1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 63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 Influence of Mobile Phone on Students. Your essay should start with a brief description of the picture. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 wor
2、ds. Write your essay on Answer sheet 1. The Influence of Mobile Phone on Students Section A （ A） Because he was setting up a new mail box. （ B） Because he parked his car under the “No Parking“ sign. （ C） Because he was stuck in his neighbors party. （ D） Because he couldnt get his car out of the gara
3、ge. （ A） The benefit of having an extension. （ B） The decision of the womans boss. （ C） The efficient way of working. （ D） The cost of running a company. （ A） Check the power switch. （ B） Ask the man for help. （ C） Finish her report. （ D） Tell about her problem. （ A） Went to the orientation. （ B） We
4、nt out with her cousin. （ C） Cleaned up her living place. （ D） Attended some lectures. （ A） Her flight has been postponed. （ B） She cant find her ID document. （ C） Shes refused to board the plane. （ D） She has some doubts about the trip. （ A） Join the drama society. （ B） Meet with the mans friend. （
5、 C） Talk to her landlady. （ D） Stay where she is living. （ A） The test is only held in May. （ B） Nancy should have done better. （ C） The woman is hard to please. （ D） He took the test two years ago. （ A） Its not time to buy a car. （ B） Each dealer has his advantage. （ C） People cant have all the goo
6、d things. （ D） Its hard to make decision. （ A） Pressure reducing. （ B） Work deadlines. （ C） Family obligation. （ D） Shopping for holidays. （ A） They cant meet their childrens expectation. （ B） Its difficult to manage the family relationships. （ C） They are still burdened with holidays. （ D） They nee
7、d to spend much money on shopping. （ A） Diet. （ B） Health. （ C） Family. （ D） Work. （ A） A fairy tale. （ B） A short poem. （ C） A love story. （ D） A detective story. （ A） Getting pass the beginning of the writing. （ B） Seeking for imagination. （ C） Asking for more time to complete the writing. （ D） As
8、king for advice on writing. （ A） Shift to something else. （ B） Write anything in his mind. （ C） Ask the professor for help. （ D） Stop for a little while. （ A） To watch the jewelry store robbery. （ B） To collect materials for her story. （ C） To buy some valuable jewelry. （ D） To take some photographs
9、. Section B （ A） Face. （ B） Body. （ C） Arms. （ D） Feet. （ A） Prescribe enough pain-killers. （ B） Remove the skin of the area. （ C） Make precautions for infection. （ D） Remove the area totally. （ A） Because they can cover the hands and the wrists. （ B） Because they are made of high-quality wool. （ C）
10、 Because they can maintain the hands flexibility. （ D） Because they do not separate the fingers. （ A） An elegant wool sweater. （ B） A water-resistant ski-wear. （ C） A tightly-fit leather coat. （ D） A nylon hoodie with hat. （ A） People who are learning a new language. （ B） People who use two language
11、s in their lifetime. （ C） People who study the rules of the language. （ D） People who teach children to use a language. （ A） The left side. （ B） The right side. （ C） The frontal part. （ D） The back part. （ A） The brain is less damaged. （ B） The brain is more damaged. （ C） The patients thinking level
12、 is higher. （ D） The patients thinking level is lower. （ A） High school teachers and students. （ B） Students who take online courses. （ C） Middle and high school teachers. （ D） Parents of middle school students. （ A） Make use of library. （ B） Consult with their teachers. （ C） Work together in groups
13、. （ D） Search online for quick information. （ A） Ability to gather information on the Internet. （ B） Skills to make judgment on the online information. （ C） Knowledge of reading and writing. （ D） Capacity of communicating online. Section C 26 If youre happy and you know it, maybe you really should c
14、lap your hands. Thats because being happy might make you live longer. Researchers found that happy people reduced their risk of【 B1】 _death by as much 35 percent. Unlike other “happiness“ studies that【 B2】 _a participants long-term recall of emotional states, the researchers used a technique called
15、Ecological Momentary【 B3】_, which gives a quick picture of what a person is feeling in real time. In this study, the nearly 4,000 participants, ages 52 to 79, were asked to rate their feelings of happiness or anxiety on a【 B4】 _scale four times over the course of one day, beginning when they【 B5】 _i
16、n the morning. The scientists then followed them for five years, recording the number of deaths during that time. After controlling for age,【 B6】 _, depression, certain diseases like cancer or diabetes(糖尿病 ), and health-related【 B7】 _like smoking, study results showed that those folks who rated thei
17、r feelings of happiness higher lived longer than those with lower scores. “ Older people have needs that we in society try to supply like good healthcare and enough money to【 B8】 _,“ says lead author Andrew Steptoe, professor of epidemiology and psychology. “ But maybe we should pay attention to the
18、ir well being in terms of happiness, too. “ Other researchers who study that sometimes【 B9】 _state of well-being known as happiness say the study is significant. “ I hope they continue to follow this group out to 10 years and 15 years,“ says Stephen Post, professor of【 B10】 _medicine at Stony Brook
19、University. Since he believes the mortality gap between the happy and the sad may become even bigger. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 A day after the mobile phone celebrated its 40th birthday, Facebook has produced something tha
20、t it hopes will make certain of the devices even more useful. On April 4th the giant social network【 C1】 _Home, new software that is designed to give it more prominence on mobile phones powered by Android, an operating system developed by Google. This matters because more and more folk are now acces
21、sing social networks from mobile devices rather than from desktop computers and because mobile advertising【 C2】 _are growing fast, albeit from a low base. Without a robust mobile【 C3】_, Facebook could see some of its users siphoned off by rivals born in the mobile era. And it could miss out on a【 C4
22、】 _massive source of new revenue. There had been【 C5】 _that Facebook was working on a phone of its own, or at least on a mobile operating system to rival Android or Apples iOS. But dabbling in hardware at this stage of its development would be a huge risk for Facebook and developing a rival operatin
23、g system would risk【 C6】 _Apple and Google, whose mobile platforms have helped power its advertising growth. eMarketer, a research firm,【 C7】 _Facebook is on track to win 11% of the $ 13. 6 billion likely to be spent around the world on mobile ads this year. Home, which is a group of Facebook apps,
24、avoids both pitfalls. Among other things, it【 C8】 _a phones home screen(and lock screen)to Facebooks Newsfeed, allowing people to get updates on what their friends are doing without having to launch a【 C9】_app each time they want news. A phone using Home will also notify you when your friends are do
25、ing something new, as well as alerting you to new data from other apps. Another feature is a tool called “ Chat Heads“ that【 C10】 _Facebooks message system to a phones regular SMS message offering. This means messages pop up on the home screen along with the senders profile picture, which is enclose
26、d in a small circle. A)alienating I)potentially B)assumption J)presence C)attendance K)reckons D)combines L)revenues E)converts M)speculation F)dedicated N)uncovered G)deliberate O)unveiled H)equivalently 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Sect
27、ion B 46 Does the Internet Make You Dumber? AThe Roman philosopher Seneca may have put it best 2,000 years ago: “To be everywhere is to be nowhere. “ Today, the Internet grants us easy access to unprecedented amounts of information. But a growing body of scientific evidence suggests that the Net, wi
28、th its constant distractions and interruptions, is also turning us into disrupted and superficial thinkers. BThe picture emerging from the research is deeply troubling, at least to anyone who values the depth, rather than just the velocity(速度 ), of human thought. People who read text studded with li
29、nks, the studies show, comprehend less than those who read traditional linear text. People who watch busy multimedia presentations remember less than those who take in information in a more sedate(镇定的 )and focused manner. People who are continually distracted by e-mails, alerts and other messages un
30、derstand less than those who are able to concentrate. And people who juggle(尽力同时应付 )many tasks are less creative and less productive than those who do one thing at a time. CThe common thread in these disabilities is dispersing our attention. The richness of our thoughts, our memories and even our pe
31、rsonalities hinges on our ability to focus the mind and sustain concentration. Only when we pay deep attention to a new piece of information are we able to associate it “meaningfully and systematically with knowledge already well established in memory,“ writes the Nobel Prize winning neuroscientist(
32、神经科学家 )Eric Kandel. Such associations are essential to mastering complex concepts. DWhen were constantly distracted and interrupted, as we tend to be online, our brains are unable to generalize the strong and expansive neural connections that give depth and distinctiveness to our contemplating. We b
33、ecome mere signal-processing units, quickly shepherding disjointed bits of information into and then out of short-term memory. EIn an article published in Science last year, Patricia Greenfield, a leading developmental psychologist, reviewed dozens of studies on how different media technologies infl
34、uence our cognitive abilities. Some of the studies indicated that certain computer tasks, like playing video games, can enhance “visual literacy skills“ , increasing the speed at which people can shift their focus among icons and other images on screens. Other studies, however, found that such rapid
35、 shifts in focus, even if performed adeptly, result in less rigorous and “more automatic“ thinking. FIn one experiment conducted at Cornell University, for example, half a class of students was allowed to use Internet-connected laptops during a lecture, while the other had to keep their computers sh
36、ut. Those who browsed the Web performed much worse on a subsequent test of how well they retained the lectures content. While its hardly surprising that Web surfing would distract students, it should be a note of caution to schools that are wiring their classrooms in hopes of improving learning. GMs
37、. Greenfield concluded that “ every medium develops some cognitive skills at the expense of others. “ Our growing use of screen-based media, she said, has strengthened visual-spatial intelligence, which can improve the ability to do jobs that involve keeping track of lots of simultaneous signals, li
38、ke air traffic control. But that has been accompanied by “ new weaknesses in higher-order cognitive processes,“ including “ abstract vocabulary, mindfulness, reflection, inductive problem solving, critical thinking, and imagination. “ Were becoming, in a word, shallower. HIn another experiment, rece
39、ntly conducted at Stanford Universitys Communication between Humans and Interactive Media Lab, a team of researchers gave various cognitive tests to 49 people who do a lot of media multitasking and 52 people who multitask much less frequently. The heavy multitaskers performed poorly on all the tests
40、. They were more easily distracted, had less control over their attention, and were much less able to distinguish important information from trivial. IThe researchers were surprised by the results. They had expected that the intensive multitaskers would have gained some unique mental advantages from
41、 all their on-screen juggling. But that wasnt the case. In fact, the heavy multitaskers werent even good at multitasking. They were considerably less adept at switching between tasks than the more infrequent multitaskers. “ Everything distracts them,“ observed Clifford Nass, the professor who heads
42、the Stanford lab. JIt would be one thing if the ill effects went away as soon as we turned off our computers and cellphones. But they dont. The cellular structure of the human brain, scientists have discovered, adapts readily to the tools we use, including those for finding, storing and sharing info
43、rmation. By changing our habits of mind, each new technology strengthens certain neural pathways and weakens others. The cellular alterations continue to shape the way we think even when were not using the technology. KThe pioneering neuroscientist Michael Merzenich believes our brains are being “ma
44、ssively remodeled“ by our ever-intensifying use of the Web and related media. In the 1970s and 1980s, Mr. Merzenich, now a professor emeritus at the University of California in San Francisco, conducted a famous series of experiments on primate brains that revealed how extensively and quickly neural
45、circuits change in response to experience. When, for example, Mr. Merzenich rearranged the nerves in a monkeys hand, the nerve cells in the animals sensory cortex quickly reorganized themselves to create a new “mental map“ of the hand. In a conversation late last year, he said that he was profoundly
46、 worried about the cognitive consequences of the constant distractions and interruptions the Internet bombards us with. The long-term effect on the quality of our intellectual lives, he said, could be “ deadly“. LWhat we seem to be sacrificing in all our surfing and searching is our capacity to enga
47、ge in the quieter, attentive modes of thought that underpin contemplation, reflection and introspection. The Web never encourages us to slow down. It keeps us in a state of perpetual mental locomotion. It is revealing, and distressing, to compare the cognitive effects of the Internet with those of a
48、n earlier information technology, the printed book. Whereas the Internet scatters our attention, the book focuses it. Unlike the screen, the page promotes contemplativeness. MReading a long sequence of pages helps us develop a rare kind of mental discipline. The innate bias of the human brain, after
49、 all, is to be distracted. Our predisposition is to be aware of as much of whats going on around us as possible. Our fast-paced, reflexive shifts in focus were once crucial to our survival. They reduced the odds that a predator would take us by surprise or that wed overlook a nearby source of food. NTo read a book is to practice an unnatural process of thought. It requires us to place ourselves at what T. S. Eliot, i
