1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 91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 “Successful people does not only have talents but also some other things.“ You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 word
2、s but no more than 200 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. Section A （ A） Reading is more useful than watching TV. （ B） Watching TV is better than reading a newspaper. （ C） The newspaper is a good source for learning English. （ D） A combination of reading and listening is more effective. （ A）
3、 She will not make decision for him. （ B） Shell help to make the decision only if he asks for it. （ C） He doesn t have to make the decision right now. （ D） He should consult with the woman about the decision. （ A） Three hours if working by hand. （ B） A minimum of three hours. （ C） Three hours at the
4、 most. （ D） Three hours, more or less. （ A） In a clothes store. （ B） In a shoe store. （ C） In a gymnasium. （ D） At a swimming pool. （ A） Go to the gym and work out. （ B） Be calm and patient. （ C） Listen carefully to John. （ D） Do the easiest thing. （ A） Students with a proper I. D. can check any boo
5、k out. （ B） Only the students with special permission can check out reference books. （ C） Only professors can check out reference books. （ D） The reference books are not allowed to be checked out. （ A） Joan called about her business trip. （ B） Joan wants to send her card to us. （ C） Joan will mail u
6、s her new address. （ D） Joans card was lost somewhere. （ A） It took her a long time to get a Ph. D. degree. It took （ B） It s a piece of cake to relieve a degree. （ C） She did it much quicker than other people working on the degree. （ D） She is still a graduate student. （ A） London （ B） Paris. （ C）
7、New York. （ D） Beijing. （ A） Her brother. （ B） Her mother. （ C） Her boyfriend. （ D） Her husband. （ A） She saw the queen. （ B） She visited the Buckingham Palace. （ C） She met Benedict Cumberbatch. （ D） She saw many old castles. （ A） He got a sore throat. （ B） He injured his leg. （ C） He broke his arm
8、. （ D） He had a stomachache. （ A） Two days. （ B） Three days. （ C） Four days. （ D） Five days. （ A） He caught cold. （ B） He ate rotten food. （ C） He breathed in harmful chemical vapours. （ D） He fell from his bicycle. （ A） Lying in his bed. （ B） Seeing the doctor. （ C） Visiting his parents. （ D） Deliv
9、ering a lecture. Section B （ A） How to write a good resume? （ B） The importance of an interview. （ C） What do employers focus on during an interview? （ D） How to cooperate well with immediate boss? （ A） Appearance. （ B） Attitude. （ C） Communication skills. （ D） Job skill qualifications. （ A） An inte
10、rview usually lasts for an hour. （ B） The purpose for giving an interview is to evaluate interviewee s appearance. （ C） Appearance and communication skills are of the same importance during an interview. （ D） Communication skills only include verbal communication. （ A） To consult friends who have tr
11、avelled before. （ B） To search on the Internet. （ C） To watch a colour movie. （ D） To read travel books. （ A） An ambitious and diligent person. （ B） A reasonable and well-educated person. （ C） An outgoing and being-around person. （ D） A well-read and cultured person. （ A） Because many things change
12、quickly in the 21st century. （ B） Because writers are out of date. （ C） Because sometimes the date of publication is not accurate. （ D） Because we need to make sure the contents are easy to find. （ A） A five-day week. （ B） 1,899 hours. （ C） 2,100 hours. （ D） 1,992 hours. （ A） The small companies. （
13、B） The unions. （ C） The workers. （ D） The industrialists. （ A） Younger Japanese would spend more time on leisure. （ B） Older Japanese would spend more time on leisure. （ C） Older Japanese are not content with watching television. （ D） Younger Japanese would not spend time on dancing. （ A） Why Japane
14、se should work less. （ B） The difference between Japanese and the West. （ C） Work less and more leisure. （ D） Work more and less leisure. Section C 26 The Richest Man in Babylon is one of the greatest books on accumulating wealth ever written. Its【 B1】 _is that part of all you earn is yours to keep.
15、 What is the point of working for 50 years if most of what you earn【 B2】 _in somebody else s pocket? Too many people pay rent all their lives and have no money invested for【 B3】 _. When they retire they have no hope of buying a home so are dependent on rented【 B4】 _and the 【 B5】 _for survival. Wealt
16、h is like a huge tree that grows from a tiny seed. It takes a long time but, provided it is watered and fertilized regularly, it will slowly but surely grow at a faster and faster rate. If you go to Tasmanias Gordon River area you will see【 B6】 _pine trees. Then you see little straggly ones that are
17、 no more than 2 meters tall and it may come as a surprise to discover these tiny【 B7】 _are already nearly 100 years old. Everything that is【 B8】 _ whether a good marriage, a huge tree, or a sound【 B9】_position takes time. The problem with financial losers is that they can never wait for anything. Th
18、ey are like a child who plants seeds and then【 B10】 _every day to see how much progress they have made. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Of all the【 C1】 _of a good night s sleep, dreams seem to be least within our control. In dre
19、ams, a window opens into a world where logic is suspended and dead people speak. A century ago, Freud formulated his revolutionary theory that dreams were the【 C2】 _shadows of our unconscious desires and fears; by the late 1970s, neurologists had【 C3】 _to thinking of them as just “mental noise“ the
20、random byproducts of the neural-repair work that goes on during sleep. Now researchers suspect that dreams are part of the minds emotional thermostat,【 C4】 _moods while the brain is “off-line.“ And one leading authority says that these【 C5】 _powerful mental events can be not only harnessed but actua
21、lly brought under conscious control, to help us sleep and feel better, “Its your dream,“ says Rosalind Cartwright, chair of【 C6】_at Chicagos Medical Centre. “If you dont like it, change it.“ The【 C7】 _between dreams and emotions show up among the patients in Cartwright s clinic. Most people seem to
22、have more bad dreams early in the night, progressing toward happier ones before【 C8】 _, suggesting that they are working through【 C9】 _feelings generated during the day. Because our conscious mind is【 C10】 _with daily life we dont always think about the emotional significance of the days events unti
23、l, it appears, we begin to dream. A)intensely B)psychology C)link D)disguised E)unconscious F)positive G)recurring H)nightmares I)components J)occupied K)regulating L)negative M)awakening N)persistent O)switched 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C1
24、0】 Section B 46 How to Cope with Your Soul-destroying Jobs? A)We all have heard or at least seen in the movies great stories about people who are working in soul-destroying jobs, then quit in some spectacular fashion and move on to fabulous second careers. This isnt a column about that. Rather, more
25、 realistically, its about what to do if youre in a job you dislike or actively hate but can t move on. Maybe you need to pay the rent or the mortgage and youve sent out endless resumes and havent gotten a bite. Whatever the reason, you re stuck. Are there ways to make going into work every day more
26、palatable? B)Dawn Rosenberg McKay, who writes the career planning guide on A(which is owned by The New York Times), suggests first making a list of all the things you dislike about your job. Try to do it when you have a little distance, like during a vacation or on a weekend. Dont cheat and write, “
27、Everything.“ It may feel that way, but thats not helpful. C)“If you hate your boss, write down the things you hate about her,“ Ms. Rosenberg said. Do you like what you do, but dislike your colleagues or boss, or do you despise the actual tasks? Try to separate it out. Then write down all the things
28、you like about your job, and again, “nothing“ is not a satisfactory answer. “Try to find something positive, even if its just the neighbourhood you work in or the view from your window,“ she said. D)If you want to switch careers, not just get out of that particular job, Cathy Goodwin, a career consu
29、ltant who specializes in career transitions, suggested focusing on “developing skills rather than serving time.“ What can you learn that you can put on your resume? Computer skills? Public speaking? “If your company offers education benefits, use them to make yourself marketable,“ she said. Even if
30、your company will pay only $1,000, you can take a class at a community college. E)Roy L. Cohen, author of The Wall Street Professionals Survival Guide(Financial Times Press, 2010), said “a bad job may be a necessary placeholder while you take classes or network for a new and more satisfying job.“ An
31、d yes, I can hear the groans out there. I know people who have been networking and applying for jobs for a year or more in the hope of moving on. No one said it would be easy in these tough economic times, or quick. F)If youre stuck, are there particular tasks in your job that you like? Has your job
32、 changed so that you re now doing a lot of things you find mind-numbing or off your career path? Is there any way to talk to your boss about this? But before you approach your manager, “consider whether how you are being treated is unique to you or shared by your colleagues,“ Mr. Cohen said. As firm
33、s downsize, many employees are being forced to take on lots of extra work. If everyone is in the same boat, you may just have to accept it. If you feel, however, that you are unfairly singled out, or if you are truly overwhelmed, think whether there is a way you can talk to your supervisor, Ms. Rose
34、nberg said. G)One trouble in many jobs is that workers feel underappreciated or completely unappreciated, Mr. Cohen said. There are some companies where “your boss sees you and your colleagues only as a resource to be used and exploited,“ he added. “Dont expect or look for appreciation to be express
35、ed or for your good work to be acknowledged. In this situation, employee appreciation is an oxymoron.“ H)So what can you do? Look outside your job for positive feedback. Can your family and friends supply it? Perhaps volunteering or joining a professional organization can give you some sense of purp
36、ose if you cant get it from your workplace, he said. I)When I was in a job and my supervisors insisted unfairly, I believed that I wasnt producing enough, I found it helpful to document exactly what I was doing. This proved not only important in negotiations with the higher-ups, but also helped re-e
37、stablish my own sense of worth. J)A. J. Russo, a pharmacy technician in Pennsylvania, said she tried to manage her problems with her colleagues by putting the situation in some perspective. “I try to remind myself that it s not my co-workers or boss,“ she said. “Were all stressed. There are three of
38、 us doing 300 prescriptions a day. I try not to take it personally.“ With car payments and student loans, she said, “I would rather be employed than unemployed.“ She said she was determined to stay in her current one until a new job came along. Ms. Russo said she had complained a lot to her friends
39、outside work, which might help deal with the pain. But, Ms. Rosenberg, the career columnist, cautioned against grousing too much to your colleagues at work. K)“They say misery loves company, but you don t want set a tone in the office,“ Ms. Rosenberg said. For one thing, it can get back to the power
40、s that be. And while a little complaining can feel good, too much tends to just compound the negativity. Be aware of further self-sabotage, Ms. Goodwin said. Sloppy performance, talking back to co-workers or managers or showing up late thats what people do when they are unhappy at work. And it can g
41、et you fired. You may find out how much you liked, or at least needed, that job once youre forced out. There are times, of course, when you have to leave your job before you have another lined up, especially if its making you physically or emotionally ill, Ms. Rosenberg said. L)A friend of mine, who
42、 asked not be named because he was still looking for a job, quit his a year ago after three and a half months. “It was a constant source of stress,“ he said. “I was always in a bad mood, even on weekends.“ A professional with many working years under his belt, my friend said he knew there were probl
43、ems just a few weeks into the new job, but he was determined to stick it out. “But when I went to London for a meeting, I had to double my blood-pressure medication and take a blood-pressure monitor,“ he said. “Thats a sign that somethings wrong.“ M)He acknowledged that he thought he would find anot
44、her job more quickly than was the case. In the last year, he has done consulting work and even, at times, driven a limousine. But he never regrets leaving. “The uncertainty is uncomfortable, but its better than the certainty of that job,“ he said. N)If youre wondering about quitting your job, Ms. Ro
45、senberg provides a useful quiz to help with the decision on her Web site. And while its not easy in our culture, where we tend to “live to work rather than work to live,“ as the saying goes, everyone I spoke to agreed we could try to change that perspective. Do you have to work 60 hours a week, or c
46、an you shorten your work hours and take a dance or memoir-writing class? Or go to a play? O)And beware of idealizing other jobs. It may well be that another position will suit you better. But remember, just because youre unhappy in your current job doesnt mean the next one will be perfect. 47 If you
47、 have no sense of goal, you can take part in volunteering activities. 48 Ms. Rosenberg suggests that not to list all the things you dislike about your job when you make a list, because it is meaningless. 49 Mr. Cohen said that before you have found a good job, the bad job shouldn t be given up. 50 M
48、s. Russo often complained about his job to his friends, but Ms. Rosenberg doesnt approve this behaviour. 51 Mr. Cohen thinks that to be unappreciated by the boss is normal, for bosses just care about the profit you create. 52 Ms. Goodwin suggests that to explore the positive factors in your job inst
49、ead of performing terribly or being late often. 53 Ms. Rosenberg reminds everybody to write something when youre asked to express your love for your job. 54 Dont idealize other jobs. Maybe your current job is better. 55 A quiz provided on Ms. Rosenbergs Web site is available to help you decide whether you should change your job. 56 Cathy Goodwin regards developing skills as more significant than waiting for timin
