1、大学英语六级（2013 年 12 月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 50（无答案）一、Part I Writing1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark “God helps those who help themselves.“ You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Section A（
2、A）He didnt know the thesis proposal.（B） He hasnt have time to read the proposal.（C） He will not help the woman read the proposal.（D）He thought the proposal impractical.（A）He definitely doesnt know the date.（B） He is the only person who knows the date.（C） The last assignment he handed in was not good
3、.（D）He forgot the time when he handed in his assignments.（A）Todays seminar was too badly scheduled.（B） Both speakers are enthusiastic about the seminars.（C） Next weeks seminar is on a different topic.（D）There will be two seminars in the next week.（A）She needs more time to get ready for the dinner.（B
4、） She thought the dinner was at another time.（C） She forgot about the plans she made for dinner.（D）She wont be able to go to dinner.（A）Decide for himself what is best.（B） Communicate his career hopes.（C） Stop hindering his own progress.（D）Look for another career.（A）A gold necklace.（B） A pair of gold
5、 earrings.（C） A gold necklace and a pair of silver earring.（D）A pair of silver earrings.（A）A driving test.（B） A police movie.（C） A traffic accident.（D）The way to make signals.（A）He hasnt got a flat.（B） He wants to go and look.（C） He wants to share a flat.（D）He wants the woman to go and look.（A）The d
6、efinition of eccentricity.（B） Essentiality.（C） How to keep pets.（D）How to enjoy special food.（A）Being unusual and strange.（B） Charming and special.（C） Aggressive and hardworking.（D）Common and usual.（A）A poor British man.（B） A rich American.（C） A rich British man.（D）A poor American.（A）The Victorian s
7、urgeon lived at Buckland.（B） Howard was always a hermit.（C） A hermit is a person who enjoys communicating with others.（D）Howard Hughes became a recluse because he was tired of high living.（A）Interview a few job applicants.（B） Fill a vacancy in the company.（C） Advertise for a junior sales manager.（D）
8、Apply for a job in a major newspaper.（A）A hard-working ambitious young man.（B） A young man good at managing his time.（C） A college graduate with practical working experience.（D）A young man with his own idea of what is important.（A）Its not clearly specified.（B） Its not likely to be met.（C） Its reason
9、able enough.（D）Its apparently sexist.Section B（A）Separating the fire.（B） Reducing the heat.（C） Removing the fuel.（D）Cutting off the oxygen.（A）When it breaks out.（B） How it comes about.（C） What kind it is.（D）Where it takes place.（A）Another class of fires.（B） Another type of extinguishers.（C） How fire
10、s break out.（D）How fires can be prevented.（A）To grow beautiful flowers.（B） To take part in the competition.（C） To grow all kinds of flowers in the world.（D）To grow a rose of new colour and win prizes.（A）They were naughty.（B） They hated Mr Flowers.（C） Mr Flowers didnt let them watch flowers.（D）They j
11、ust wanted to play a joke on Mr Flowers.（A）He was too old to see who did it.（B） He was too kind to beat the boys.（C） The boys ran too fast for him to catch.（D）It was impossible for him to be on guard all the time.（A）They wanted to do what they were told not to.（B） The notice was closer to the path.（
12、C） They hated to see the notice.（D）The notice was in the way.（A）To express sympathy for AIDS victims.（B） To show the consequences of AIDS.（C） To stress the importance of medical tests.（D）To warn people against high-risk behaviors.（A）After he got married to Karen.（B） After the family members were tes
13、ted.（C） After Karen persuaded him to see the doctor.（D）After he found something wrong with his tongue.（A）Promising drugs will soon stop AIDS.（B） The spread of AIDS could be controlled.（C） It is hopeless to win the battle against AIDS.（D）The death rate of AIDS patients has been reduced.Section C26 Th
14、e industrial revolution dramatically affected newspapers. Both the numbers of papers and their paid circulations【B1】_rise. In the 1850s, powerful, giant presses appeared, able to print 10,000 complete papers per hour. At this time the first “【 B2】_“ weekly newspapers emerged: they featured extensive
15、 illustrations of events in the news for the first time.During the Civil War, the【B3】_demand for timely, accurate news reporting【B4】_ American journalism into a dynamic, hard hitting force in national life. Reporters became the darlings of the public and the idols of【B5】_everywhere. Many accounts of
16、 battles 【B6 】_by these adventurers stand today as the【B7】_histories of their subjects.Newspaper growth continued in the postwar years. By the 1890s, the first circulation figures of 1,000,000 copies per issue were【B8】_. At this period, the features of the modern newspaper appeared, bold “banner“ he
17、adlines, extensive use of illustrations, “funny pages“, plus expanded【B9】_of organised sporting events.The rise of “yellow journalism“ also marks this era. This is also the age of media consolidation, as many independent newspapers were【B10】_powerful “chains“, with regrettable consequences for a onc
18、e fearless and incorruptible press, many were reduced to vehicles for the distribution of the particular views of their owners, and so remained, without competing papers to challenge their viewpoints. By the 1910s, all the essential features of the recognisably modern newspaper had emerged. In our t
19、ime, radio and television have gradually replaced newspapers as the nations primary information sources, so it may be difficult initially to appreciate the role that newspapers have played in our history.27 【B1 】28 【B2 】29 【B3 】30 【B4 】31 【B5 】32 【B6 】33 【B7 】34 【B8 】35 【B9 】36 【B10 】Section A36 You
20、 might think you left the world of cliques(小团体)and in-crowds behind when you left high school.Youd be wrong. The benefits of being popular【C1 】_all the way into the adult workplace, based on research in the latest issue of the Journal of Applied Psychology.Just like children on the playground, co-wo
21、rkers not only agree on whos popular, but they also afford those lucky few more favourable treatment. This【C2】_more help and courteous conduct, and less rudeness and withholding of helpful information,【C3】_on a study of 255 employees and their co-workers in hospital, restaurant, sales and administra
22、tive jobs.The researchers, Brent Scott of Michigan State University and Timothy Judge of the University of Florida, said popular workers【C4】_more co-worker support【C5 】_of their status on the organisation chart. They also may gain an unfair advantage over less【C6】_colleagues, the researchers suggest
23、, which may hinder a meritocracy. “By valuing popularity, organisations may be promoting a certain clubby atmosphere that mimics school culture“ rather than【C7】_merit, the researchers write.Ive been fortunate in working in meritocracies most of my life, but thats not the【C8】_. Among fictional exampl
24、es, consider the television comedy “The Office“. Who in his or her right mind would promote the cold, manipulative Angela Martin over the amiable Jim Halpert? The popular paper salesman proves the studys point, rising【C9】_on the Dunder Mifflin organisation chart with his smart “people skills“, despi
25、te his【C10】_to his job.In fact, what these researchers call popularity, career coaches might call savvy office politics the art of getting people in your corner. And its clearly a big deal in many workplaces.A)concludes I)charmingB)based J)norm C)get K)fastD)regardless L)enthusiasmE)rewarding M)ordi
26、naryF)extend N)slowlyG)drew O)indifference H)includes37 【C1 】38 【C2 】39 【C3 】40 【C4 】41 【C5 】42 【C6 】43 【C7 】44 【C8 】45 【C9 】46 【C10 】Section B46 A Cooler PlanetAScientists are cooking up solutions based on current technology that they say could dramatically turn down the heat of global warming over
27、 the next 50 years. Innovations such as cheaper wind power, gas-electric hybrid cars and gas cars that generate funds for climate change projects already are available. Introducing them across the nation could put a dent in the growth of greenhouse gases that are warming the planet, scientists say.B
28、The concentration of carbon dioxide a potent greenhouse gas is likely to double before the end of the century, the United Nations says. Scientists say further warming is inevitable as greenhouse gas emissions climb but that the worse effects can still be avoided. “The question now is not whether to
29、adapt? but how to adapt?“ says a 2004 UN report on climate change. The solutions, say experts, must come from action by politicians, business people, scientists and individuals. Over the next century, power could be derived from sources that release less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere such as nu
30、clear fusion, hydrogen fuel cells and more efficient combustion engines. Scientists: Technology already existsCTechnology is a crucial component to meet the challenge of global warming, say climate researchers and policy experts. “You need technology,“ says Elliot Diringer, international strategies
31、director with the Pew Centre on Global Climate Change. “Theres no question about that. The question is, What is the most efficient way to not only generate the technology but get it deployed.“DThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a UN body issuing regular assessments on the climate, says i
32、nnovation has advanced faster than expected. It estimates technological improvements could reduce greenhouse gas emissions below 2000 levels within 20 years and avert even more risky levels of such concentrations. The IPCC has estimated that technological improvements could some time between 2010 an
33、d 2020 reduce greenhouse gas emissions to levels below those in the year 2000. “We need to move as fast as we can,“ Diringer says. “The longer we wait to take concerted action, the greater the impacts will be .the more it will cost to achieve the reduction.“ETechnology with the greatest potential to
34、 reduce greenhouse gas emissions already exists, say Princeton University scientists Stephen Pacala and Robert Socolow in a 2004 study published in the journal Science.FImproving efficiency and conservation could reduce billions of tons in atmospheric emissions of greenhouse gases each year. Improve
35、ments such as efficient engineering, better gas mileage(英里数)and new fuel sources for vehicles and power plants have the potential to halt growth of emissions by around 2050, according to the study.G“It is important not to become diverted by the possibility of revolutionary technology,“ the Princeton
36、 authors write in Science. “Humanity can solve the carbon and climate problem in the first half of this century simply by increasing what we already know how to do.“ The scientists picked seven actions that they say could make the climate stable by 2054. They focused on technology already in place t
37、hat simply needs to be expanded a lot.HCars are an easy target. Each gallon of gas burned gives off about 20 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Thats a lot of carbon for the 2 billion cars that may be on the road by 2054, nearly four times
38、 the number today, the authors report. The Science article suggests that doubling the average fuel efficiency of cars from 30 miles per gallon today to 60, switching to wind-generated hydrogen fuels or halving the annual number of miles travelled per car to 5,000 could reduce carbon dioxide emission
39、s. The savings would provide one-seventh of the total cuts needed to make US emissions stable, the article states. In addition, scientists are watching plenty of other technologies being developed to make emissions stable.Carbon storageIBurying carbon dioxide allows fossil fuel companies to continue
40、 pumping oil while reducing greenhouse emissions. The United Nations estimates by 2050 it should be possible to store half of the increasing global emissions in underground reservoirs at reasonable prices. The US government already has started a test project at a West Virginia coal power plant. The
41、energy company BP sends 1 million tons of carbon dioxide each year beneath the sands of the Sahara desert at one of its facilities in Algeria.JThese carbon reducing projects send millions of tons of carbon dioxide gas into underground geologic formations such as gas beds now filled with water, natur
42、al gas or oil. The risks of such techniques include leakage of carbon dioxide from underground reservoirs that may endanger human life and the environment. Scientists are studying techniques to find which rock formations permanently store gases such as carbon dioxide.Renewable energyKRenewable power
43、 is a major facet of reducing global warming emissions, according to the United Nations. Because most renewable energy sources wind, ocean tides, solar, biomass fuel emit less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than they absorb, they do not add to climate change.LThe share of renewable in the world
44、energy supply accounts for at least 14 percent of the total, the United Nations estimates. The price of these renewable fuels and technology is plummeting(垂直下落)as demand grows and hardware improves. “Green“ tariffs, already introduced in some European countries, guarantee premium prices for energy d
45、erived from renewable sources. States such as New York and California also require utilities to generate a fraction of their energy supply from renewables. Trading carbonMCarbon emissions trading is designed to make global warming prevention affordable, according to the UN Convention on Climate Chan
46、ge. Under the Kyoto Agreement, participating countries agree to emit a certain amount of carbon. If a country cannot afford to meet its carbon emissions limit, it can buy “credits“ from a country that has produced less than its allotted amount.NAlthough critics say there are significant problems und
47、er the Kyoto system, the United Nations says emissions trading allows countries gradually to eliminate carbon dioxide while preventing some economic hardships of reducing emissions growth. Corporate actionOCompanies are also devising ways for businesses and individuals to offset greenhouse emissions
48、. Oregon-based Climate Neutral Network says it will offer air travellers access to “Cool Class“ air travel in which a portion of airline fares, negotiated through contracts with different companies are invested in ways to reduce greenhouse emissions.47 Before the end of the century, the concentratio
49、n of carbon dioxide may become twice as high as the present level.48 One gallon of gas burned can emit about 20 pounds carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to the Environment Protection Agency.49 The reason that renewable energy sources are beneficial to climate is that the carbon dioxide they emit into the atmosphere is less than they absorb.50 Technology is the essential component in slowing global w
