1、大学英语六级（2013 年 12 月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 127（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）Karen is very forgetful.（B） He knows Karen better now.（C） Karen is sure to pass the interview.（D）The woman should have reminded Karen earlier.（A）He cant afford the time for the trip.（B） He will manage to leave this month.（C） He has to change t
3、he time for the trip.（D）He hasnt decided where to go next month.（A）Everyone enjoyed himself at Johns parties.（B） The man didnt enjoy Johns parties at all.（C） It will be the first time for the man to attend Johns party.（D）The man is glad to be invited to Johns housewarming party.（A）To help him prepar
4、e for the conference.（B） To tell him something about the conference.（C） To see if he is ready for the coming conference.（D）To remind him of the data he should take to the conference.（A）Their parents cut back the loan to them.（B） Their boss refused to give them a raise.（C） They cant afford the rent o
5、f this month.（D）They cant afford the fee of another English course.（A）She doesnt follow the teacher.（B） She has been given too much work.（C） She has no interest at the beginning.（D）She isnt used to English teaching.（A）He agrees with the woman.（B） He is a good lecturer himself.（C） He is fond of Profe
6、ssor Smith.（D）He partly agrees with the woman.（A）The man couldnt find a parking lot.（B） Its hard to find a place to leave the car.（C） The woman was upset due to his late arrival.（D）The man apologized because of his negligence.（A）American literature.（B） Elementary education.（C） Psychology.（D）Experime
7、ntal medicine.（A）They are professional story-tellers.（B） They are the presents of young children.（C） The stories will help them improve their vocabulary.（D）The stories are required for a course.（A）Developmental psychologists.（B） Friends of the speakers.（C） The same person.（D）Fictional characters.（A）
8、It has funny stories of about 200 controlled vocabularies.（B） It can fully arouse both adults and childrens imagination.（C） It requires different perspectives to understand the stories in it.（D）It involves stories of many fictional characters and cartoons in it.（A）He has finished the first draft.（B）
9、 He has just got started.（C） He has finished the main body.（D）He has handed the paper in.（A）Strict and picky.（B） Responsible and nice.（C） Helpful and patient.（D）Responsible but too direct.（A）Have dinner with him.（B） Write the paper for him.（C） Go to classes with him.（D）Help him with the paper.Sectio
10、n B（A）They think exactly the same way.（B） They are not physically separated.（C） They share most of their vital organs.（D）They make decisions by tossing coins.（A）Few of them can live long.（B） Most of them live a normal life.（C） Few of them get along well with each other.（D）Most of them differ in thei
11、r likes and dislikes.（A）They have a private tutor.（B） They go to a regular school.（C） They attend a special school.（D）They are taught by their parents.（A）To describe an aptitude test.（B） To advise you how to find a good job.（C） To tell you how to deal with job interviews.（D）To give a piece of advice
12、 for job interviewees.（A）More Chinese applicants fail to find a job.（B） The aptitude test is becoming worldwide popular.（C） Applicants should not act as cleverly as possible.（D）Job applicants are always asked such questions.（A）Those who will work harder than others.（B） Those who know much more than
13、others.（C） Those who are able to solve problems.（D）Those who are better educated than others.（A）Be less satisfied with their work.（B） Be less satisfied with their family life.（C） Be angry with their troublesome children.（D）Be unwilling to get married at an early age.（A）To indicate how dependent the
14、child is.（B） To show work time creeps into family life.（C） To show the microwave is of poor quality.（D）To indicate family issues affect work hours.（A）Refuse to use cell phones.（B） Encourage women to stay at home.（C） Separate work hours from family time.（D）Ignore coming calls during family time.（A）Sp
15、illover makes the line between work and home unclear.（B） Cell phones seem to be convenient to families.（C） Cell phones affect men as much as women.（D）We can do nothing to solve the problem.Section C26 A good marriage means growing as a couple but also growing as individuals. This isnt easy; marriage
16、 has always been difficult. Why are we seeing so many divorces at this time? Yes, our modern social fabric is thin, and yes, the permissiveness of society has created【B1 】_expectations and brought the family into disorder. But divorce is so common because people today【B2】_exercise the self-disciplin
17、e that marriage requires. They expect easy joy, like the entertainment on TV, the【B3】_of a good party. Marriage【B4】_of some kind, not dreadful self-sacrifice of the soul, but some level of【B5】_. Some of ones fantasies, some of ones legitimate desires, have to be given up for the value of the marriag
18、e itself. “While all marital (婚姻的) partners feel shackled (受束缚的) at times, it is they who really choose to make the marital ties into confining chains or【B6】_bonds“ , says Dr. Whitaker. Marriage requires sexual, financial and emotional discipline. A man and a woman cannot follow every impulse, and c
19、annot allow themselves to stop growing or changing.A divorce is not an evil act. Sometimes it provides【 B7】_for people who have grown hopelessly apart or were frozen in patterns of pain or mutual unhappiness. On the other hand, if the partners can stay past the【B8】_of the romantic myths into the dev
20、elopment of real love and intimacy, they have achieved a work as amazing as the greatest cathedrals of the world. Marriages that do not fail but improve, that persist despite【B9 】_, are not only rare these days but offer a wonderful shelter in which the face of our【B10】_humanity can safely show itse
21、lf.27 【B1 】28 【B2 】29 【B3 】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 o
22、nce offered a【C2】_insight 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 l
23、ife suffers when we【C5】_everything 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【
24、C7】_that a cheerful attitude 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 whe
25、n we find a way to laugh 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) embarras
26、singF) approach N) retreatG) 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 How Women Are Reshaping the Defense IndustryThe defense industry is facing unprecedented challenges, with the help of a new group of wom
27、en leaders.A Women currently hold a little over four percent of the Fortune 500 CEO positions. However, in the defense industry, women are at the helm of 50 percent of the largest firms. Although women are hardly new to the industry, they are moving rapidly into the top jobs, and in the process melt
28、ing away the defense industrys male-dominated image.B As the vice chairman of the House Defense Appropriations subcommittee, a subcommittee I have served on for eight years, and the chairman of the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations subcommittee, which I have been at the helm of for the las
29、t six years, I have witnessed the transition, and seen the challenges, firsthand as more women serve as leaders within the defense community.C The defense industry is facing unprecedented challenges. Yet, with the help of a new group of women leaders, solutions to the defense industrys challenges ar
30、e being advanced, and in the process the future of our national security is being shaped and secured.DFor years, Delia Williams, a constituent of mine, was one of just a handful of women defense industry executives. She started the company Williams R.D.M., formerly known as Williams Pyro, in 1963. W
31、illiams R.D.M is a defense contracting firm with more than 100 employees. While she has overseen tremendous growth of her company, establishing a positive name for her business did not prove to be an obstacle-free endeavor for Williams. She founded her company at a time when womens roles in the work
32、force were only beginning to change, and she dealt with her share of gender-related challenges early on.E Back then, and even today, women in the workforce often feel they are not listened to. Instead of letting this serve as an obstacle, women have turned it into a strength by becoming better liste
33、ners themselves and in the process stronger leaders. This trait becomes very important when you have management-union issues, for instance. It also leads to more win-win decisions and less ego driven results.F Fifty years ago, most engineers were men, and when they picked up the phone to call Willia
34、ms Pyro, they expected to speak with a male counterpart on the other end. When they heard Delia Williams voice on the line, many of them were skeptical of whether she could help them. To the skeptics, Williams would say, “Try me.“ If she couldnt help them, they were no worse off than before they cal
35、led but that was rarely the case.G Like most executives, earning a good reputation and rapport with customers and other industry leaders didnt come without Williams spending a lot of time at work. Unfortunately for her, as a woman, the idea of balancing work and family would inevitably come up. She
36、felt a duty to her employees, their families and her customers, so there were many nights when Williams remained at work instead of going home. She was so devoted to the success of Williams Pyro that she even returned to work four days after having her third child during the full-scale development o
37、f Lockheed Martins F-16.H Similarly to Williams, Marillyn Hewson, who now serves as the chief executive officer of Lockheed Martin, has shown herself to be an exceptional leader in the industry. Her employment at Lockheed began in the early 1980s, and she has since served in 18 different leadership
38、positions. She claims she climbed the ladder at Lockheed because of her self-reliance, which she learned from her family growing up. Her father died when she was nine, and her mother was left to raise five children as a single mother. This tragedy taught her not only self-reliance, but to be respons
39、ible for her own personal successes or failures.I In November 2012, Hewson became Lockheeds CEO because the corporate leadership and the board of directors recognized her talent, and because she was known for never holding back when given an opportunity.J When she took over the top job, the Joint St
40、rike Fighter program was uncertain, and even the smallest mistakes made were amplified by the media. The Joint Strike Fighter is unique in the world, but has had continuing problems with the Pentagon. There was a real lack of partnering that changed almost immediately when Marilyn took over. The con
41、versation changed as did the attitude. Decisions were made that had been delayed for months.K Women tend to be problem solvers by nature. In many cases, that trait becomes more important than having a particular title, their name on the door or the highest salary, but this can also work to their det
42、riment and make it take longer to reach the top.L To combat problems with the Joint Strike Fighter program, Hewson appointed Lorraine Martin as the programs general manager in April 2013. As a result of Hewson and Martins work, criticism of the program has been significantly reduced. These women ach
43、ieved this outcome by bringing authenticity to the table and rebuilding the programs credibility. Rather than tucking away the companys previous errors, they acknowledged them. They supported contract incentives that now hold Lockheed accountable and pushed the company to make the aircraft for less
44、money.MAt General Dynamics, Phebe Novakovic earned a similar reputation for authenticity within her first weeks as CEO. When the companys $2 billion loss first hit the news on January 23, 2013, General Dynamics stock price fell by more than five percent within a span of a few hours. Rather than whit
45、ewashing the situation, Novakovic spoke candidly about the problems at hand and emphasized measures that were going to be taken to fix them. Her honesty caught the attention of Wall Street, and it responded. By the end of the day, General Dynamics stock rose 50 cents higher than the previous day.N T
46、hrough using their instincts of honesty and authenticity, these women made it to the top of their industry even when they were sometimes the only women in the room. Linda Hudson, CEO of B.A.E., also understands the feeling of being alone in a room full of men. As the first female CEO of a major defe
47、nse company, she has played a critical role in changing a culture that has traditionally been closed to women. Although the market was starting to sour when Hudson took over at B.A.E. in October 2009, Hudson successfully reversed the negative opinions that were out there. She streamlined the company
48、, better integrated the two dozen businesses that B.A.E. had cobbled together through acquisitions, and cut costs as the market demanded.O Hudson, Williams, Hewson, Novakovic and other women leaders in the defense industry are meeting and exceeding demands for better management during this time of f
49、iscal restraint. They are proving that ones gender doesnt matter. What matters is what you do with the opportunities given to you. In the process，they are shaping the world.47 Lorraine Martin was appointed as the general manager of the Joint Strike Fighter program in April 2013 in order to deal with the problems of the program.48 It is an inevitable problem for a woman executive to make a good balance between
