1、大学英语六级（2013 年 12 月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 51（无答案）一、Part I Writing1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark “The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.“ You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no
2、 more than 200 words.Section A（A）The restaurant is losing money.（B） The restaurant should close down.（C） The restaurant is neither losing money nor gaining.（D）The restaurant is making money because of no competitors nearby.（A）The man doesnt understand the womans question.（B） The man refuses to answe
3、r the womans question.（C） The man is going to reveal his vote later.（D）The man doesnt know how to vote.（A）Shes not a very good cook.（B） Shes annoyed with the man.（C） She didnt like the food the man prepared.（D）She thinks the man should spend more time cooking.（A）He cooks for the club members quite o
4、ften.（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）Drive on a different road.（B） Buy new sun glasses.（C） Take a shorter route.（D）Consider taking Route 27.（A）Ask his roommate to move
5、 out.（B） Go to live in the supervisors room.（C） Make even louder noise after midnight.（D）Report to the person in charge of the dorm.（A）He wont be able to go with the woman.（B） The restaurant closes early during the week.（C） He thought the womans birthday was next week.（D）The woman should find out if
6、 she can reserve a table.（A）She doesnt really know what to buy.（B） She doesnt like going shopping in big stores.（C） She has too many choices of the same product.（D）She is regretting not having taken enough money.（A）After midnight.（B） After she goes swimming.（C） When shes bored.（D）When she cant conce
7、ntrate.（A）He lost his meal tickets.（B） The cafeteria food was awful.（C） He missed his favourite TV programme.（D）His TV was broken.（A）He wasted his time.（B） He didnt understand the womans explanation.（C） He watched only one programme.（D）He was so bored.（A）Part of the brain requires more nutrients.（B）
8、 Part of the brain is not used at all.（C） It takes shorter to process visual information.（D）It takes longer to process complex information.（A）In the neighbourhood of the university or near a bus stop.（B） Near a railway line or close to a park.（C） Near a bus stop or in the neighborhood of a shopping
9、centre.（D）Close to the university or by the side of a supermarket.（A）A balcony and a dishwasher.（B） A dishwasher and air-conditioning.（C） A swimming pool and air-conditioning.（D）Air-conditioning and a balcony.（A）Hes not concerned about money.（B） Hes a bit anxious to find an apartment.（C） Hes quite e
10、xperienced in apartment hunting.（D）Hes working in a university.Section B（A）A goods train hit a bus carrying many passengers.（B） Two passenger trains crashed into each other.（C） A passenger train collided with a goods train.（D）An express train was derailed when hit by a bomb.（A）The rescue operations
11、have not been very effective.（B） More than 300 injured passengers were hospitalised.（C） The cause of the tragic accident remains unknown.（D）The exact casualty figures are not yet available.（A）There was a bomb scare.（B） There was a terrorist attack.（C） A fire alarm was set off by mistake.（D）50 pounds
12、 of explosives were found.（A）Follow policemens directions.（B） Keep an eye on the weather.（C） Avoid snow-covered roads.（D）Drive with special care.（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 to jo
13、b interviewees.（A）Those who will work harder than others.（B） Those who know much more than others.（C） Those who are able to solve the problems.（D）Those who are better educated than others.（A）That more Chinese applicants fail to find a job.（B） That aptitude test is becoming popular worldwide.（C） That
14、 applicants should not act as cleverly as possible.（D）That job applicants are always asked such questions.（A）They both needed to stop working.（B） Heart trouble was a serious illness.（C） They had to put their plan into practice.（D）Health was more important than wealth.（A）They failed though they worke
15、d hard.（B） They succeeded in earning a lot of money.（C） They had to borrow money to keep it going.（D）They made just enough to cover all the costs.（A）To do what they like to.（B） To set up more bookstores.（C） To get to know more writers.（D）To pay for their childrens education.Section C26 In recent yea
16、rs many countries of the world【B1 】_the problem of how to make their workers more productive. Some experts claim the answer is to make jobs more【B2 】_. But do more varied jobs【B3】 _greater productivity? There is evidence to suggest that while variety certainly makes the workers life more【B4 】_, it d
17、oes not【B5】_make him work harder. As far as increasing productivity is concerned, the variety is not an important factor. Other experts feel that giving the worker freedom to do his job in his own way is important and there is no doubt that this is true. The problem is that this kind of freedom cann
18、ot easily be given in the modern factory with its【B6】_machinery which must be used in a【B7】_way. Thus while freedom of choice may be important, there is usually very little that can be done to create it. Another important【B8】_is how much each worker【B9 】_the product he is making. In most factories t
19、he worker sees only a small part of the product. Some car factories are now experimenting with having many small production lines rather than one large one, so that each worker contributes more to the production of the cars on his line. It would seem that not only is the【B10】_of workers contribution
20、 an important factor, but it is also one we can do something about. 27 【B1 】28 【B2 】29 【B3 】30 【B4 】31 【B5 】32 【B6 】33 【B7 】34 【B8 】35 【B9 】36 【B10 】Section A36 The Englishman suspects all theories, philosophical or other. He suspects everything new and is reluctant to accept it at the very beginnin
21、g, unless he is【C1】_by the force of circumstances to see that this new thing has advantages over the old. They do not consult historical【C2 】_in order to decide what to do: They first learn the facts as they are: then they depend upon their own common sense, not at all upon their university learning
22、 or upon philosophical theories.It is difficult to get praise from the Englishman. A new idea, a noble action, and an【C3】_painting any of these things will be admired and praised by every other people in Europe long before you can get Englishmen to praise. The Englishman all this time is trying to f
23、ind fault. Why should he try to find fault? He has【C4 】_the terrible caution of his ancestors in regard to mistakes. Unless it【C5】_him he is away from mistakes, he will not accept the new thing. He has learned【C6 】_his ancestors taught him.The judgment of the Englishman by all other European peoples
24、 is that he is the most【 C7】_. the most unreceptive, and the most unfriendly among other peoples. Another typical character of English people is that they are the most【C8】_of all western peoples. If you ask a Frenchman, an Italian, a German, even an American, what he thinks about Englishmen, every o
25、ne of them will have a common answer Englishmen are so proud of themselves that it is difficult for them to accept things beyond their present conditions.But you would find upon the other hand that nearly all nations would speak【C9 】 _of certain other English qualities energy, courage, honour. The f
26、riendship of an Englishman once gained is more strong and true than any other. It must be acknowledged that the English character is especially well fitted for the struggle. It is neither a lovable nor an agreeable character: it is not even kindly, for kindness is an emotional【C10】_, and the English
27、man never likes to do things on the spur of the moment. But with all this, the character is a grand one, and its success has been the best proof of its value.A)impulse I)exquisiteB)arrogant J)ensuresC)invariably K)inheritedD)importance L)graceE)highly M)precedentsF)compelled N)suspiciousG)caution O)
28、resembleH)complied37 【C1 】38 【C2 】39 【C3 】40 【C4 】41 【C5 】42 【C6 】43 【C7 】44 【C8 】45 【C9 】46 【C10 】Section B46 How Safe Is Your Mobile Phone?AIt takes a little extra work to get in touch with Andrea Boland. The Maine state representative answers e-mails and lists her business and home phone numbers
29、on the Web. But unlike many politicians surgically attached to their BlackBerrys, she keeps her phone switched off unless shes expecting a call. And if she has her way, everyone in Maine and perhaps, eventually, the rest of the US will similarly think twice before jabbering away on(急促而含混不清地说话)their
30、mobiles.BIn March, Maines legislature will begin debating a bill she submitted that would require manufacturers to put a warning label on every mobile phone sold in the state declaring, “This device emits electromagnetic(电磁的 )radiation, exposure to which may cause brain cancer.“ Her warning would co
31、ntinue, “Users, especially children and pregnant women, should keep this device away from the head and body.“CFor those of you now eyeing your mobile phones suspiciously, its worth noting that both the National Cancer Institute and the World Health Organisation say there isnt evidence to support the
32、 assertion that mobile phones are a public-health threat. But a number of scientists are worried that there has been a dangerous rush to declare mobile phones safe, using studies they feel are inadequate and too often weighted towards the wireless industrys interests. An analysis published by Univer
33、sity of Washington neurologist Henry Lai determined that far more independent studies than industry-funded studies have found at least some type of biological effect from mobile-phone exposure.DSeveral countries including Finland, Israel and France have issued guidelines for mobile-phone use. And Sa
34、n Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who began researching the issue when his wife was expecting their first child, is hoping his city will adopt legislation that would have manufacturers print radiation information on mobile-phone packaging and manuals and require retailers to display the data on the sa
35、les floor.EWith 270 million Americans and 4 billion people around the world using mobile phones and more signing up every day a strong link between mobiles and cancer could have major public-health implications. As mobile phones make and take calls, they emit low-level radio-frequency(RF)radiation.
36、Stronger than FM radio signals, these RF waves are still a billionth the intensity of known carcinogenic(致癌的)radiation like X-rays.FThe wireless industry contends that RF radiation lacks the strength to alter molecules in the human body: the Federal Communications Commission(FCC)maximum for mobile-p
37、hone-signal exposure is intended to prevent RF radiation from heating tissue to the point that cells are damaged. Mobile-phone RF radiations “effect on the body, at least at this time, appears to be insufficient to produce genetic damage typically associated with developing cancer,“ Dr Robert Hoover
38、, director of the National Cancer Institutes Epidemiology and Biostatistics Programme, testified at a 2008 congressional hearing. GBut the body of research is far from conclusive. In 1995, Lai co-wrote a study showing that a single two-hour exposure of RF radiation at levels considered safe by US st
39、andards produced the sort of genetic damage in rats brain cells that can lead to cancer. Though subsequent researchers often funded in part by the wireless industry failed to replicate Lais results, a 2004 European Union-funded study reported similar findings.HDariusz Leszczynski, a research profess
40、or at Finlands Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority in Helsinki, has done studies indicating that RF radiation may create a stress reaction in the cells that line blood vessels, leading to a dangerous breach in the blood-brain barrier. “Mobile-phone radiation may be able to indirectly hurt cells,
41、perhaps by interfering with their ability to repair normal DNA damage,“ he says. “Given the scientific uncertainty, its premature to say the use of mobile phones is safe.“IIf RF radiation increases the chances of developing brain cancer, it should show up in long-term studies of mobile-phone users.
42、But many epidemiological studies have found no clear connection, including a 2007 Danish Cancer Society study of 421,000 mobile-phone users, which led many in the media to conclude that mobiles are harmless. To date, “peer-reviewed(同行评审)scientific evidence has overwhelmingly indicated that wireless
43、devices do not pose a risk,“ says John Walls, a spokesman for CTIA, a global wireless association.JThere are problems with many of these studies, however. For starters, the Danish one which reviewed the medical records of people who had signed up for mobile phones from 1982 to 1995 didnt include all
44、 the business users, who were among the earliest adopters and most intensive users, because they were not billed directly.KAlso, the study looked only at tumors that were diagnosed by 2002 not long after daily use of mobile phones became widespread. Brain cancers can take several decades to develop,
45、 so it might be many years before a measurable bump in cancer rates shows up. “The latency period(潜伏期)we have is far too short,“ says Dr Siegal Sadetzki, a cancer researcher at Israels Gertner Institute whose epidemiological(流行病学的)studies have found some connections between mobile-phone use and sali
46、vary-gland tumors(唾液腺肿瘤). “And today, people are using the phone much more heavily.“LSadetzki served as Israels principal investigator in the Interphone study, which was conducted over the past several years by 13 countries, most of them European. The Interphone results initially were to be publishe
47、d in 2006, but the final report has been postponed repeatedly, and the study investigators are reportedly deeply divided. In the US, which isnt one of the Interphone countries, the National Toxicology Programme is launching studies of the health effects of mobile phones. But peer-reviewed results wo
48、nt be available until at least 2014.MThats a long time to wait for definitive data. The good news is that there are easy ways for those concerned about RF radiation to cut down on exposure. Using your mobile phones speaker or connecting a wired headset while keeping the handset away from your body d
49、rastically reduces RF exposure.(Bluetooth headsets help too, but they still emit some radiation.)And given the potentially more serious risks for children, who have thinner skulls than adults, parents might want to wait before handing teens their first phone or at least ensure they use it mostly for texting.NMeanwhile, a start-up, Pong Research, is selling mobile-phone cas
