1、大学英语六级（2013 年 12 月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 119（无答案）一、Part I Writing1 For this part you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark “What we instill in our children will be the foundation upon which they build their future. “ You can give examples to illustrate your point. You should write a
2、t least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Section A（A）He readily accepts the womans invitation.（B） He doesnt think Susan will agree to go to the party.（C） He wonders if he would decline the womans invitation.（D）He has to ask for Susans opinion and then he can decide.（A）He is too sympathetic towar
3、ds her.（B） He should choose his own career.（C） He will surely be a good doctor.（D）He has decided to study medicine.（A）Write an outline.（B） Have a rehearsal.（C） Meet his supervisor.（D）Work at his office.（A）She will change her job soon.（B） She will have to accept a reduced salary.（C） The boss notified
4、 her that she would be fired.（D）She always does the right thing.（A）He didnt like it at all.（B） He didnt think much of it.（C） He liked some part of it.（D）He enjoyed it as a whole.（A）He definitely doesnt know the date.（B） He is the only person who knows the date.（C） He forgot the time when he handed i
5、n his assignments.（D）The last assignment he handed in was not good.（A）He cooks for the club members quite often.（B） He wasnt careful when he was preparing food.（C） He often fills the kitchen with tomatoes and chocolate.（D）He doesnt like to prepare food for the club members.（A）Skip the professors cla
6、ss.（B） Talk with the violinist.（C） Perform in a concert.（D）Go to enjoy the concert.（A）The most effective method of learning the German language.（B） The popularity of online shopping using ones personal computer.（C） Questions that one has to answer when going through customs.（D）Native customs in Germ
7、any when meeting someone for the first time.（A）She is a Japanese.（B） She comes from Germany.（C） She is an American citizen.（D）She has British nationality.（A）In a music mailing club.（B） In a class of German culture.（C） In a discussion group on the Internet.（D）In a seminar on the German language.（A）Sh
8、e easily gets embarrassed and nervous in class.（B） She received a poor grade in the presentation.（C） She had not completed her assignment.（D）She is unable to attend her psychology class.（A）To look at the audience directly.（B） To look at something else in the room.（C） To be better prepared before pre
9、sentation.（D）To ask psychologists for help.（A）Men blush more than women.（B） Children blush easily.（C） People blush consciously.（D）It is more or less a learned behavior.（A）To introduce someone to the woman with the same problem.（B） To illustrate the benefits of a public-speaking class.（C） To give an
10、example of someone who blushes easily.（D）To explain a way to overcome blushing.Section B（A）Satisfying.（B） Tough.（C） Meaningless.（D）Boring.（A）Kathy persuaded her to do so.（B） Zoe lost her job as a PR consultant.（C） Zoe got tired of the city life.（D）Zoe loved Wales more than London.（A）Tiresome and tro
11、ublesome.（B） Romantic and peaceful.（C） Mentally exhausting but healthy.（D）Physically tiring but rewarding.（A）Understanding the words.（B） Catching the minor differences.（C） Analyzing the rules of sounds.（D）Telling the structure of linguistic units.（A）The willingness to learn.（B） The brain structure.（
12、C） The time they spend.（D）The effort they spare.（A）18-year-old age is a special period for language learning.（B） Learners psychological condition affects their learning.（C） The structure of words is the key element of a language.（D）Certain skills adults have attained hinder their language learning.（
13、A）All adults have trouble learning new languages.（B） Language is not supposed to be grasped quickly.（C） Analysis is not always needed when learning a language.（D）One should learn a new language without interruption.（A）He made good use of ideas from others.（B） He produced the first car in the world.（
14、C） He knew how to improve auto parts.（D）He invented the production line.（A）To show off his driving skills.（B） To draw public attention.（C） To learn about new technology.（D）To raise money for his new company.（A）Starting more companies.（B） Designing more car models.（C） Producing cars for average custo
15、mers.（D）Building racing cars of simple design.Section C26 Falling in love comes at the cost of losing close friends, because romantic partners absorb time that would otherwise be invested in platonic relationships, researchers say.A new partner pushes out two close friends on average, leaving lovers
16、 with a smaller【B1 】 _circle of people they can turn to in times of crisis, a study found.The research, led by Robin Dunbar, head of the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at Oxford University, showed that men and women were【B2】_likely to lose their closest friends when they starte
17、d a new relationship.【B3 】_research by Dunbars group has shown that people typically have five very close relationships that is, people whom they would turn to if they were in【B4 】_or financial trouble.“If you go into a romantic relationship, it costs you two friends. Those who have romantic relatio
18、nships,【B5】_having the typical five core set of relationships only have four. And of those, one is the new person whos come into their life,“ said Dunbar. The study,【B6】 _to the journal Personal Relationships, was designed to investigate how people【B7】_spending time with one person over another and
19、suggests that links with family and closest friends suffer when people start a romantic relationship. Dunbars team used an internet-based【B8 】_to quiz 428 women and 112 men about their relationships. In total, 363 of the participants had romantic partners. The findings suggest that a new love intere
20、st has to【B9】_the loss of two close friends. Professor Dunbar said, “What I suspect is that your attention is so wholly focused on the romantic partner that you dont get to see the other folks you had a lot to do with before, and so some of those relationships start to【B10 】_.“27 【B1 】28 【B2 】29 【B3
21、 】30 【B4 】31 【B5 】32 【B6 】33 【B7 】34 【B8 】35 【B9 】36 【B10 】Section A36 The ability to laugh at your own weaknesses and blunders (失误) has long been recognized as a sign of maturity. And yet this is one of the most difficult【C1】_of your sense of humour to develop.Oscar Wilde once offered a【C2】_insight
22、 about the way we live our lives when he said that “Life is too important to be taken【C3】_.“ I dont think he meant you dont have to take your responsibilities, promises, work, etc. He didnt mean that its OK to live life with no【C4】_.1 think he meant that the quality of our life suffers when we【C5】_e
23、verything in a serious manner. We are no longer vivid, cheerful and spontaneous as when we were kids when we take everything so seriously.I think the key here is to take your work and your duties seriously, but take yourself【C6】_in the process. Otherwise, you will lose many【C7】_that a cheerful attit
24、ude and humour can offer.Theres a liberating quality that most people【C8】_when they get to the point that they can laugh at themselves. We get so caught up in our anxieties, embarrassments, frustrations and upsets that we carry them around with us throughout the day. But when we find a way to laugh
25、at them, they lose their emotional grip on us and【C9】_into the background. We feel at peace with the incident, even though it was very【C10】_at the moment. A) benefits I) valuableB) incompetence J) disgustingC) delighted K) aspectsD) lightly L) seriouslyE) witness M) embarrassingF) approach N) retrea
26、tG) integrity O) experienceH) responsibilities37 【C1 】38 【C2 】39 【C3 】40 【C4 】41 【C5 】42 【C6 】43 【C7 】44 【C8 】45 【C9 】46 【C10 】Section B46 Alcohol Pricing: Mulled WhinesA By day tourists flock to Plaza de Espa a in central Madrid to snap photos beside the sculpture of Miguel de Cervantes, author of
27、“Don Quixote“. By night a newer facet of Spanish culture is on display: loitering groups of young people downing plastic bottles of whisky and vodka mixed with Fanta Lemon. The ground is littered with empties. Nearby, three young men help a friend vomiting on the pavement.B Such carousing was once r
28、are in Spain. A Mediterranean drinking culture prevailed in which alcohol was taken only with food. That is changing. In Spain and many other rich countries, alcohol intake is becoming a bigger problem for some groups. Overall, the global consumption of alcohol has been stable since 1990, according
29、to the World Health Organisation. Around half of the planets population is teetotal. But those who drink alcohol do so more hazardously. Policymakers are looking for ways to address this. A new and much-watched experiment in Scotland, for example, involves setting a minimum price for each unit of al
30、cohol.C Individual consumption peaked in Spain in 1975 but young people are increasingly indulging in the botellon, (literally “big bottle“): drinking outdoors to get drunk. In France, another country with traditionally moderate drinking patterns, a similar trend is emerging. In the past three years
31、 hospital admissions from alcohol abuse have risen 30% there, to 400,000 a year. Bingeing is so common that in July it gained an official name, beuverie express. Across much of the rich world, many people (not just the young) are drinking greater quantities in a single session.D Responsible drinkers
32、 pose little risk to others. But the growth in hazardous drinking habits has far-reaching implications. Deaths from the overuse of alcohol rose from 750,000 in 1990 to 2.5m in 2011, nearly 4% of all fatalities worldwide. Alcohol causes long-term ill-health, but even a single binge can end in hospita
33、l: in Britain, for example, such admissions doubled in 2003-10. It is not only drunks who suffer from their excess. Booze contributes to a third of all deaths on Europes roads each year and stokes abuse and violence. It features in almost all public-order offences in Ireland; up to 80% of Australian
34、 police work is alcohol- and drug-related; across the European Union, it is linked to 65% of domestic violence and 40% of murders. When lower output and higher social costs are taken into account, alcohol costs Europe and America hundreds of billions a year, up to 1.5% of GDP by some estimates.E The
35、 industry has introduced some modest schemes to encourage responsible drinking. Governments have stepped up education campaigns; most restrict the sale of alcohol in some regard, by licensing premises, setting opening hours and banning purchases by children. But all that is largely outweighed by ano
36、ther factor: health campaigners say that in many countries booze is simply too cheap.F Increasingly alcohol is drunk at home, rather than in bars or restaurants, and is often deeply discounted. In Britain and Ireland supermarkets frequently sell drinks at or below cost, to lure in customers: cheap s
37、trong cider means a Scotsman can reach his recommended weekly drinking limit of 21 units (210ml of pure alcohol) for just 4.62 ($7.50); an Irishwoman can buy her 14 units for 6.30 ($8.70). The trend is spreading. Walmart, an American chain, recently started selling beer almost at cost.G The cheaper
38、the liquor, the more people drink. That is not just bar-room wisdom. A 2009 paper in Addiction, a public health journal, reviewed 112 distinct studies of changes in alcohol taxes and found an unambiguous link. This suggested that a 10% price rise in prices would cut consumption by around 5%.H Two gr
39、oups are particularly price sensitive. Heavy drinkers tend to trade down and seek out cheaper booze to maintain their intake. They drink at home and are likely to die early of alcohol-related illness. Such topers account for a large share of consumption: in Scotland 80% of alcohol is drunk by 30% of
40、 boozers. A second category is young and underage merrymakers who often have low or minimal income. They cannot afford to drink as much when prices rise.I Most government initiatives on prices have been tentative. In 1998 Germany introduced a so-called “apple-juice law“: in places where booze is con
41、sumed, at least one alcohol-free beverage must cost less than the cheapest alcoholic one. This does not deal with domestic consumption, though, which accounts for most hazardous drinking. In 2014 Britain will introduce a ban on selling alcohol at below cost price, but this will affect less than 1% o
42、f all booze on sale, according to the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group, a British academic consortium. Alcohol duties in some tax-thirsty European countries have been rising for a decade but wine and cider are both taxed by volume, not just strength. That means a sweet wine with 6% alcohol bears the
43、 same tax as a risling with 10%.J More convincing are the efforts of several Canadian provinces, which have a floor price for a unit of each type of alcohol: the stronger a drink, the more it costs. When this policy was introduced in British Columbia in 2002, with an average 10% price increase, an i
44、mmediate, substantial and significant reduction in wholly alcohol-attributable deaths followed, says Tim Stockwell of the provinces University of Victoria. The longer-term effect is striking too. Over the 2002-09 period, figures show a 32% drop in such deaths. In Saskatchewan a similar price rise in
45、 2010 was associated with an 8.4% drop in drinking.K Scotland is raising the bar. In May 2012 its devolved parliament passed an ambitious bill to introduce a minimum unit price of 50p. This would affect the price of 60% of booze on sale: a 70cl bottle of Tesco Value Vodka would rise by around 4.50,
46、to around 13, but classy Smirnoff by only 13p, according to Scottish government calculations. The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA), a trade body, has challenged the legislation, which was due to come into force in 2013. It would breach European law and could affect exports, says its spokeswoman, Rose
47、mary Gallagher. The SWA lost the case in Scotlands highest civil court, but its appeal will be heard in February. If it loses again, it may appeal to London or to Europe.L Five continental wine-producing nations have joined the fight against Scotlands law. Bulgaria, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain
48、 say it is illegal and could hurt their own drinks industries. Cheap plonk (mostly foreign) would suffer more than pricey whisky (mostly domestic), they say.M What happens in Scotland will affect policy elsewhere; other governments are watching the legal battle with interest. One house of the Swiss
49、parliament has already voted for a minimum price though the other voted against. New Zealand is considering a bill. The British government pulled back from an earlier plan to introduce a nationwide floor price but may reconsider its policy if Scotlands proves successful; some English councils are trying to introduce minimum pricing rules locally. The Irish cabinet is discussing a similar notion but awaits the Scots verdict.N
