1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 48及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark “Even if you re on the right track, you ll get run over if you just sit there. “ You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 15
2、0 words but no more than 200 words. Section A （ A） It was mild. （ B） It was humid. （ C） It was hot. （ D） It was cool. （ A） A guest talked for too long. （ B） The programme was too short. （ C） The audience was too noisy. （ D） The host was inexperienced. （ A） To have a job interview. （ B） To see his ne
3、w girlfriend. （ C） To see his new section chief. （ D） To take a photo of his new boss. （ A） The man was using a digital camera. （ B） The woman took very good pictures. （ C） The man didnt take any pictures of the night view. （ D） The woman ran out of film before taking pictures. （ A） He didnt know th
4、e change of the schedule. （ B） He will probably get to the airport at 2 pm. （ C） He will not go to the airport with the speakers. （ D） He probably knows the change of the schedule. （ A） Visit an art museum. （ B） See an exhibition abroad. （ C） Attend a wedding ceremony. （ D） Make a voyage over the Pa
5、cific. （ A） It failed in the final. （ B） It couldnt reach the final. （ C） It has ultimately won the final. （ D） It is working very hard for the final. （ A） They plan to go to the library. （ B） They live in a house together. （ C） They will have a get-together. （ D） They often meet in the library. （ A
6、） She has finished her work. （ B） She is too exhausted to work. （ C） Her 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 pro
7、duced by weird people. （ C） One can see a lot of strange things in it. （ 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 w
8、ith his boss at that time. （ A） She does some teaching work. （ B） She 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
9、 notice near the bus stop. （ D） She happened to meet a person who offered 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 centre of the university. Section B （ A） Her future prospects. （ B） H
10、er unique experience. （ C） Her favourite job. （ D） Her lonely life. （ A） Authority. （ B） Independence. （ C） Good luck. （ D） A good relationship. （ A） She may remain single. （ B） She will work in a bookstore. （ C） She may live an empty life. （ D） She will earn a lot of money. （ A） She should find a g
11、ood job. （ B） She should get married. （ C） She should have more control over her life. （ D） She should open a small restaurant. （ A） It brings about the generation gap. （ B） It is very careful about peoples privacy. （ C） It lists the telephone numbers of your friends. （ D） It encourages you to list
12、your personal information. （ A） Because trouble-makers can easily approach their children through the site. （ B） Because they think MySpace has a bad influence on their children. （ C） Because they dont want to pay so much money for MySpace. （ D） Because it takes up too much of their childrens spare
13、time. （ A） MySpace often holds parents meetings. （ B） MySpace is quite popular with parents. （ C） MySpace has become a top issue troubling parents. （ D） Parents have lots of questions about MySpace. （ A） A plain in Texas. （ B） A forest in Mexico. （ C） The Gulf of Mexico. （ D） An area in Mississippi.
14、 （ A） By comparing their different ages. （ B） By counting the dead ones in the forests. （ C） By examining the marks made on them. （ D） By collecting their eggs in the mountains. （ A） Migration of monarchs. （ B） Winter home of monarchs. （ C） Life and death of monarchs. （ D） Scientists interest in mon
15、archs. Section C 26 The United Nations Development Programme says the world is facing a water crisis. It says each year more than two million children die from【 B1】 _caused by unclean water. Most of these deaths are from sicknesses caused by unclean water 【 B2】_by human waste. The warning is in this
16、 year s Human Development Report, released by the UN agency on November 9th. Kevin Watkins, the lead writer, says these deaths could be【 B3】_with clean water and toilets. The report also finds that over half the people in underdeveloped countries 【 B4】 _health problems due to 【 B5】 _water and lack o
17、f waste removal systems. Mr Watkins says the crisis in health care also【 B6】 _economic growth in many developing nations. The report says more than one thousand million people in the world do not have clean water and【 B7】 _. The Human Development Report proposes a three-part action plan to help solv
18、e the crisis. First, Mr Watkins says national legislation is needed that provides citizens with the right to twenty litres of water a day. Second, the action plan【 B8】 _each nation to spend more on water and healthcare facilities. Third, the plan calls for increased international aid. This would req
19、uire an【 B9】 _four thousand million dollars a year, or two times as much international aid, in the next ten years. Mr Watkins says the world is not【 B10】 _water. The crisis is not because of scarcity but the governance of water. The report also urges governments to consider fairness, equality and so
20、cial justice when supervising water. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Today, there are many avenues open to those who wish to continue their education. However, nearly all require some break in ones career in order to attend scho
21、ol full time. Part-time education, that is, attending school at night or for one weekend a month, tends to drag the process out over time and puts the【 C1】 _of a degree program out of reach of many people. Additionally, such programs require a【 C2】 _time commitment which can also impact negatively o
22、n ones career and family time. Of the many approaches to teaching and learning, however, perhaps the most flexible and accommodating is that called distance learning. Distance learning is an educational method, which【 C3】 _the students the flexibility to study at his or her own pace to achieve the a
23、cademic goals, which are so【 C4】 _in todays world. The time required to study may be set aside at the students【 C5】 _with due regard to all lifes other requirements. Additionally, the student may enroll in distance learning courses from【 C6】 _any place in the world, while continuing to pursue their
24、chosen career. Good distance learning programs are characterised by the inclusion of a subject evaluation tool with every subject. This【 C7】 _the requirement for a student to travel away from home to take a test. Another characteristic of a good distance-learning program is the【 C8】 _of the distance
25、-learning course with the same subject materials as those students taking the course on the home campus. The resultant diploma or degree should also be the same whether distance learning or on-campus study is【 C9】 _. The【 C10】 _of the professor/student relationship is another characteristic of a goo
26、d distance-learning program. In the final analysis, a good distance learning program has a place not only for the individual students but also the corporation or business that wants to work in partnership with their employees for the educational benefit, professional development, and business growth
27、 of the organisation. A)completion I)individuality B)virtually J)efficient C)fixed K)amazingly D)allows L)excludes E)irregular M)necessary F)employed N)precludes G)unfamiliarity O)equivalence H)convenience 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Sec
28、tion B 46 The Business of Media Violence AIn 2001, people around the world spent US $14 billion going to see films. The US domestic box office alone hit US $9 billion a 75 percent increase from 1991 and there are huge revenues from home video/DVD sales, rentals and spin-off merchandise. But even the
29、se profits are dwarfed by music, the largest global media sector. In 2000, sales reached US $37 billion, with music consumption high among young audiences everywhere. Video games are not far behind: global sales for 2002 were anticipated to be US $31 billion. BAmerican media corporations earn at lea
30、st half of their profits from foreign sales. And global markets are growing fast as standards of living are rising around the world. Sales of TVs, stereos, VCRs and satellite dishes are increasing, and in the last decade or two, new and expanding markets have emerged in countries that have abandoned
31、 state control of media and distribution. CToday, US films are shown in more than 150 countries worldwide, and the US film industry provides most of the pr-recorded videos and DVDs sold throughout the world. American television programmes are broadcast in over 125 international markets, and MTV can
32、be seen in more foreign households than American ones. DThis international success has a tremendous impact not just on the recipient countries, but also on the cultural environment of the US To some extent, the tail is wagging(摇动 )the dog: more and more, the demands and tastes of foreign markets are
33、 influencing what popular products arc made in the US. ENowhere is this influence more evident than in the film industry. In the US and Canada, films rated “G“(General)and “PG“(Parental Guidance)consistently bring in more revenues than R-rated films. Yet the number of G and PG films has dropped in r
34、ecent years, and the number of restricted films has risen. Two-thirds of Hollywood films in 2001 were rated “R“. Film producers are clear about why this is so: the foreign market likes action films. FAction travels well. Action films dont require complex plots or characters. They rely on fights, kil
35、lings, special effects and explosions to hold their audiences. And, unlike a comedy or drama which depends on good stories, sharp humour, and credible characters, all of which are often culture-specific action films require little in the way of good writing and acting. Theyre simple, and theyre univ
36、ersally understood. To top it off, the largely nonverbal nature of the kind of films that journalist Sharon Waxman refers to as “short-on-dialogue, high-on-testosterone“ makes their dubbing(配音 )or translation relatively inexpensive. GThere are, of course, exceptions to the rule. The film Titanic mad
37、e almost US $2 billion in worldwide sales as of 2001 making it the biggest-grossing film of all time. The British film The Full Monty was an international hit: and My Big Fat Greek Wedding debunked all the profit formulas in 2002. But such offbeat successes are hard to predict. A flick such as Die H
38、ard or Terminator is much more of a sure thing. Most film budgets today average US $ 75-100 million, so Hollywood studios dont like to take chances. HAll this means enormous pressures on the American film industry to abandon complexity in favour of action films. The effect is a kind of “dumbing-down
39、“ of the industry in general. Foreign investors are much less likely to invest in films focusing on serious social themes or womens issues, or ones that feature minority casts. Such films, however brilliant, are not where the big money is. Worldwide appeal determines casting and script decisions and
40、 the overwhelming demand is for white actors and action. ISuccess breeds success, and the sheer ubiquity(到处存在 )of these productions and all their spin-off products and businesses around the world is in turn fueling an ever-growing demand for US popular culture products. Foreign market pressures are
41、driving the $1.9 billion Canadian film and television industry as well: international sales are essential for a country with such a small domestic market, though its hard to compete with the giant next door. As the Writers Guild of Canada points out, “distributors are now the gatekeepers of Canadian
42、 television.“ According to the Guild, the pressures of foreign markets are resulting in more non-Canadian writers, and television series that look less and less Canadian. JIn the last decade, social analysts have also noted a steady increase in violent and anti-social music lyrics and images. Once c
43、lassified to the fringes, “rage“ music, filled with profanity(亵渎 )and hate, has become a cash cow for the mainstream music industry. The worlds largest music company, Universal Music Group, is putting the might of its international marketing machine behind artists like Eminem, Dr. Dre and Limp Bizki
44、t all known for their bleak anthems of violence and hatred, often aimed at women, gays and lesbians. This kind of violence reached mainstream status in 2001, when the US. Grammy awards nominated Eminem for four awards. He won three, and his 2002 CD, The Eminem Show made US $3.63 million in its first
45、 month of sales. KRap music, too, has been co-opted by the major corporations. The Recording Industry Association of America says that rap/hip-hop, which sprang out of the East Coast music scene 25 years ago, replaced pop music in 2001 as the third most popular music genre. Gansta Rap artists are no
46、w being accused of destroying the soul of original rap and hip-hop movements with their violent lyrics and lifestyles. LThough there are many challenging non-violent computer and video games, in the last few years video games have become almost synonymous with violence. Their trademark film like rea
47、lism, combined with enormous marketing budgets, has made this entertainment industry the second most-profitable in the world. In September 2002, the ultra-violent Grand Theft Auto 3 was the second most popular game in the world. The game was initially banned in Australia for its graphic violence and
48、 sexual content, but it nevertheless grossed US $300 million by the end of 2002. The success of GTA3(and its successor GTA: Vice City)is upping the ante(赌注 )for violence in the next generation of video games. The cost of developing new games is so high that producers need to know that a game is goin
49、g to be a hit before bankrolling it. MNo one knows better than the communications industries that children and young people represent a huge market, due to both their own spending power and their influence on family spending decisions. In September 2000, a Federal Trade Commission(FTC)report revealed what many suspected: US media corporations were routinely ignoring their own rating restrictions and actively marketi
