1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 5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 The Days We Should Keep in Mind. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. 1很多年轻人从不会忘记庆祝自己的生日，父母的生日却不知道 2这种现象说明
2、了什么问题，原因是什么 3我们应该怎么做 Section A （ A） He drank the orange juice. （ B） He couldnt find the juice anywhere. （ C） He broke the glass of juice. （ D） He had no idea what happened. （ A） A bigger house is not as good as a new car. （ B） They ran out of money from buying a new car. （ C） They do not need a bigg
3、er house right now. （ D） They should sell their car to afford a bigger house. （ A） The mans wife is definitely a negative person. （ B） She couldnt put up with the mans wife any longer. （ C） The mans wife must have an unhappy childhood. （ D） The mans wife may be influenced by her experience. （ A） The
4、 sales manager has short memories. （ B） The woman is an awkward liar. （ C） The woman has never met the sales manager. （ D） The sales manager is too busy to meet the woman. （ A） She witnessed an accident. （ B） She slept too much that day. （ C） She experienced an earthquake. （ D） She found something h
5、orrible. （ A） The woman wants to drink something cold. （ B） The man wants to have a filling replaced. （ C） The woman is having a dental check up. （ D） The man suggests the woman to remove her teeth. （ A） Husband and wife. （ B） Brother and sister. （ C） Salesman and customer. （ D） Doctor and patient.
6、（ A） She just saw a bird flying in the bush. （ B） Their team will definitely win. （ C） Its too early to draw a conclusion. （ D） Four scores ahead is never enough to win the game. （ A） He always likes something more challenging. （ B） He wants to live nearer to his family. （ C） He wants to put his adm
7、inistration knowledge into practice. （ D） He did reporting before and was interested in journalism. （ A） Administrative news. （ B） General social concerns. （ C） Financial news. （ D） Local news. （ A） Shocked. （ B） Acceptable. （ C） Incredible. （ D） Indifferent. （ A） She only wants to hire local people
8、. （ B） She lived in the city for a long time. （ C） She will send the employees everywhere. （ D） She wants to know more about applicants. （ A） Choosing courses. （ B） Preordering textbooks. （ C） Dealing with used books. （ D） Looking for part-time jobs. （ A） Names of the recommended books. （ B） The nam
9、e and number of her professor. （ C） A letter of recommendation from the supervisor. （ D） The course names and the schedule numbers. （ A） When she gets the books. （ B） When the classes begin. （ C） When she hands in the form. （ D） When she is able to pay. Section B （ A） They can test their personal ab
10、ilities. （ B） They can stop playing any time they like. （ C） They want to pick a better team. （ D） They all want to be the winner. （ A） He has to play better than others. （ B） He needs only to wait for his turn. （ C） He needs to be a popular person. （ D） He must be very ambitious. （ A） They usually
11、compete and fight with each other. （ B） They sometimes laugh at the losers. （ C） They know the rules well and always obey. （ D） They never give orders to other children. （ A） Its the first novel of Stowe. （ B） Its the best seller nowadays. （ C） Its about the life in the South. （ D） Its popular only
12、in America. （ A） To reflect the image realistically. （ B） To show the beautiful scenery. （ C） To make the villages popular. （ D） To understand the local dialect. （ A） She was the initiator of the realistic movement. （ B） She used local dialect in works earlier than Mark Twain. （ C） Her novels became
13、 popular after her death. （ D） Her family supported her writing career. （ A） Her hard work. （ B） Her job as a teacher. （ C） Her husbands support. （ D） Her will to become a writer. （ A） Any American who loves his country. （ B） Members of the two major parties. （ C） Citizens who live in America for mo
14、re than 30 years. （ D） Natural-born citizens who is over 35 ears old. （ A） Give support to party members. （ B） Choose a person to run for vice president. （ C） Run against members of their own parties. （ D） Take part in some activities with family members. （ A） Visit the citizens of the states to rai
15、se money. （ B） Campaign around the country to get votes. （ C） Get support of party members around the country. （ D） Get support from other candidates. Section C 26 Americans usually consider themselves a friendly people. Their friendships, however, tend to be shorter and more【 B1】 _than friendships
16、among people from other【 B2】 _. It is not uncommon for Americans to have only one close friend during their lifetime. This attitude probably has something to do with American mobility and the fact that Americans do not like to【 B3】 _other people. Because the United States is a highly active society,
17、 full of movement and change, people always seem to be on the go. In this highly changed atmosphere, Americans can sometimes seem impatient or【 B4】 _. They want to get to know you as【 B5】_as possible and then move on to something else. Sometimes, early on, they will ask you questions that you may fe
18、el are very personal. No insult is intended; the questions usually【 B6】 _their genuine interest or【 B7】 _, and their impatience to get to the heart of the matter. And the same goes for you. If you do not understand certain American behavior or you want to know more about them, do not【 B8】 _to ask th
19、em questions about themselves. Americans are usually eager to explain all about their country or anything “American“ in which you may be interested. So much so in fact that you may become【 B9】 _listening. It doesnt matter because Americans tend to be uncomfortable with silence during a conversation.
20、 They would rather talk about the weather or the latest sports scores, for example, than deal with silence. On the other hand, dont expect Americans to be【 B10】 _about international geography or world affairs, unless those subjects directly involve the United States. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【
21、B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Aristotle defined a friend as “a single soul dwelling in two bodies“. How many friends we have, and how easily we make, maintain and lose them, has a significant impact on our emotional well-being. Its no surprise,【 C1】 _, that
22、friends can improve just about every aspect of our life. Friends can protect us from the【 C2】 _of bereavement(丧失亲人 )or divorce. They dont even have to be great friends-some of the positive effect is【 C3】_down to the company: have a pint with a mate and youre by definition not socially【 C4】 _. “There
23、 are Mends youre just more【 C5】 _with. Others may be more interesting, but they may be more offended. Really good friends dont take offence. Friendships can end because they stop being equal. You may take different【 C6】 _, have different experiences, which make it harder to maintain a friendship.“ s
24、ays educational psychologist Karen Majors. We first recognise the importance of friends in childhood. While some of us may retain a few childhood friends, the biggest opportunity for friendship comes in higher education. A study of long-term friendships found that friendships formed during college y
25、ears stayed close 20 years later, if they scored highly in closeness as well as【 C7】 _to begin with. “At college you can【 C8】 _close friendships because youre in such close【 C9】 _for sustained periods,“ says Glenn Sparks, Purdues professor of communication. “These relationships are rare and hard to【
26、 C10】 _; theyre very unusual outside family relationships. A)proximity I)compromising B)rather J)comfortable C)routes K)replicate D)then L)simply E)cultivate M)isolated F)aftershocks N)communication G)preferable O)possibility H)connected 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】
27、 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 Tricks of the Trade A As children, we are taught that working hard will get us good grades. When it comes to your job, the same logic should apply: being successful is all about working hard and getting the work done. But what if instead of impressing your n
28、ew employer with your education, training and skills on your CV, it was your firm handshake and smile that got you hired? Or have you ever considered that those junks on your desk left over are causing your colleagues to doubt your abilities? And did nobody tell you that your chances of getting a ra
29、ise may rest on whether you ask for it face-to-face or via email? B If psychology research is anything to go by, the 9-to-5 is a minefield(危险地带 ), with a subconscious psychological disaster hiding around every corner. C Were not suggesting that these mental undercurrents govern your work life, but t
30、hey certainly play a part. Whether its deciding who to trust, or successfully making a deal, the workplace decisions we think we make with skill and sense are, in part, affected by mind games we often arent even aware of. D If that sounds depressing, look at it another way use these psychological in
31、sights to your advantage and just imagine what they might do for you. 1. Smarten up E Should your colleagues really care what you look like? Probably not in an ideal world, wed all be judged on our ability, not our personal appearance or vital statistics. Yet thats simply not how things work, says V
32、. Bhaskar, a professor of economics at University College London. “Humans have a bias towards attractive people and lots of research has shown that this can translate into a huge advantage in the labour market,“ he says. In other words, good-looking people earn more than their less pretty colleagues
33、. So it pays to look your best in the office. F One possible explanation for this is that attractive people are generally more healthy and so therefore more productive at work. Unfortunately, this seems unlikely, as Bhaskar showed in a recent study. He invited participants to take part in a game-sho
34、w. Even when good-looking people performed worse on a task than their less attractive counterparts, Bhaskar found they were still preferentially selected to go through to the next round. G We dont realise were doing it but it is human nature to discriminate according to looks, says Bhaskar, perhaps
35、because the pressures of selecting a good mate have ended up as a false analogy(类比 )in the work place. Once we become aware that we are prejudicing people in this way, perhaps we can make an effort to address that bias, he adds. But until then, you may as well make an effort to look good at work and
36、 use this subconscious preference to your advantage. H While youre giving yourself a makeover, you could also consider doing the same for your work space. Even if you hadnt noticed the coffee rings on your desk, chances are your colleagues have, and it could have a bigger influence on your relations
37、hips than you might think. Psychologists at the University of Plymouth found that cleanliness actually reduces the severity of moral judgements against the person whose hygiene(卫生 )is in question. “Because of its potential to lead people to regard moral actions as pure and good,“ the psychologists c
38、onclude, “cleanliness might indeed feel as if it were next to godliness.“ I If you know youre a little untidy, and certainly wont be winning any beauty contests, dont worry, there are plenty of other ways to gain popularity with your co-workers. Try taking some advice from Madonna and “Express Yours
39、elf“. During an experiment in which subjects were shown images of facial expressions, Barbara Wild and colleagues at the University of Tubingen, Germany, found that stronger facial expressions had a more powerful emotional response in the viewer, giving extra meaning to the saying “smile and the wor
40、ld smiles with you“. 2. Breeze the interview J The job market hasnt been this competitive for decades, so once you get an interview youll want to make an immediate impression, and the first step is to get a grip. Anyone who has encountered a limp handshake will likely feel dislike at the thought, an
41、d now researchers at the University of Iowa have shown that a firm handshake, along with looking the interviewer in the eye, can boost your chances of getting hired. Its especially good news for the ladies, because the effect is stronger for women than men. A firm handshake subconsciously infers tha
42、t the candidate is confident, and women capitalise on this to a greater extent simply because men are expected to have a stronger handshake in the first place. K For those still not convinced that first impressions matter, Janine Willis and Alexander Todorov at Princeton University found that we tak
43、e one-tenth of a second to look at a face before making a snap decision about qualities such as trustworthiness, likability and competence. Even your facial features can make a difference faces with upturned mouths and eyebrows that go up in the middle are judged by our brains to be more trustworthy
44、. You cant change your face, of course, but these features are easy enough to imitate, and might give you the edge when you meet the interview panel. L If the thought that people are making judgements on your personality based on nothing more than a glimpse at your face is getting you hot under the
45、collar, try not to let nerves get the better of you. In fact, you really should try to relax and smile. Because of a phenomenon called the “halo effect“ whereby one good character trait will influence what people will infer about other traits simply being warm and friendly can make the interviewer t
46、hink better of your other attributes. In an experiment run by Richard E. Nisbett and colleagues at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, two interviews were staged with the same interviewee and recorded on video. In one interview he was warm and friendly and in the other cold and distant. When pe
47、ople watched the film in which he was cold and distant, they rated his appearance, accent and mannerisms as irritating, whereas those who watched the warm and friendly video found those exact same attributes to be appealing. M So dont be tempted to be too serious; just coming across as warm and frie
48、ndly will have the interviewer imagining all sorts of other good qualities that you may, or may not, possess. 3. Bust that stress N When work is getting too much, its a common reaction to cut down on leisure activities to allow more time to get things done. Counter-intuitively, however, keeping up a
49、 range of enjoyable interests has been shown to reduce blood pressure, your body-mass index and even levels of the “stress hormone“. O Where you take your break also makes a difference. Head to a park for maximum benefits, advises Ross Cameron from the University of Reading, UK, as a green environment has psychological benefits. P Most work activities, like reading at your desk, require what psycholo
