1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 749（无答案）一、Part I Writing (30 minutes)1 On the Losing of Traditional CultureI现在许多传统文化正慢慢消失2传统文化消失的原因3我的看法二、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 t
2、o the passage. For questions 1-4, mark：Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the 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 Passage One Tourism is one of the larg
3、est industries in the UK-worth approximately 127.9 billion. It employs more than 1.5 million people (7 percent of all employment) in hotels, restaurants, pubs, travel agencies, museums etc. Mass tourism in England began in the second halt of the nineteenth century, during the Victorian Period. Seasi
4、de holidays were particularly popular. About twenty-five million people now visit England every year. They come from all over the world. Nearly all of them start in London, and some never go out of that great city. People visit England for many reasons. Some return to discover their family roots, ha
5、ving originated from here. Others come to see the wide variety of historical buildings or to sample the heritage and traditions that we have so much of. England has much to offer, wonderful and very different countryside from region to region and also a wide variety of culture. It is also often used
6、 as a stepping stone to the rest of Europe as we are so close and travel is easy. There are the beautiful university cities of Oxford and Cambridge, the wonderful Dorset coast, and the Lake District, Stonehenge and Windsor Castle. Passage Two LONDON Friday March 15 (Reuters Health)-Despite the publi
7、c perception that cyberspace is a shallow and sometimes hostile environment, lovers who meet through Internet chat rooms may actually end up forming strong relationships, a researcher reported Friday at the British Psychological Society meeting in Blackpool. Once potential partners meet face-to-face
8、, the relationship may thrive because they feel they already know each other well through their online encounters, said Dr Jeffrey Gavin, a lecturer in psychology at the University of Bath. Contrary to expectations, most chat mom users dont totally mislead online partners about their looks and shape
9、. Instead, they just tell a few white lies about their height, or the color of their hair, he said. “Chat rooms dont lead to shallow and impersonal relationships,“ Gavin told Reuters Health. “They lead to really close relationships because people express themselves more freely and are more open and
10、honest on the Internet. Gavin came to this conclusion after carrying out in-depth interviews with 42 regular chat mom users ranging in age from 19 to26. “What tends to happen is that, when they meet, its a fairly smooth transition from online to off-line because they know each other so well,“ said G
11、avin. The latest study suggests cyberspace may have some considerable benefits in helping new relationships form. The interviews showed people routinely lied about themselves online, but in most cases riley were minor misrepresentations rather than outright fabrication. Interestingly, this little bi
12、t of dishonesty seemed to encourage chat room users to then be more emotionally explicit and intimate. “They still seem to comply to the social norms around the body,“ Gavin explained. “So the guys tend to make themselves sound blond and blue-eyed, while the women add a bit of blond to their hair. I
13、ts me 12 of them told outfight lies but the rest just exaggerated slightly.“ Gavin said of the 42 volunteers he studied, 29 reported close friendships or romantic relationships with people they met online, with 21 progressing to face-to-face meetings. “This was more than I expected and these tended
14、to settle into regular relationships. One couple even became engaged to be married,“ he noted. Passage Three LEGEND: + Died in office x Resigned from Presidency + Assassinated in office xx Resigned from Vice Presidency *Appointed Vice President (Not elected)2 The total number of employment in Britai
15、n is Over 21.4 million.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG3 A great number of people begin to tour After 1950.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG4 The word “we“ in Line 3, Para 5 refers to “British people“.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG5 One point the passage tells us is that the two beautiful university cities fascinate the tourists most.（A）Y（B） N（C） N
16、G6 People tell lies un the Internet because of the following reasons except that_. 7 _chat room users will proceed to meet face to face. 8 The authors attitude towards online chatting is_. 9 Andrew Johnson was a member of_. 10 _died in office of pneumonia. 11 _in history did the US have no Vice Pres
17、ident. 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 questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a p
18、ause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.（A）He is confident.（B） He is worried.（C） He is bored.（D）He is angry.（A）Compare her own paper with others.（B） Watch out for the usual typing mistakes.（C） Have someone else type her paper.（
19、D）Ask another person to check her work.（A）Jealous.（B） Indignant.（C） Negative.（D）Proud.（A）She doesnt like the way the professor lectures.（B） Shes having a hard time following the professors lectures.（C） She is not interested in course.（D）Shes having difficulty with the heavy reading assignments.（A）He
20、s going to help the woman bake her cake.（B） He is going to buy some cake.（C） He is going to sweep the study floor.（D）He will get a broom and dust pan to clean up the floor.（A）The man can have his camera fixed here.（B） The woman will probably fix the mans camera herself.（C） The man will buy a new cam
21、era.（D）The woman suggests that the camera should have been brought in earlier.（A）She thinks big parties are too impersonal.（B） She would like to invite friends to a big party.（C） She feels she has to spend a lot of money in holding big parties.（D）She would like to be invited to small parties.（A）He t
22、hinks that they are of inferior quality.（B） He thinks that they are a bargain.（C） He thinks that they are overpriced.（D）He thinks that they can be purchased at a cheaper price elsewhere.（A）Chinese ancient history.（B） European history.（C） American native civilization.（D）American history. （A）To suppre
23、ss the American natives.（B） To discover the American ancient tradition.（C） To make a new way of living.（D）To establish their own traditions in the North America. （A）The native traditions were subjected by the immigrants authority.（B） The native traditions were too ancient to be useful to the modern
24、countries.（C） The native traditions were dead ones.（D）Both A and C. （A）In giving concessions.（B） In the concluding part.（C） In stating your terms.（D）In the preparatory phase.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions
25、. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.（A）Nineteenth-century sea captains.（B） The development of the steamship.（C） The economic importance of sailing ships.（D）Employment in t
26、he fishing and whaling industries.（A）They were protected by a strong United States Navy.（B） They were supported by a well-developed railroad.（C） Most crew members had experience on foreign ships.（D）As part owners of the ships, captains got some of the profits.（A）They carried passengers, but not carg
27、o.（B） They were large, but surprisingly fast.（C） They were the first successful steam-powered ships.（D）They were more reliable than other ships of the 1860s.（A）Divorce rate.（B） Fathers incorporated.（C） Single-parent families.（D）Childrens care in single-parent families.（A）With their father.（B） With t
28、heir mother.（C） With their grandparents.（D）Part of the time with mother, part with father.（A）Men need not do the job.（B） Men can not do the job.（C） Men should not do the job.（D）Men can also do the job as well as women.（A）A victim.（B） A police detective.（C） A robber.（D）A pet bird. （A）She recognized t
29、he robbers.（B） She knew the robbers names.（C） She found the stolen property.（D）She reported the robbery. （A）Two.（B） Twenty-six.（C） Twenty-eight.（D）Thirty. （A）Baby-the Parrot Detective.（B） An Amazon Parrot.（C） Rising Crime Rates in American Society.（D）How to Protect Your House. Section CDirections: I
30、n 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. Fo
31、r 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 33 With the recent rapid advances in information technologies,【B1】_researchers at every level and in every【C2】_ have develop
32、ed new methods, tools, and 【B3】_ for instruction. As the Internet, e-mail and multimedia have already become parts of most college students lives nowadays; 【B4】_ these new information technologies to engineering and science instruction is a great 【B5】_ for teachers and researchers. Although the effe
33、ctiveness and 【B6】_ of new information technologies on education are not yet well 【B7】_ and documented the promises and 【B8】_ they hold for improving education are exciting. For example, 【B9】_ . Students at home and in work places can have access to learning material at any time. 【B10】 _Students can
34、 work on learning materials at their own pace and discuss them with other people when they have questions. In other words, 【B11 】_ 34 【B1 】35 【B2 】36 【B3 】37 【B4 】38 【B5 】39 【B6 】40 【B7 】41 【B8 】42 【B9 】43 【B10 】44 【B11 】Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You a
35、re required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item with a single line thr
36、ough the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.44 When the earth was born there was no ocean. The gradually cooling earth was enveloped in heavy layers of cloud, which【C1】_ much of the water of new planet. For a long time its surface was so hot that no moisture could fa
37、ll without【C2 】_ being reconverted to steam. This dense, perpetually renewed cloud covering was so【C3】_ that no rays of sunlight could penetrate it. And so the rough【C4 】_ of the continents and the empty ocean basins were sculptured out of the surface of the earth in【C5】_ .As soon as the earths crus
38、t cooled enough, the rains begin to fall. They fell【C6】_ , day and night, days passing into months, into years, into centuries. They【C7 】_ into the waiting ocean basins, or, falling upon the continental masses, drained away to become sea.That primeval (远古的) ocean must have been only faintly【C8】_ . B
39、ut from the moment the rains began to fall, the lands began to be【C9】_ away and carried to the sea. It is an endless, inexorable (不可动摇的)【C10】_ that has never stopped- the dissolving of the rocks, the leaching out of their contained minerals, the carrying of the rock fragments and dissolved minerals
40、to the ocean. And over the eons of time, the sea has grown ever more .bitter with the salt of the continents.A) thick I) saltyB) darkness J) immediatelyC) composed K) processD) continuously L) successivelyE) brightness M) wornF) procedure N) pouredG) outlines O) abundantH) contained45 【C1 】46 【C2 】4
41、7 【C3 】48 【C4 】49 【C5 】50 【C6 】51 【C7 】52 【C8 】53 【C9 】54 【C10 】Section BDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.54 Langua
42、ge is, and should be, a living thing, constantly enriched with new words and forms of expression. But there is a vital distinction between good developments, which add to the language, enabling us to say things we could not say before, and bad developments, which subtract from the language by render
43、ing it less precise. A vivacious (有生气的), colorful use of words is not to be confused with mere slovenliness (不修边幅). The kind of slovenliness in which some professionals deliberately indulge is perhaps akin (性质相同) to the cult of the unfinished work, which has eroded most of the arts in our time. And
44、the true answer to it is the same that art is enhanced, not hindered, by discipline. You cannot carve satisfactorily in butter.The corruption of written English has been accompanied by an even sharper decline in the standard of spoken English. We speak very much less well than was common among educa
45、ted Englishmen a generation or two ago. The modern theatre has played a baneful (不良的) part in dimming our appreciation of language. Instead of the immensely articulate dialogue of, for example, Shaw (who was also very insistent on good pronunciation), audiences are now subjected to streams of barely
46、 literate trivia, often designed, only too well to exhibit “lack of communication“, and larded with the obscenities and grammatical errors of the intellectually impoverished. Emily Post once advised her reader: “The theatre is the best possible place to hear correctly-enunciated speech.“ Alas, no mo
47、re. One young actress was recently reported to be taking lessons in how to speak badly, so that she should fit in better.But the BBC is the worst traitor. After years of very successfully helping to raise the general standard of spoken English, it suddenly went into reverse. As the head of the Pronu
48、nciation Unit Covly put it, “In the 1960s the BBC opened the field to a much wider range of speakers“. To hear a BBC disc jockey talking to the latest apelike pop idol is a truly shocking experience of verbal squalor. And the prospect seems to be of even worse to come. School teachers are actively e
49、ncouraged to ignore little Johnnys incoherent grammar, atrocious spelling and haphazard punctuation, because worrying about such things might inhibit his creative genius.55 The writer relates linguistic slovenliness to tendencies in the arts today in that_.（A）both appear to shun perfection（B） both occasionally aim at a certain fluidity（C） b
