1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 85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 “Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.“ You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 250 wor
2、ds but no more than 200 words. Section A （ A） The woman shouldnt have missed the lecture. （ B） The woman should have checked the bulletin. （ C） The woman shouldnt have believed the bulletin. （ D） The woman should contact her professor first. （ A） He doesnt think Smiths novels are as popular as the w
3、oman says. （ B） He doesnt think much of Smiths novels. （ C） He thinks young people lack logical thinking. （ D） He doubts the truth of Smiths stories. （ A） She isnt rushing to quit her current job. （ B） She isnt satisfied with her present salary. （ C） She will be fired by her boss probably. （ D） She
4、finds it hard to look for a new job. （ A） Online shopping has more disadvantages. （ B） It is a waste of money to shop online. （ C） Information on some websites isnt reliable. （ D） Online shopping may not benefit consumers. （ A） The man seems to be responsible for himself. （ B） The woman cant stand t
5、he mans habit of smoking. （ C） The man is addicted to smoking. （ D） The woman cant accept the mans excuse. （ A） She should have her toothache cured first. （ B） She should continue her treatment for headache. （ C） She should take care of herself. （ D） She should have a physical check-up. （ A） The wor
6、ks arent as individual as what the woman thought. （ B） The art show displays works of the same subject. （ C） The art show should have displayed works of different subjects. （ D） The woman is dissatisfied with the art show. （ A） By reading a map of the forest. （ B） By waiting for help. （ C） By walkin
7、g to the north of the forest. （ D） By telling directions via the shadows. （ A） They will be proven to be true. （ B） They are often opposite to reality. （ C） They are not relevant to reality. （ D） They fail to explain anything in reality. （ A） Her mother almost lost her. （ B） She used to play in a sw
8、imming pool. （ C） She almost died in the water. （ D） She always had nightmares. （ A） Dreams originate from real life. （ B） Dreams are always opposite to reality. （ C） It is hard to explain dreams scientifically. （ D） The same things often recur in dreams. （ A） The ability to develop software product
9、s. （ B） Flexibility and independence in work. （ C） A good relationship with customers. （ D） Experience in sales of software products. （ A） Investigate the needs of customers. （ B） Train people how to use software products. （ C） Teach salespersons to use software. （ D） Develop new products for her co
10、mpany. （ A） She has been in her current position for three years. （ B） She was nominated the Top Salesperson last year. （ C） She has won several awards for her sales performance. （ D） She trained people to get the Salesperson of the Month. （ A） She wants to know more about the market. （ B） She would
11、 like a better position in her company. （ C） She needs more knowledge to get the job. （ D） She expects a promising career after graduation. Section B （ A） To keep fit. （ B） To study well. （ C） To earn more money. （ D） To gain self-esteem. （ A） By changing the measure to achieve the goal. （ B） By val
12、uing the importance of the goal. （ C） By reflecting the image of the goal. （ D） By reinforcing the impression of the goal. （ A） By making detailed long-term plans. （ B） By taking some of your favorite foods occasionally. （ C） By always keeping on diet. （ D） By taking some drugs for help. （ A） They l
13、ook at students shoulders. （ B） They pay attention to the teachers explanation. （ C） They focus on the students reactions. （ D） They learn about the distributive property. （ A） A learning test strategy. （ B） An interest experiment. （ C） A teaching evaluation procedure. （ D） A mock applicants intervi
14、ew. （ A） It is conducted in class and the other teachers provide feedback. （ B） It is done at home with students. （ C） It is prepared by the delivery teacher alone. （ D） It is performed without any audience. （ A） It is popular in the academic circle. （ B） It is not acceptable in the US. （ C） It just
15、 begins in Japan. （ D） It just begins in the US. （ A） A little girl. （ B） A young woman. （ C） An old lady. （ D） A handsome boy. （ A） It can make the female cancer patients feel younger. （ B） It can make the female cancer patients feel more beautiful. （ C） It can stimulate the female cancer patients
16、self-respect. （ D） It can delight the female cancer patients. （ A） Because that slows down the treatment of the patients. （ B） Because that ignores the real needs of the patients. （ C） Because that badly influences the patients. （ D） Because that does harm to the happy mood of the patients. Section
17、C 26 Previous researches on mindfulness meditation have shown some results that influence people for many years. It shows that mindfulness meditation【 B1】 _in lowering blood pressure, improves immune system and brain function and minimizes pain【 B2】 _. A new review of past literature on mindfulness
18、now breaks down what【 B3】 _it is about the practice that seems to have these beneficial effects. It offers some new【 B4】 _to this phenomenon. Researchers【 B5】_mindfulness as “the nonjudgmental awareness of experiences in the present moment“ in the Perspectives on Psychological Science study. They id
19、entified the four acting【 B6】 _of mindfulness meditation: regulation of attention, body awareness, self-awareness and regulation of emotion. Each of these elements【 B7】 _different impacts on us in different aspects of our lives, according to the study. For example, regulation of attention may help u
20、s be extra-aware of our bodily state. And by【 B8】 _our bodies, we are able to recognize the emotions we are currently experiencing, researchers said. The findings “unveil the conceptual and mechanistic complexity of mindfulness, providing the big picture by arranging many findings like the pieces of
21、 a mosaic,“ a study researcher Britta Holzel, of Justus Liebig University and Harvard Medical School, said in a statement. A previous research from Holzel has shown that mindfulness meditation can change the structure of the brain, especially the brain regions【 B9】 _sense of self and memory. In that
22、 study, published in the journal Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, researchers looked ar brain images of 16 people who【 B10】 _in an eight-week mindfulness stress reduction program. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Homeland Secur
23、ity Secretary Janet Napolitano warned that we just cant win, can we, airlines? Over the past several years, as more and more airlines began【 C1】_for checking luggage on flights, passengers started getting savvier(更精明的 )about saving themselves some money by packing less or maybe just by cramming ever
24、ything they needed into carry-on size suitcases. But that, of course, has had its【 C2】 _too. Longer security lines, less space in overhead bins and even flight delays are caused by people who fail to understand what carry-on size luggage is, thereby being【 C3】 _to check their bags minutes before tak
25、ing off. And now theres more: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Congress this week that the【 C4】_in the number of people carrying on bags has come at a cost to taxpayers, to the tune of $ 260 million a year. How【 C5】 _does that work? Well, when you dont check your bag in order to avo
26、id checking fees, you are increasing the amount of baggage that then needs to be closely examined at the security checkpoint, which means more Transportation Security Administration(TSA)personnel needed and more shifts needed to be filled. So in the end, that carry-on baggage isnt【 C6】 _as you would
27、 like it to be. A $ 5 fee per one-way ticket is already【 C7】 _when you purchase airfare. Now Napolitano has proposed increasing that fee in order to【 C8】 _in as much as $ 600 million more dollars for her agency every year. Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu asked whether airlines should be tasked to ma
28、ke up some of that【 C9】 _rather than charging passengers more. Thanks, Mary, but surely you know that the airlines will just make up for that【 C10】 _by increasing fares or perhaps charging for oxygen. A)bring F)difference K)increase B)charging G)enhanced L)levied C)conclusion H)exactly M)profiled D)
29、consequences I)forced N)properly E)cost J)free O)similarity 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 Education Technology: Crucial, or Just Gadgets? A)Under enormous pressure to reform, the nations public schools are spending millions of
30、 dollars each year on gadgets from text-messaging devices to interactive whiteboards that technology companies promise can raise student performance. B)Driving the boom is a surge in federal funding for such products, the industrys aggressive marketing and an idea self-evident in the world of educat
31、ion reform: that to prepare students for the 21st century, schools must embrace the technologies that are the media of modern life. C)Increasingly, though, another view is emerging: that the money schools spend on instructional gadgets isnt necessarily making things better, just different. Many acad
32、emics question industry-backed studies linking improved test scores to their products. And some go further. D)They argue that the most ubiquitous(似乎无处不在的 )device-of-the-future, the whiteboard essentially a giant interactive computer screen that is taking over blackboards in classrooms across America
33、- locks teachers into a 19th-century lecture style of instruction counter to the more collaborative small-group models that many reformers favor. E)“There is hardly any research that will show clearly that any of these machines will improve academic achievement,“ said Larry Cuban, education professo
34、r emeritus(荣誉退休的 )at Stanford University. “But the value of novelty is highly prized in American society. And one way schools can say they are innovative is to pick up the latest device. “ The Appeal F)Federal dollars for educational technology grew to more than $ 800 million last year, and industry
35、 analysts estimate that federal, state and local expenditures will total $ 16 billion next year. Money that once bought filmstrips and overhead projectors has spawned a thriving industry of companies that pitch their products as a way to help schools meet the federal priorities of the day. Glossy br
36、ochures that claimed whiteboards would help teachers reach Bushs No Child Left Behind goals, for instance, now say the devices will help schools win “Race to the Top“ grants from the Obama administration. G)Nancy Knowlton, the chief executive of SMART Technologies, said that schools are desperate to
37、 find ways to engage multi-tasking kids, who often play video games before they can read and that some “strictly gathered research data“, along with anecdotal evidence, show that her companys products work. H)“Students are engaged when theyre in class, they are motivated, they are attending school,
38、they are behaving and this is translating to student performance in the classroom,“ she said. “Kids want an energized, multimedia learning experience. When you ask them to shut off when they enter the classroom, that doesnt really work for them. “ I)Fairfax County public schools began installing int
39、eractive whiteboards several years ago, one of which landed in Sam Gees classroom at W. T. Woodson High School. On a recent morning, the popular history teacher dimmed the lights, and his students stared at the glowing, $ 3 000 screen. As he lectured, Gee hyperlinked to an NBC news clip, clicked to
40、an animated Russian flag, a list of Russian leaders and a short film on the Mongol invasions. J)Here and there, he starred items on the board using his finger. “Lets say this is Russia,“ he said at one point, drawing a little red circle. “Okay who invaded Russia?“ One student was fiddling with(摆弄 )a
41、n iPhone. Another slept. A few answered the question, but the relationship between their alertness and the bright screen before them was hardly clear. And as the lesson carried on, this irony became evident: Although the device allowed Gee to show films and images with relative ease, the whiteboard
42、was also reinforcing an age-old teaching method teacher speaks, students listen. K)On its Web site, Smart Technologies cites more glowing testimony, quoting a former Fairfax high school teacher saying that after the whiteboards arrived, he saw “significant“ increases in student performance “across a
43、ll grade levels“. Such statements reflect the fact that many teachers love whiteboards industry groups say one in three classrooms will have the device by 2011. They also reflect the relationships that ed-tech companies cultivate with school officials to market their products, underwriting major edu
44、cation conferences and sponsoring professional associations. L)Last year, the Arizona attorney general criticized Tucson Unified School District officials for accepting rooms, meals, an open bar and free iPods at a resort conference paid for by Promethean after the district spent $2.1 million on pro
45、ducts. Mark Elliott, president of Promethean North America, said the company has since revised its ethics policy. But he and others said such events help the industry “keep its finger on the pulse“ of what schools need. “The private sector engagement is a good thing,“ said Doug Levin, executive dire
46、ctor of the State Educational Technology Directors Association, which lists Promethean, Smart Technologies and Apple among its $30 000 platinum sponsors. “It is the job of the public sector to evaluate claims of these vendors. “ The Reality M)But according to many academics, industry claims about wh
47、iteboards are not based on rigorous academic studies. One frequently cited study, conducted by Marzano Research Laboratory and funded by Promethean, surveyed 85 teachers who volunteered to teach a lesson of their choice to two classes, one with the whiteboard, one without. The teachers then gave a t
48、est of their own design, with results showing an average 17-point gain in classrooms with whiteboards. “Its a suggestive study you cant conclude anything,“ said Steve Ross, an education professor at Johns Hopkins University. “And thats being generous. “ N)Even the studys author, Robert Marzano, note
49、d that 23 percent of the teachers reported higher test scores without the whiteboard, and some reported lower scores using it. “It looks like whiteboards can be used in a way that can lull teachers into not using what we consider good instructional strategies,“ Marzano said in an interview. O)After using an interactive whiteboard for a year, William Ferriter, a sixth-grade teacher in North Carolina, came to a similar conclusion, decidi
