1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 79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 “Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. “ You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than
2、200 words. Section A （ A） The woman was hurt by the mans car. （ B） The woman will paint the car herself. （ C） The man damaged the paint of the womans car. （ D） The man destroyed the womans new painting. （ A） He is a student who wants a part-time job. （ B） He wants to buy a house near his company. （
3、C） He cant afford his present house. （ D） He spends lots of time on his way to work every day. （ A） Study hard for the exam. （ B） Watch the meteor shower. （ C） Have a good sleep. （ D） Stay up late for games. （ A） She thinks the man should take up more challenges. （ B） She thinks the man should follo
4、w his friends advice. （ C） She thinks the man should work harder than before. （ D） She thinks the man should continue with his current job. （ A） In a factory. （ B） In a restaurant. （ C） In a bank. （ D） In a school. （ A） He suggests the woman have a nap after lunch. （ B） He always falls asleep in cla
5、ss. （ C） He thinks a nap can get his energy back. （ D） He wants to have a high-quality sleep after class. （ A） He doesnt study well. （ B） He doesnt like the teachers. （ C） He isnt responsible for the class duty. （ D） He isnt getting on well with his classmates. （ A） He missed that day due to the wea
6、ther. （ B） He had no feeling for the woman. （ C） He failed to reserve a table for the date. （ D） He was stuck in the airport all day. （ A） He preferred to stay with his parents. （ B） He had little regular school time. （ C） He thought it better than real schools. （ D） He had difficulty in communicati
7、ng with the class. （ A） By learning from his traveling experience. （ B） By watching TV programs. （ C） By watching videos ordered from a school. （ D） By meeting a teacher occasionally. （ A） Math and hunting. （ B） Science and English. （ C） Grammar and Latin. （ D） English and sailing. （ A） His father.
8、（ B） His mother. （ C） He himself. （ D） His teachers. （ A） It has high efficiency. （ B） It can save a lot of time. （ C） It doesn t need too much space. （ D） It is environment-friendly. （ A） It costs too much money. （ B） It needs proper heat inside the earth. （ C） It depends too much on the weather. （
9、 D） It needs a lot of space. （ A） Solar energy. （ B） Hydro-energy. （ C） Wind energy. （ D） Geothermal energy. Section B （ A） It is leaning and might fall down. （ B） Its beautiful scenery welcomes one billion tourists on Monday. （ C） It will be sold to Russian developers for 500 million. （ D） Its bell
10、 was out of service for several years. （ A） To evaluate the surveyors report on renovation. （ B） To do business with the Russians on selling Elizabeth Tower. （ C） To discuss the establishment of a group on building protection. （ D） To talk about spending one billion pounds on restoration. （ A） It ha
11、s been repaired successfully. （ B） It will be sold to Russian developers. （ C） It has tilted seriously. （ D） It will be safe for a long time. （ A） We always use body language to express our feelings. （ B） Body language can be controlled by emotions. （ C） Emotions will be expressed by body language w
12、ithout control. （ D） Words are less useful than body language. （ A） The kids couldnt hide things perfectly. （ B） The hiders body language tells the location unconsciously. （ C） The pressure forced the hider to tell the location. （ D） The finder finally finds the map of the hidden things. （ A） It can
13、 be explored by observing patients body language. （ B） It may cause severe body language disorder. （ C） It can indicate the true reason causing the pain. （ D） It is a signal of unconscious emotion expression. （ A） Children can spend 10 000 for purchasing wedding stuff. （ B） Children can design their
14、 own wedding gowns. （ C） Children will prepare their weddings without parents help. （ D） Children will be asked to imagine the things they dream about. （ A） It risks the healthy growth of children. （ B） It makes weddings too expensive to prepare for new couples. （ C） It makes people feel weddings ar
15、e not being taken seriously. （ D） It has negative influence on children. （ A） Describe the life they dream about. （ B） Talk about interesting things on their parents wedding. （ C） Arrange things about hen nights or stag parties. （ D） Design almost all the issues they want on the wedding day. （ A） To
16、 dress like a cartoon character on the wedding day. （ B） To adopt children and bring them up as their own. （ C） To accept the new wedding ideas put forward by children. （ D） To cheer for their childrens excellent performance. Section C 26 Much of Canadas forestry production goes towards making pulp
17、and paper. According to the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Canada【 B1】 _34% of the worlds wood pulp and 49% of its newsprint paper. If these paper products could be produced in some other way, Canadian forests could be【 B2】 _Recently, a possible【 B3】 _way of producing paper has been suggested
18、by agriculturalists and environmentalists: a plant called hemp(大麻 ). Hemp has been cultivated by many cultures for. It produces fiber which can be made into paper, fuel, oils, textiles, food, and rope. For centuries, it【 B4】 _the economies of many countries because it was used to make the ropes and
19、cables used on sailing ships;【 B5】 _and the establishment of a world-wide trading network would not have been feasible without hemp. Nowadays, ships cables are usually made from wire or【 B6】 _fibers, but scientists are now suggesting that the cultivation of hemp should be【 B7】 _for the production. A
20、ccording to its【 B8】 _, four times as much paper can be produced from land using hemp rather than trees, and many environmentalists believe that【 B9】_cultivating hemp could reduce the pressure on Canadas forests. However, there is a problem: Hemp is【 B10】 _in many countries of the world. This plant,
21、 so useful for industry, sometimes is used to produce the drug. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 There is little argument that Pablo Picasso(1881-1973)is the 20th centurys greatest and most influential artist. Picasso was a geniu
22、s. His paintings, drawings, prints, and【 C1】 _reveal endless creativity and passion for life. His works【 C2】_from realistic to abstract: the Blue, Rose, and African periods, Analytical and Synthetic Cubism, Neo-Classicism, Surrealism. Picasso was not true to a【 C3】_He was true to the power of person
23、al expression. Picassos Guernica is enormous. It measures【 C4】 _11 x 25 feet and has an astonishing physical presence. Just as tragic news reports and photos appeared in newsprint, the mural(壁画 )is limited to tones of black, white, and gray. The viewer is【 C5】 _by the drama; there is no escape from
24、facing the horror. Picasso fills the wide rectangular(长方形的 )canvas with【 C6】 _human and animal forms. The chaos and panic of the bomb scene is shown in flat, Cubist planes. Animals and humans are reduced to simple, angular shapes that increase the tension and frantic movement. Body parts are disjoin
25、ted from violent destruction. And facial features are【 C7】 _in pain. Figures are shown from multiple【 C8】 _The viewer is aware of all aspects of their suffering. No matter their pose, the dead and living communicated their situation with a pair of eyes. Picasso said: “We all know that art is not tru
26、th. Art is a【 C9】 _that makes us realize truth. “ The attack on Guernica inspired the passion and genius of Pablo Picasso to reveal his truth about war: war is not about power and glory, war is about pain, suffering, and death. Although Guernica was created in 1937, the universal truth of the work t
27、ranscends decades and borders. It is as powerful a【 C10】 _image in the 21st century, as in the 20th. A)abstract F)outweighed K)range B)appropriately G)overwhelmed L)sculptures C)approximately H)perspectives M)shape D)distorted I)prescriptions N)style E)lie J)prospects O)symbolic 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39
28、 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 How Safe Is Your Cell Phone? A)It takes a little extra work to get in touch with Andrea Boland. The Maine state representative answers e-mails and lists her business and home phone numbers on the Web. But unlike many
29、 politicians surgically attached to their BlackBerrys, she keeps her cell switched off unless shes expecting a call. And if she has her way, everyone in Maineand perhaps, eventually, the rest of the USwill similarly think twice before jabbering(急促含糊地说 )away on their mobiles. B)In March, Maines legis
30、lature will begin debating a bill she submitted that would require manufacturers to put a warning label on every cell phone sold in the state declaring, “This device emits electromagnetic radiation, exposure to which may cause brain cancer.“ Her warning would continue: “Users, especially children an
31、d pregnant women, should keep this device away from the head and body. “ C)For those of you now eyeing your cell phones suspiciously, its worth noting that both the National Cancer Institute and the World Health Organization say there isnt evidence to support the assertion that cell phones are a pub
32、lic-health threat. But a number of scientists are worried that there has been a dangerous rush to declare cell phones safe, using studies they feel are inadequate and too often weighted toward the wireless industrys interests. An analysis published by University of Washington neurologist Henry Lai d
33、etermined that far more independent studies than industry-funded studies have found at least some type of biological effect from cell-phone exposure. D)Several countriesincluding Finland, Israel and Francehave issued guidelines for cell-phone use. And San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who began rese
34、arching the issue when his wife was expecting their first child, is hoping his city will adopt legislation that would have manufacturers print radiation information on cell-phone packaging and manuals and require retailers to display the data on the sales floor. E)With 270 million Americans and 4 bi
35、llion people around the world using cell phonesand more signing up every daya strong link between mobiles and cancer could have major public-health implications. As cell phones make and take calls, they emit low-level radio-frequency(RF)radiation. Stronger than FM radio signals, these RF waves are s
36、till a billionth the intensity of known carcinogenic(致癌的 )radiation like X-rays. F)The wireless industry contends that RF radiation lacks the strength to alter molecules in the human body; the Federal Communications Commission maximum for cell-phone-signal exposure is intended to prevent RF radiatio
37、n from heating tissue to the point that cells are damaged. Cell-phone RF radiations “effect on the body, at least at this time, appears to be insufficient to produce genetic damage typically associated with developing cancer,“ Dr. Robert Hoover, director of the National Cancer Institutes Epidemiolog
38、y and Biostatistics Program, testified at a 2008 congressional hearing. G)But the body of research is far from conclusive. In 1995, Lai co-wrote a study showing that a single two-hour exposure of RF radiationat levels considered safe by the US standardsproduced the sort of genetic damage in rats bra
39、in cells that can lead to cancer. Though subsequent researchersoften funded in part by the wireless industryfailed to replicate Lais results, a 2004 European Union-funded study reported similar findings. H)Dariusz Leszczynski, a research professor at Finlands Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority i
40、n Helsinki, has done studies indicating that RF radiation may create a stress reaction in the cells that line blood vessels, leading to a dangerous damage in the blood-brain barrier. “Mobile-phone radiation may be able to indirectly hurt cells, perhaps by interfering with their ability to repair nor
41、mal DNA damage,“ he says. “Given the scientific uncertainty, its premature to say the use of cell phones is safe. “ I)If RF radiation increases the chances of developing brain cancer, it should show up in long-term studies of cell-phone users. But many epidemiological studies have found no clear con
42、nection, including a 2007 Danish Cancer Society study of 421 000 cell-phone users, which led many in the media to conclude that mobiles are harmless. To date, “peer-reviewed scientific evidence has overwhelmingly indicated that wireless devices do not pose a risk,“ says John Walls, a spokesman for C
43、TIA, a global wireless association. J)There are problems with many of these studies, however. For starters, the Danish onewhich reviewed the medical records of people who had signed up for cell phones from 1982 to 1995didnt include all the business users, who were among the earliest adopters and mos
44、t intensive users, because they were not billed directly. K)Also, the study looked only at tumors that were diagnosed by 2002not long after daily use of cell phones became widespread. Brain cancers can take several decades to develop, so it might be many years before a measurable bump in cancer rate
45、s shows up. “The latency period we have is far too short,“ says Dr. Siegal Sadetzki, a cancer researcher at Israels Gertner Institute whose epidemiological studies have found some connections between cell-phone use and salivary-gland(唾液腺的 )tumors. “And today, people are using the phone much more hea
46、vily.“ L)Sadetzki served as Israels principal investigator in the Interphone study, which was conducted over the past several years by 13 countries, most of them European. The Interphone results initially were to be published in 2006, but the final report has been postponed repeatedly, and the study
47、 investigators are reportedly deeply divided. In the US, which isnt one of the Interphone countries, the National Toxicology Program is launching studies of the health effects of cell phones. But peer-reviewed results wont be available until at least 2014. M)Thats a long time to wait for definitive
48、data. The good news is that there are easy ways for those concerned about RF radiation to cut down on exposure. Using your cell phones speaker or connecting a wired headset while keeping the handset away from your bodydrastically reduces RF exposure.(Bluetooth headsets help too, but they still emit
49、some radiation.)And given the potentially more serious risks for children, who have thinner skulls than adults, parents might want to wait before handing teens their first phoneor at least ensure they use it mostly for texting. N)Meanwhile, a start-up, Pong Research, is selling cell-phone cases that significantly reduce radiation exposure by channeling waves away from the head. “I think its best to avoid as much of the
