13、look at the students shoulders. （ B） They focus on the teachers explanation. （ C） They pay attention to the students reactions in class. （ D） They wear the lab coats in class. （ A） A learning test strategy. （ B） An interest experiment. （ C） A teaching evaluation procedure. （ D） A mock applicants int
14、erview. （ A） It is conducted in class and the other teachers provide feedback. （ B） It is done at home with students. （ C） It is prepared by the delivery teacher alone. （ D） It is performed without any audience. （ A） It is popular in the academic circle. （ B） It is not acceptable in the United State
15、s. （ C） It just begins in Japan. （ D） It just begins in the United States. （ A） A little girl. （ B） A young woman. （ C） An old lady. （ D） A handsome boy. （ A） It can help the female cancer patients become younger. （ B） It can make the female cancer patients more beautiful. （ C） It can stimulate self
16、-respect in the female cancer patients. （ D） It can delight the female cancer patients. （ A） Slowing down the treatment of the patients. （ B） Ignoring the real needs of the patients. （ C） Influencing the bad situation of the patients. （ D） Doing harm to happy mood of the patients. Section C 26 The i
17、deal companion machine would not only look, feel, and sound friendly but would also be programmed to behave in an agreeable manner. Those【 B1】 _that make interaction with other people enjoyable would be simulated as closely as possible, and the machine would appear to be charming, stimulating, and e
18、asygoing. Its informal conversational style would make interaction【 B2】 _, and yet the machine would remain slightly unpredictable and therefore interesting. In its first【 B3】 _it might be somewhat hesitant and unassuming, but as it came to know the user it would progress to a more【 B4】 _and intimat
19、e style. The machine would not be a passive participant but would add its own suggestions, information, and opinions; it would sometimes take the【 B5】 _ in developing or changing the topic and would have a personality【 B6】 _. The machine would convey presence. We have all seen how a computers use of
20、 personal names often【 B7】 _people and leads them to treat the machine as if it were almost human. Such features are easily written into the software. By introducing【 B8】 _forcefulness and humor, the machine could be presented as a vivid and unique character. Friendships are not made in a day, and t
21、he computer would be more【 B9】 _as a friend if it simulated the gradual changes that occur when one person is getting to know another. At an appropriate time it might also【 B10】 _the kind of affection that stimulates attachment and intimacy. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【
22、 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Should Colleges Focus on Talent Training or Scientific Research? Many of todays college students are suffering from a form of shock. Lisa is a good example of a student in shock. She is an attractive, intelligent twenty-year-old college【 C1】 _ at a state
23、 university. Now, only three years later, Lisa is miserable. She has【 C2】 _ her major four times and is forced to hold down two part-time jobs in order to pay her tuition. She suffers from sleeping and eating disorders and has no【 C3】_friend. Sometimes she burst out crying for no【 C4】 _ reason. What
24、 is happening to Lisa happens to millions of college students each year. As a result, roughly one-quarter of the student population at any time will suffer from【 C5】_of depression. Half of them will experience depression intense enough to call for【 C6】 _help. But many of them【 C7】 _the idea because
25、they dont want people to think theres something wrong with them. There are two reasons todays college students are suffering more than in earlier generations. First is a weakening family support【 C8】 _Today, with high divorce rate, the traditional family is not always available for support. Another
26、problem is【 C9】_ pressure. In the last decade tuition cost rose about sixty-six percent at public colleges and ninety percent at private schools.【 C10】 _, most students must work at least part-time. It can be depressing to students to be faced with the added tuition costs. A)finance F)apparent K)pro
27、fessional B)switched G)symptom L)consequently C)consistently H)delightful M)financial D)structure I)intimate N)automatic E)junior J)decline O)recalled 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 How Customs Work A)One of the little rituals
28、all international travelers go through is customs. To most people, this is just another stop in an airport or a minor inconvenience at a countrys borders. But when you go through customs, you are actually taking part in a key component of the global economy. B)A nations customs service has many resp
29、onsibilities. At its most basic level, its purpose is to regulate what comes into and goes out of a country. The foremost element of this regulation is controlling international trade. The concept of trade is as old as civilization itself. If my tribe has a huge supply of bananas, and your tribe has
30、 a huge supply of fur, we will trade goods so that both our tribes can eat and both can keep warm. In the modern world, international trade is based on money, but it works in pretty much the same way. My country may produce more televisions than the population needs, but not enough cars. In order to
31、 have everything the population needs, businesses in my country will export TVs and import cars. C)Any nation wants its own businesses to do well, so most of the time they prefer their people to buy domestic goods over competing foreign goods. But in many cases, goods are available cheaper in anothe
32、r country than in your country, and people naturally want to buy them at the lower price. To tilt the balance in favor of domestic businesses, governments impose tariffs, also called duty, on foreign goods coming into the country. D)In addition to encouraging domestic trade, duty also gives the nati
33、on a “piece of the action“ when somebody buys something produced overseas. Customs agencies are often major sources of revenue for the government. The US Customs Service, for example, brings in more money than any other government office except the Internal Revenue Service. To control specific sorts
34、 of trade, a government may impose a higher tariff on certain types of goods(alcohol, for example). Certain countries may join together to work out mutually beneficial trade agreements, enabling businesses in those nations to trade more freely with each other than they can with businesses in other n
35、ations. This gives an advantage to nations that a country has a good relationship with. E)Customs agencies also monitor what is being exported from a country. For example, most governments strictly regulate what weapons can be exported to other nations. This is simply a common-sense safety measure:
36、Its not a good idea to arm enemy nations, so the government has to know who is buying any domestically-produced weaponry. As well see later on, customs agencies also pay careful attention to how much money citizens are transporting out of the country. F)Duty charges have a huge effect on big busines
37、ses, which may import millions of dollars worth of goods every year. To regulate trade on this level, a countrys customs agency must keep track of all shipments that come into the nations ports or cross its borders. They cant check every bit of foreign cargo, of course, so agents pick certain boxes
38、to inspect and certain shipments to scrutinize. In an effort to speed up the process, the US Customs Service is implementing new, computerized systems for processing shipments and charging importers. G)While large businesses are the main importers in a country, trade restrictions also apply to the i
39、ndividual traveler. When you bring home souvenirs(纪念品 )from another country, you are actually importing goods. In the United States and many other countries, the customs agency grants each traveler a nominal duty exemption(免除 )to allow them to bring back a reasonable amount of goods without having t
40、o pay tariffs. H)In most countries, it isnt feasible for the customs agency to check all of the goods that every single traveler is importing, so governments have to depend largely on peoples honesty. When you enter a country, you are asked to truthfully report what goods you are importing and make
41、a good faith estimate of their value. They dont put their entire trust in peoples good character, of course; customs performs a thorough search of some percentage of all travelers. I)Some customs agencies decide which travelers to search based on random chance. You are asked to press a button on a m
42、achine that activates a random number generator. Depending on the number that comes up, either a green light comes on and you can pass through or a red light comes on and the agent searches your bags. Other customs agencies decide who to search based solely on intuition. After many years on the job,
43、 a customs agent develops a keen eye for people who are up to no good. Unlike the police, customs agents are fully authorized to search your luggage, clothes and even your body without any warrant or reason for suspicion. Customs agents often work side-by-side with immigration officials, and in some
44、 ports of entry, one inspector may represent both agencies. But at its core, a customs agency is concerned with the things that are coming in and out of a country, rather than the travelers themselves. J)In addition to monitoring legal imports, a nations customs agency also works to keep out illegal
45、 or contraband(违禁品 )items. Customs agencies must fight the flow of illegal materials across borders. In addition to drugs, customs agencies may watch for weaponry, child pornography(色情资料 ), counterfeit merchandise and stolen goods. They also watch for people carrying illegally gained money across bo
46、rders. K)These sorts of illegal materials make up only one category of contraband goods. Customs agents also stop the importation of legal goods that are a threat to the nations security. In most countries, the importation of fruits, meats, animals and plants is heavily regulated due to the fear of
47、disease or ecological imbalance. While it may seem strange that a piece of fruit is considered a threat to national security, the risk of biological contamination is very real. In the late 1980s, one traveler with one piece of contaminated fruit caused an infestation(大量滋生 )of Mediterranean fruit fli
48、es that destroyed millions of dollars worth of crops in California. L)Some completely harmless items are deemed contraband simply because of the country they come from. If country A is considered to be a national enemy of country B, or has a record of violating international law, country B(and other
49、 countries)might institute an embargo(禁运 )against that country(a ban on the importation of country As goods). This cuts off potential business for country A, and this may persuade its leaders to change their policies. In the United States, the best known example of this sort of sanction is the embargo against Cuban products. There is a high demand for Cuban cigars in the United States, but they are strictly regulated because of the str
