1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 84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 “ The early bird catches the worm.“ You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Section A
2、 （ A） He will go to Canada for vacation. （ B） He will just stay at home. （ C） He will do some temporary job to earn some money. （ D） He will do nothing during vacation. （ A） She did not prepare her lessons well before class. （ B） She is always nervous to meet professors. （ C） She left her textbook i
3、n her dorm. （ D） She did not finish her project. （ A） A science movie. （ B） A famous writer. （ C） An upcoming book. （ D） The school library. （ A） Read maps by himself. （ B） Check travel information right here. （ C） Call hotels for detailed information. （ D） Wait until travel agency opens. （ A） Compa
4、nies should recruit low-paid interns. （ B） Companies can get benefit from paying for interns. （ C） Interns should demand for higher pay. （ D） Interns can choose better companies. （ A） The woman hates drinking soda. （ B） The woman is doing a research on soda selling. （ C） The man is a soda lover. （ D
5、） The mans father does soda business. （ A） She is on diet recently. （ B） She loves eating cupcakes. （ C） She has to lose more weight. （ D） She will spend all her money on cupcakes. （ A） Have some home-made coffee. （ B） Take a break by walking in the garden. （ C） Relax by watching TV. （ D） Cook for d
6、inner. （ A） From a job-hunting website. （ B） From the personnel department of her company. （ C） From the website of the mans company. （ D） From the bulletin of the mans company. （ A） Because her company closed down. （ B） Because she was dissatisfied with her company. （ C） Because her company was in
7、financial crisis. （ D） Because she was laid off by her company. （ A） Being very diligent in every aspect. （ B） Working voluntarily for her superior. （ C） Doing the work arranged by her manager. （ D） Doing well in shorthand and typing. （ A） She can know important things very soon. （ B） The boss may k
8、now the schedule beforehand. （ C） She can deal with the chores for the boss. （ D） The boss may inform her of important issues. （ A） Some of them are experts in psychology. （ B） They mostly aim at incautious people. （ C） They are careful about situations. （ D） They can make chances to prevent crime.
9、（ A） Some homes are easier to break into. （ B） People may open doors for unexpected visitors. （ C） Criminals know people are less alert at home. （ D） People may get less help from others at home. （ A） Never speak to visitors that you are not familiar with. （ B） Never leave windows open when you are
10、away. （ C） Install proper locks for your doors. （ D） Lock your valuables in a safe. Section B （ A） Communicate with others about black culture. （ B） Get their hair cut in a special manner. （ C） Share topics without being overheard by women. （ D） Learn how to enjoy good health and long life. （ A） By
11、offering free service next time. （ B） By recommending qualified doctors to them. （ C） By providing financial help for them. （ D） By telling them the seriousness of their problems. （ A） Most customers got their blood pressure down. （ B） Barbers intervention did help those customers. （ C） Most custome
12、rs didnt follow barbers advice. （ D） Barbers were qualified to work as doctors. （ A） Barbers may achieve a degree in medicine. （ B） Barbers can become medical workers. （ C） Barbers may change their professions to doctors. （ D） Barbers may contribute to the health of people. （ A） Monkeys have a short
13、er life than other animals. （ B） People who eat less may enjoy a longer life. （ C） Humans are more likely to fall ill. （ D） Eating habit is decisive to ones health. （ A） To prove the relation between calorie intake and life span. （ B） To keep closer observation on both groups in the study. （ C） To m
14、ake their conclusion in a convincing way. （ D） To show more calories are good for health. （ A） There is not enough financial support. （ B） It is difficult to measure calories in humans. （ C） Humans life span is much longer. （ D） The rules for monkeys dont apply to humans. （ A） Taking stairs and jogg
15、ing after lunch. （ B） Riding to work and exercising regularly. （ C） Walking over to talk to colleagues and avoiding using lift. （ D） Standing up when talking on the phone and running to work. （ A） The upward tendency of obesity. （ B） The rising level of heart attack. （ C） The growing number of suici
16、de cases. （ D） More and more workers suffering from cancer. （ A） Women workers got cancer easily. （ B） Desk-bound workers likely died of obesity. （ C） Regular exercise couldnt contribute to good health. （ D） Long-time sitting might result in womens heart disease. Section C 26 At an event where all e
17、yes are on new cars from world-class designers, budding automotive designers are getting their feet wet with a show of their own. The Transportation Design Department of Detroits College for Creative Studies(CCS)is【 B1】 _the 2- and 3-D automotive design work of 19 students at the North American Inte
18、rnational Auto Show this year, as well at the schools A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education. “The【 B2】 _auto industry here is dependent on College for Creative Studies,“ said Ed Welburn, Vice President of Global Design at GM and member of the schools Board of Trustees. GM, the large auto com
19、pany,【 B3】 _, currently has more than 170 CCS graduates on staff. Automakers, including Ford and Honda, sponsor programs at the school and have present industry designers teaching classes there. In addition to having a handle on up-and-coming talent, getting a look at automotive design student work
20、also【 B4】 _car companies in other ways. GM regards the design【 B5】 _and tastes of students as one way to【 B6】 _what young car buyers want. “Were getting a better understanding of what young people are looking for in a【 B7】_at this moment,“ Welburn said. This is really a double-winning way. Mark West
21、, who chairs the Transportation Design Department,【 B8】 _the role the mentioned auto company has played in this program, from sponsoring projects to【 B9】 _with the college. According to West, the back-and-forth between the auto industry and CCS【 B10】_in jobs for students. Car companies sponsor 15-we
22、ek projects that offer the manufacturers a chance to “test drive“ students and their work. Future employers then have an eye on new talent before the students have even graduated. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Sodium(钠 )is a k
23、ey component of salt. Eating too much of it can【 C1】 _to high blood pressure, a major risk for most people as they age because it can lead to heart disease and other health problems. But cutting sodium from the diet is difficult, mainly because people often dont know its there. More than three-quart
24、ers of the sodium people【 C2】 _comes from processed and restaurant foods. And much of the sodium we eat is in foods that dont【 C3】 _taste salty, like packaged bread and chicken dishes. Salt is the latest front in the battle to get Americans to eat a healthier diet.【 C4】_efforts have focused on cutti
25、ng down on sugar, to fight against obesity, and reducing fat, for a healthier heart. After four decades of unsuccessfully【 C5】_Americans to cut salt in their diets only to see them eat more of it, government officials are intensifying their efforts. An advisory committee working on new US Dietary Gu
26、idelines, due to be released later this year by the federal government, recently recommended that all adults restrict their【 C6】 _of sodium to no more than 1 500 milligrams a day,【 C7】 _to about two-thirds of a teaspoon of table salt, down from a current limit of 2 300 mgs for some people. The best
27、way to reduce salt is to cut back on processed and restaurant foods, eat fresh produce, and reduce portion sizes. Nutritionists【 C8】 _eating whole grain instead of breada single slice of packaged bread can contain 150 mgs to 200 mgs or more of sodium. Cut back gradually, so your palate(味觉 )adjusts t
28、o a less salty taste. When you do buy artifactitious(人工制品的 )foods, look for【 C9】 _with less than 300 mgs of sodium per serving, or no more than one milligram of sodium per calorie of food, advised the Harvard School of Public Health, which has on its website 25 sodium-reduction【 C10】 _developed with
29、 the Culinary Institute of America. A)attribute F)intake K)Previous B)consume G)items L)recommend C)contribute H)necessarily M)Special D)equivalent I)output N)steps E)incidentally J)persuading O)strategies 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Sec
30、tion B 46 Electronic Reading Devices A)More than 550 years after Johannes Gutenberg printed 180 copies of the Bible on paper and vellum(羊皮纸 ), new technologies as revolutionary as the printing press are changing the concept of a book and what it means to be literate. Sound, animation and the ability
31、 to connect to the Internet have created the notion of a living book that can establish an entirely new kind of relationship with readers. B)As electronic reading devices evolve and proliferate(激增 ), books are increasingly able to talk to readers, quiz them on their grasp of the material, play video
32、s to illustrate a point or connect them with a community of fellow readers. C)The Master of Rampling Gate, a novel by Anne Rice published in 1991 as a paperback, illustrates some of the possibilities. The out-of-print title was given new life in March, when it was reissued in digital form by Vook(a
33、mash-up of “video“ and “book“), an Alameda start-up selling titles for iPad and iPhone. As a $ 4.99 application sold through iTunes store, the title comes with video interviews with Rice and others and links to Web pages that elaborate on events and places in the story within the text. D)Vook has pu
34、blished more than two dozen titles. The videos and other digital features are designed to “project the emotion of the book without getting in the way of the story,“ said Brad Inman, Vooks chief executive and a former real estate columnist for the San Francisco Examiner. “We want to revive the passio
35、n for traditional narrative. Multimedia could be a catalyst for spawning more reading.“ E)Tim OReilly, whose OReilly Media in Sebastopol, Calif. , is at the forefront of designing and distributing digital books over the Internet and on mobile devices, said technology has the power to “broaden our th
36、inking about what a book does. “ F)In addition to displaying pages from a book, digital e-readers can read them aloud, opening up a literary trove for the blind and the visually impaired who have long had only a thin selection of audio and Braille books to choose from. “You now have the ability to m
37、ake a book talk,“ said George Kerscher, head of the Digital Accessible Information System Consortium in Zurich, Switzerland. Kerscher, who studied computer science at the University of Montana and is blind, has spent two decades lobbying publishers to make books more accessible to visually impaired
38、readers. G)Digital technology is also transforming reading from a famously solitary experience into a social one. The newest generation of readersthe texting, chatting, YouTubing kidshas run circles around the traditional publishing process, keeping its favorite stories alive online long after theyr
39、e published. At online fan communities for popular fantasy series like Harry Potter and Twilight, young enthusiasts collaborate on new story lines involving monsters, ghosts and secret crushes. H)On Textnovel. com, thousands of cellphone-toting authors write novels via text message, one or two sente
40、nces at a time. Aspiring writers can sign up on the free site and begin writing, either from phones or computers. Readers can follow the stories online or receive a text every time their favorite author adds a plot twist. Shannon Rheinbold-Gee tapped out her 85 000-word thriller about teenage werewo
41、lves(狼人 )in just under five weeks using the Textnovel site. The former middle-school teacher figured she had no chance of getting a traditional publishing deal. It did. The book, 13 to Life, won Textnovels first annual contest and earned its author a three-book contract with the prestigious St. Mart
42、ins Press, including a $ 10 000 advance. I)Textnovel, which is funded by contributions from its own members, is just one example of how the Internet has become fertile ground for creative amateurs. On Scribd. com, writers and digital pack rats(收藏杂物的人 )are building a huge exchange meet for written wo
43、rks of every length, many of which once existed on paper. Visitors can browse digital versions of novels and nonfiction bookssome by established authors, others by complete unknownsalong with recipes for spinach calzones and 1950s-era manuals for building transistor radios, nearly all of which is fr
44、ee. J)As in many places online, free content is the rule. Writers who are intent on making money will have to find creative ways to attract readers and build an audience. As the YouTube of books, Scribd provides a virtual printing press for budding writers and a community of potential readers. The c
45、ompany gets most of its revenue by selling advertising on the site. K)The proliferation of amateur content poses a difficult problem for publishers, who must find a way to make a profit in a sprawling marketplace increasingly filled with free content. “Weve pretty much reached the point where the su
46、pply has now shifted to infinite,“ said Richard Nash, former head of Soft Skull Press, a small New York publisher. “So the next question is: How do you make people want it?“ Part of the answer may be found on Goodreads. com, a digital library and social networking site where millions of members can
47、log in and chat about any book they want, including many that will never see print. L)Lori Hettler of Tobyhanna, Pa. , runs one of the largest book clubs on Goodreads, with nearly 7 000 members from all over the globe. Discussions can go on for hundreds of messages, with readers passionately champio
48、ning the clubs latest selection. M)A recommendation by Hettler can help little-known authors find an audience. Her recent picks include M. Cliffords The Book and D. H. Haneys Banned for Life, both self-published efforts. “Word of mouth goes a long way,“ Hettler said. “Once I review a book for one gu
49、y, he usually has someone he would like me to read, and then that guy has someone he would like me to read . Its this wonderful, endless cycle. “ N)Whereas printed texts often are linear paths paved by the author chapter by chapter, digital books encourage readers to click here or tap there, launching them on side journeys before they even reach the bottom of a page. Some scholars fear that this is breeding a generation of readers who wont have t
