1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 93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 power of imagination and fantasy.“ You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Write
2、 your essay on Answer Sheet 1. Section A （ A） She and her brothers are in the same major. （ B） She probably will not join her brother s firm. （ C） She will join her brother s firm. （ D） She will be a tax lawyer after graduation. （ A） Thursday morning. （ B） Thursday afternoon. （ C） Wednesday, around
3、2 o clock. （ D） Wednesday, around 3 o clock. （ A） 8 miles. （ B） 23 miles. （ C） 31 miles. （ D） 15 miles. （ A） At a pharmacy. （ B） At school. （ C） At a supermarket. （ D） In a hotel. （ A） Lawyer and client. （ B） Shop assistant and customer. （ C） Dentist and patient. （ D） Waiter and customer. （ A） Angry
4、. （ B） Exhausted. （ C） Embarrassed. （ D） Enthusiastic. （ A） The man should study hard. （ B） The man should get up early to watch it. （ C） The man should stay up a night to watch World Cup. （ D） The man should not watch World Cup but to go to sleep. （ A） David is small and thin. （ B） It is difficult
5、to find David. （ C） We can not find ways. （ D） David should find the way by himself. （ A） She took a drive test. （ B） She had a bad day at work. （ C） She was quarrelling with other people. （ D） She was caught in a car accident. （ A） Three times. （ B） It is her first time. （ C） It is the second time.
6、 （ D） Four times. （ A） She forgot the time. （ B） She didnt take enough lessons. （ C） She was so nervous that she couldnt concentrate. （ D） The instructor laughed at her. （ A） He lost his money. （ B） His father scolded him. （ C） He was hit on the finger. （ D） He lost his temper. （ A） The old man took
7、 a long time to count the money. （ B） The old man spoke rudely. （ C） He forgot to bring coins. （ D） He met a rude man at the checkout point. （ A） He was checking his writing. （ B） He was counting the coins. （ C） He was reading a book. （ D） He was talking to another man. （ A） From her mother. （ B） Fr
8、om a TV program. （ C） Through listening to the radio. （ D） In a book she read. Section B （ A） Litter and waste. （ B） Metal and paper. （ C） Oil. （ D） Artificial substances and natural substances. （ A） Automated car. （ B） Advertising. （ C） Constructions. （ D） Packages. （ A） By cutting out unnecessary
9、buying. （ B） By reducing excess use. （ C） By reducing careless disposal of the products. （ D） By getting rid of the advertisements. （ A） To live happily. （ B） To be contented. （ C） To live and cherish what you have at the moment. （ D） To have a great ambition. （ A） A child has to go to school. （ B）
10、A child doesnt have enough money. （ C） A child is restricted to doing something he wants to do. （ D） A child will be punished by parents. （ A） Being a child is much happier than being an adult. （ B） We should enjoy what each age gives us. （ C） Being an adult should take more responsibilities. （ D） B
11、eing a child is often taken care by others. （ A） To keep our eyes lubricated. （ B） To show our weakness. （ C） To kill some bacteria. （ D） To relieve ourselves. （ A） Only animal tears are to be valued. （ B） Only animal tears can kill certain bacteria. （ C） Only humans cry for others. （ D） Only humans
12、 cry in response to emotions. （ A） Boys cry four times as often as girls. （ B） Girls cry four times as often as boys. （ C） Boys cry as often as girls. （ D） Girls cry a quarter as often as boys. （ A） Why humans cry. （ B） How to relieve ourselves. （ C） How animals cry. （ D） When people cry. Section C
13、26 For an increasing number of students in American universities, Old is suddenly in. The reason is obvious: the【 B1】 _of America means jobs. Coupled with the aging of the baby-boom generation, a longer life span means that the nations elderly population【 B2】 _expand significantly over the next 35 y
14、ears. By 2050, 25 percent of all Americans will be older than 65, up from 14 percent in 1995. The change【 B3】_profound questions for government and society, of course. But it also creates career opportunities in medicine and health professions, and in law and business as well. “【 B4】 _the doctors, w
15、e are going to need more sociologists, biologists, urban planners and【 B5】 _lawyers,“ says Professor Edward Schneider of the University of Southern California s(USC)School of Gerontology. Lawyers can specialize in “elder law“, which covers everything from trusts and【 B6】_ to nursing-home abuse and a
16、ge【 B7】 _. Businessmen see huge opportunities in the elder market because the baby boomers, 74 million strong,【 B8】_be the wealthiest group of retirees in human history. “Any student who combines an expert knowledge in gerontology with, say, an MBA or law degree will have a license to print money,“
17、one professor says. Margarite Santos is a 21-year-old senior at USC. She began college as biology major but found she was “really【 B9】 _bacteria“. So she took a class in gerontology and discovered that she liked it. She says, “I did volunteer work in retirement and it was really very【 B10】 _.“ 27 【
18、B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 It s widely agreed that girls generally start talking earlier than boys, and use more complex vocabulary. When they【 C1】 _school, most girls have slightly better verbal skills than boys on average, the
19、y are a month or two ahead. As they progress through primary school, girls continue to【 C2】 _boys when it comes to verbal skills. By the time children leave primary school, girls are about a year ahead with reading and the【 C3】 _is even bigger for writing. However, it should be noted that boys are r
20、oughly【 C4】 _with girls when it comes to attainment in maths at primary school. The gap in attainment at the age of 16 had led some teachers to believe that single-sex lessons in core subjects are the way forward when it comes to【 C5】 _male students and improving boys grades. They argue that boys, f
21、or instance, feel less【 C6】_in subjects like literacy when there are no female students in the classroom to compete with. Others believe that girls and boys thrive best when the opposite sex is taken out of the equation completely, and【 C7】 _a single-sex environment, especially at secondary school l
22、evel. Some schools believe that a male【 C8】 _ whether it is a male teacher or more involvement from dad at home is a key factor in impelling boys and improving their grades. Others advocate a more “boy-friendly“ environment at school, whether it s【 C9】 _more books in the library that appeal to boys
23、or trying out different teaching styles in lessons to【 C10】 _boys in learning. A)presence B)identical C)outperform D)stocking E)gap F)motivating G)disheartened H)sorry I)level J)engage K)cheering L)recommending M)advocate N)start O)appearance 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43
24、【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 New Discoveries of Public Transport A)A new study conducted for the World Bank by Murdoch Universitys Institute for Science and Technology Policy(ISTP)has demonstrated that public transport is more efficient than cars. The study compared the proportion
25、of wealth poured into transport by thirty-seven cities around the world. This included both the public and private costs of building, maintaining and using a transport system. B)The study found that the Western Australian city of Perth is a good example of a city with minimal public transport. As a
26、result, 17% of its wealth went into transport costs. Some European and Asian cities, on the other hand, spent as little as 5%. Professor Peter Newman, ISTP Director, pointed out that these more efficient cities were able to put the difference into attracting industry and jobs or creating a better pl
27、ace to live. C)According to Professor Newman, the larger Australian city of Melbourne is a rather unusual city in this sort of comparison. He describes it as two cities: “A European city surrounded by a car-dependent one“. Melbournes large tram network has made car use in the inner city much lower,
28、but the outer suburbs have the same car-based structure as most other Australian cities. The explosion in demand for accommodation in the inner suburbs of Melbourne suggests a recent change in many people s preferences as to where they live. D)Newman says this is a new, broader way of considering pu
29、blic transport issues. In the past, the case for public transport has been made on the basis of environmental and social justice considerations rather than economics. Newman, however, believes the study demonstrates that “the auto-dependent city model is inefficient and grossly inadequate in economi
30、c as well as environmental terms“. E)Bicycle use was not included in the study but Newman noted that the two most “bicycle friendly“ cities considered Amsterdam and Copenhagen were very efficient, even though their public transport systems were “reasonable but not special“. F)It is common for suppor
31、ters of road networks to reject the models of cities with good public transport by arguing that such systems would not work in their particular city. One objection is climate. Some people say their city could not make more use of public transport because it is either too hot or too cold. Newman reje
32、cts this, pointing out that public transport has been successful in both Toronto and Singapore and, in fact, he has checked the use of cars against climate and found “zero correlation“. G)When it comes to other physical features, road lobbies are on stronger ground. For example, Newman accepts it wo
33、uld be hard for a city as hilly as Auckland to develop a really good rail network. However, he points out that both Hong Kong and Zurich have managed to make a success of their rail systems, heavy and light respectively, though there are few cities in the world as hilly. H)In fact, Newman believes t
34、he main reason for adopting one sort of transport over another is politics: “The more democratic the process, the more public transport is favoured.“ He considers Portland, Oregon, a perfect example of this. Some years ago, federal money was granted to build a new road. However, local pressure group
35、s forced a referendum over whether to spend the money on light rail instead. The rail proposal won and the railway worked spectacularly well. In the years that have followed, more and more rail systems have been put in, dramatically changing the nature of the city. Newman notes that Portland has abo
36、ut the same population as Perth and had a similar population density at the time. I)In the UK, travel times to work had been stable for at least six centuries, with people avoiding situations that required them to spend more than half an hour travelling to work. Trains and cars initially allowed peo
37、ple to live at greater distances without taking longer to reach their destination. However, public infrastructure did not keep pace with urban sprawl, causing massive congestion problems which now make commuting times far higher. J)There is a widespread belief that increasing wealth encourages peopl
38、e to live farther out where cars are the only viable transport. The example of European cities refutes that. They are often wealthier than their American counterparts but have not generated the same level of car use. In Stockholm, car use has actually fallen in recent years as the city has become la
39、rger and wealthier. A new study makes this point even more starkly. Developing cities in Asia, such as Jakarta and Bangkok, make more use of the car than wealthy Asian cities such as Tokyo and Singapore. In cities that developed later, the World Bank and Asian Development Bank discouraged the buildi
40、ng of public transport and people have been forced to rely on cars creating the massive traffic jams that characterize those cities. K)Newman believes one of the best studies on how cities built for cars might be converted to rail use is The Urban Village report, which used Melbourne as an example.
41、It found that pushing everyone into the city centre was not the best approach. Instead, the proposal advocated the creation of urban villages at hundreds of sites, mostly around railway stations. L)It was once assumed that improvements in telecommunications would lead to more dispersal in the popula
42、tion as people were no longer forced into cities. However, the ISTP team s research demonstrates that the population and job density of cities rose or remained constant in the 1980s after decades of decline. The explanation for this seems to be that it is valuable to place people working in related
43、fields together. “The new world will largely depend on human creativity, and creativity flourishes where people come together face-to-face.“ 47 In Melbourne, people prefer to live in the inner suburbs. 48 Auckland is hilly, therefore it is inappropriate for it to develop rail transport system. 49 In
44、 the UK, travel times to work increase because public infrastructure did not keep pace with urban sprawl. 50 The ISTP study examined public and private systems in thirty-seven cities around the world. 51 The Urban Village used Melbourne to illustrate that we should avoid an overcrowded centre. 52 Ef
45、ficient cities can improve the quality of life for their inhabitants. 53 Cities with high levels of bicycle usage can be efficient even when public transport is only aver-agely good. 54 The example of European cities shows that higher incomes need not mean more cars. 55 Portland profitably moved fro
46、m road to light rail transport system. 56 The fact that the population and job density of cities rose or remained constant in the 1980s demonstrates that working together in cities is beneficial. Section C 56 A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the
47、class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was! So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The
48、pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was. The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The stude
49、nts responded with a unanimous “yes.“ The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed. “Now,“ said the professor, as the laughter subsided, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things your health, your family, your partner, your children, your friends, your favo
