1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 574（无答案）一、Part I Writing (30 minutes)1 For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Should Parents Accompany Their Children Studying? You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below.1越来越多的家长选择陪读2有人认为家长陪读利大于弊，也有人持相反观点3我的观点Should Parents Acc
2、ompany Their Children Studying?二、Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions attached to the passage. For questions 1-4, mark：Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the
3、information given in the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.1 The Only Child: Revealing the MythsThose without siblings hear these stereotypes all the time: That they are spoiled, disa
4、greeable, and cant function because their parents do everything for them. Wonder what onlies Steve Jobs, Betty White and Shaquille ONeal would say about that? Today, 20 percent of children under 18 are onlies, according to the U. S. Census. And, due to varied reasons including delays in marriage and
5、 having children, families with one child now outnumber those with two children, says social psychologist Susan Newman.Its a conversation I have most weeksif not most days. This time.it happens when my 2-year-old daughter and I are buying milk at the supermarket. The cashiers fawn over her pink chee
6、ks, and then I endure the usual dialogue:“Your first?“Yup. “Another one coming soon?“Nopeit might be just this one. “Youll have more. Youll see. “I offer no retort,but if I did,Id start by asking these young minimum-wage earners to consider the following:The U. S. Department of Agriculture reports t
7、hat the average child in the U. S. costs his or her parents about $ 286,050before college. Those costs have risen during the recession. Its a surprise to me these days if anyone can manage a second kidforget about a third.Since I celebrated my 35th birthday, I have to ask myself not when, but if. “
8、The recession has dramatically reshaped womens childbearing desires,“says Larry Finer,the director of domestic policy at the Guttmacher Institute, a leading reproductive health research organization. The institute found that 64% of women polled said that with the economy the way it is,they couldnt a
9、fford to have a baby now. Forty-four percent said they plan to reduce or delay their childbearingagain,because of the economy. This happens during financial meltdowns:The Great Depression saw single-child families jump at 23% .Since the early 60s, according to the National Center for Health Statisti
10、cs, single-child families have almost doubled in number,to about 1 in 5and thats from before the markets crashed.The deep-rooted dislike to stopping at one mainly amounts to a century-old public relations issue. Single children are perceived as spoiled, selfish, solitary discomfort. No parents want
11、that for their kid. Since the 1970s, however, studies devoted to understanding the personality characteristics of only children have debunked that idea. I, for one, was happy without siblings. A few ex-boyfriends aside, people seem to think I turned out just fine. So why do we still worry that there
12、s something wrong with just one?The Lonely Only?The image of the lonely only was the work of one man, Granville Stanley Hall. About 120 years ago, Hall established one of the first American psychology research labs. But what he is most known for tdday is supervising the 1896 study “ Of Peculiar and
13、Exceptional Children“ , which described a series of only-child oddballs as permanent misfits. For decades, academics and advice columnists alike spreaded his conclusion that an only child could not be expected to go through life with the same capacity for adjustment that children with siblings posse
14、ssed.No one has done more to disprove Halls stereotype than Toni Falbo, a professor of educational psychology and sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, Falbo began investigating the only-child experience in the 1970s,both in the U. S. and in China,drawing on the experience of tens of thous
15、ands of subjects. Twenty-five years ago, she and colleague Denise Polit conducted a meta-analysis of 115 studies of only children from 1925 onward that considered developmental outcomes of adjustment,character, sociability, achievement and intelligence.Generally,those studies showed that singletons
16、arent measurably different from other kidsexcept that they,along with firstborns and people who have only one sibling,score higher in measures of intelligence and achievement. Of course, part of the reason we assume only children are spoiled is that whatever parents have to give, the only child gets
17、 it all. The argument Judith Blake makes in Family Size and Achievement as to why onlies are higher achievers across socioeconomic lines can be stated simply: Theres no “ dilution of resources“, as she terms it, between siblings. No matter their income or occupation,parents of only children have mor
18、e time,energy and money to invest in their kid.But in that case, is there truth to the stereotype that theyre overindulged? In Austin, I seek out psychologist Carl Pickhardt,who tells me, “Theres no question that only children are highly indulged and highly protected. “But that doesnt mean the stere
19、otype is true,he says. “Youve been given more attention and nurturing to develop yourself. But thats not the same thing as being selfish. On balance,that level of parental involvement is a good thing. All that attention is the energy for your self-esteem and achievement. “But,he adds,“everything is
20、double-edged. And everything is formative. “Will It Make Us Happier?As parents,we tend to ask ourselves two questions when we talk about having more children. First, will it make our kid happier? And then,will it make us happier? A 2007 survey found that at a rate of 3 to 1,people believe the main p
21、urpose of marriage is the “mutual happiness and fulfillment“ of adults rather than the “ bearing and raising of children“. There must be some balance between the joy our kids give us and the sacrifices we make to care for them.“ Most people are saying, I cant divide myself anymore,“ says social psyc
22、hologist Susan Newman. Before technology made the office a 24-hour presence, we actually spent less time actively parenting, she explains. “We no longer send a child out to play for three hours and have those three hours to ourselves, “she says. “Now you take them to the next practice,the next class
23、. Weve been consumed by our children. But were moving back slowly to parents wanting to have a life too. And people are realizing thats simply easier with one. “As I enter what my obstetrician (产科医师) calls advanced maternal age,its a choice my husband and I need to make soon. How we determine our ha
24、ppiness and our daughters will be based on the love we feel for her and the realitiesboth joyful and tryingof what a larger family would mean.If we end up having no other children,well have to be mindful to raise her to be part of something bigger than just us three. But must we share DNA to do that
25、? As Newman tells me, “ What really changes, as the fewer siblings we have,is how we define family. “Ive been part of this redefinition all my life, casting cousins and friends as substitute siblings since I was a child. For now, my kid is happy enough to dance down supermarket aisles by herself or
26、with her friends and cousins. And with her, sometimes,I do too.2 What can we learn from the U. S. Census?（A）Kids without siblings are spoiled.（B） 20% of kids under 18 have no siblings.（C） 20% of families are with one child now.（D）Marriage delay is the main cause of onlies.3 Which of the following ma
27、y be a surprise to the author these days?（A）The rise of costs during the recession.（B） The costs of raising a child until college.（C） The one who can manage a second child.（D）The young minimum-wage earners questions.4 According to the Guttmacher Institute,_.（A）about 44% of women polled couldnt affor
28、d to have a baby（B） about 64% of women polled plan to reduce their childbearing（C） about 20% of families are single-child ones in the early 60s（D）the economy conditions affect peoples view on childbearing5 How does the author think about the only children?（A）They are the result of an old tradition.（
29、B） They make their parents suffer a lot.（C） They deserve no worries from the society.（D）They are spoiled and feel solitary.6 It can be inferred from the passage that the 1896 study led by Hall_.（A）set up the image of the lonely only（B） described the positiveness of the onlies（C） caused many advice c
30、olumnists objections（D）emphasized the onlies adjustment capacities7 According to Judith Blake,the word “dilution“ (Line 6, Para. 13) probably means_.（A）waste（B） distribution（C） coherence（D）accessibility8 The psychologist Carl Pickhardt holds the idea that_.（A）the only children are often highly selfi
31、sh（B） parental involvement should be as less as possible（C） parental attention is helpful for ones success（D）parents should pay more attention to themselves9 The 2007 survey indicates that most people take adults happiness and fulfillment as_.10 Parents can spend more time with kids for office has b
32、ecome_.11 According to Newman,people should change their family definition as_.Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the q
33、uestions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.（A）Peter is not the only smoker in the class.（B） Peter has stopped smoking.（C） Peter wants to quit from the class.（
34、D）Peter is far way from his goal.（A）The show played in the day is usually better than that in the evening.（B） The show played in the evening is usually better than that in the day.（C） Most of the performers like playing in the evening.（D）Performers playing in the day usually wont play in the evening
35、.（A）Go to the room to check the problem.（B） Ask someone else to fix the problem.（C） Replace the broken toilet immediately.（D）Change the man to another room.（A）The woman stayed three nights in the hotel.（B） The woman had breakfast in the hotel this morning.（C） The woman received a long-distance call
36、from Beijing.（D）The woman paid the bill without hesitation.（A）The woman wants to take some aspirin.（B） The woman may get rash if she takes aspirin.（C） The woman thinks aspirin is not helpful.（D）Aspirin is available on prescription only.（A）Designing.（B） Exercising.（C） Shopping.（D）Promoting.（A）Discard
37、 some of the books.（B） Put some books in the hand-carried luggage.（C） Take some books in the luggage with him.（D）Pay fines for the overweight luggage.（A）listen to the interpreter.（B） Ask specialists for advice.（C） Visit a special exhibition first.（D）Collect more information first.（A）Dirt and smell c
38、aused by street markets.（B） Noise caused by children playing around.（C） The local councils plan of using an open green space for other purpose.（D）The local councils carelessness about the well-being of children.（A）Setting up another open space for the old.（B） Growing more trees and grass around the
39、neighborhood.（C） Choosing another place nearby for the children.（D）Giving up the idea of the play center.（A）Send e-mails to the council.（B） Write letters to the council.（C） Make phone calls to the council.（D）Talk face-to-face to a council member.（A）Subscribe to an English magazine.（B） Contact with t
40、he publisher.（C） Take his bill.（D）Pay for the magazine.（A）A bank transfer.（B） A cable cheque.（C） A regular cheque.（D）A cable transfer.（A）The purpose of the money.（B） The phone number of himself.（C） The deadline of the bill.（D）The phone number of the payee.（A）He will go back home to take some money.（
41、B） He will be waiting there.（C） He will come back several hours later.（D）He will find a place to fill in the application form.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spo
42、ken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.（A）There will be more uneducated children in 2015 than 2007.（B） There are more girls than boys dropping out of school.（C） There are increasing uneducated girls in some areas.（D）There
43、are more uneducated girls in Africa than in other areas.（A）Wrong social concept.（B） Misfortune of these girls families.（C） Fatal diseases like AIDS.（D）Poor financial situations.（A）Improve their teaching effect.（B） Modernize their teaching equipments.（C） Teach students different languages.（D）Keep con
44、tact with childrens parents.（A）At the end of January.（B） On the last day of December.（C） At the beginning of January.（D）Immediately after they bought them.（A）Holidays with salary.（B） Psychological help.（C） Physical examination.（D）Extra bonus.（A）Having a trip at weekend.（B） Having a cup of tea with f
45、riends.（C） Having sufficient sleep.（D）Having a delicious meal with your family.（A）It is offered for many teaching positions.（B） It is less difficult to get it than before.（C） It means greater job security.（D）It means more decent payment.（A）Having research published.（B） Receiving a doctoral degree.（C
46、） Working at least five to seven years.（D）Getting full-time appointment first.（A）An associate professor who receives tenure becomes an assistant professor.（B） One needs to get a doctoral to become an instructor.（C） An associate professor may later be appointed a full professor.（D）An instructor can b
47、ecome an associate professor after getting tenure.（A）Professors need to publish at least two articles each year.（B） Assistant professors are not members of committees.（C） Full professors are also responsible for teaching classes.（D）Each professor instructs five to four students.Section CDirections:
48、In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. F
49、or blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 36 Most American colleges and universities use the grading system of A, B, C, D and F. An A is【B1】_four points, a B three points, a C two points and a D one point. Getting a 【B2】_like a B-plus or a C-minus adds or 【B3】_a few tenths of a point. An F is a 【B4】_grade worth zero.
