2013年英语六级(CET-6)全真预测试卷(6)-中大网校

Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A),C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Example: You will hear:You will read:A) At the office.B) In a waiting room.C) At the airport.D) In a restaurant.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A)“At the office”is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.Sample Answer [A][B][C][D]1. A) It will eventually be replaced by the Internet.B) It now has more readers than ever before.C) It stimulates people’s desire for learning.D) It will be hooked onto the Internet.2. A) She is a successful writer of children’s books.B) She owes her success to her grade school teacher.C) She has set an example for mothers with children.D) She tends to exaggerate so as to arouse children’s curiosity.3. A) Lack of democracy dampens people’s interest in reading.B) Reading contributes a great deal to creativity.C) Reading builds up democratic values.D) Much pleasure can be derived from reading.4. A) The spring is warm because of the greenhouse effect.B) people tend to forget about correct weather forecasts.C) There is a 50-50 chance of rain.D) Long-term weather forecasts tend to be unreliable.5. A) All drugs have side effects.B) Many fat people have digestive problems.C) The woman is trying to lose weight by drugs.D) There is no efficient way of weight control.6. A) The man does not eat chicken.B) The woman has some dietary restrictions.C) The man wants to change the menu.D) The woman is responsible for food arrangements.7. A) The man is going to make a phone call.B) Things are very expensive here due to inflation.C) The man thinks the charge for a phone call is very low.D) Long distance calls at a pay phone cost 50 cents a minute.8. A) Mrs. Jones is fat.B) The boy never tells lies.C) The woman is a liar.D) It is hard to tell truth from falsehood.9. A) He does not have to be good academically.B) He must be good at uniting people.C) He should have specific plans for school activities.D) He must not fall short of the expectations of the class.10. A) She works very hard.B) She won’t be back until next Monday.C) She is flying to Vermont to ski.D) She is newly married.。

大学英语六级（2013年12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷60(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Writing 2. Listening Comprehension 3. 4. Reading Comprehension 5. TranslationPart I Writing1．For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled How to Establish a Healthy Living Style? You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1.1．越来越多的人开始崇尚简单、健康的生活方式；2．造成这种现象的原因：3．我们可以……正确答案：Nowadays more and more people tend to have a simple and healthy living style, hoping that they can live longer and healthier. This phenomenon results from all kinds of health care information from magazines, TV programs, radio programs, and so on. Having a simple and healthy living style is surely good. But many of us don’t know how to establish such a living style. Here are some suggestions. First, set up a balance of work and rest. Only by working happily and having enough rest can we live healthier. Second, eat natural food rather than processed food. Natural food is usually fresher, while processed one may contain some additives which are harmful to our health. Third, be optimistic. Modern people have a lot of pressure. If we are optimistic to our lives, we can adjust ourselves to many conditions and live healthier and happier. In one word, establishing a healthy living style is not very difficult for us if we stick it out.Part II Listening ComprehensionSection A听力原文：W: I’m afraid the project has to be given up. You know, my partner always turns a deaf ear to me whenever we have any difference. M: Why don’t you communicate with each other? There must be some misunderstandings. Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?2．A．Take no notice on the difference.B．Try to change her partner’s mind.C．Communicate with her partner.D．Find out the misunderstandings.正确答案：C解析：男士说：“为什么你们不谈一下呢?一定是有一些误会。

大学英语六级（2013年12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷317(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Writing 2. Listening Comprehension 3. Reading Comprehension 4. TranslationPart I Writing1．For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Importance of Social Practice. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1.1．对于是否应该参加社会实践，大家看法不一2．参加社会实践的重要性正确答案：When it comes to students’ social practice, some people regard it as a waste of time, whereas others argue that participating in various social activities benefits a lot. Personally, I am in favor of the latter view. To begin with, by being more socially involved, we can apply the knowledge we have acquired from textbooks to the solution of practical problems. Only in doing so can we get extra experience outside the Ivory Tower. What is more, getting involved in social practice can help us gain a better insight into what is happening in the world around us, which does good to our further study. Last but not least, social practice will provide us with more opportunities to develop interpersonal skills, which may put us in a favorable position in the future job markets. To conclude, proper amount of social practice does not occupy too much time and should become an indispensable part of school education, for the knowledge we obtain from textbooks in class is far from enough.解析：这是一篇分析型议论文。

2013年6月英语六级考试真题及答案(完整版)Part III Listening Comprehension(35 minutes)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 conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

点击进入：2013年6月英语六级听力mp3及下载11. A) She has completely recovered.B) She went into shock after an operation.C) She is still in a critical condition.D) She is getting much better.12. A) Ordering a breakfast.C) Buying a train ticket.B) Booking a hotel room.D) Fixing a compartment.13. A) Most borrowers never returned the books to her.B) The man is the only one who brought her book back.C) She never expected anyone to return the books to her.D) Most of the books she lent out came back without jackets.14. A) She left her work early to get some bargains last Saturday.B) She attended the supermarket’s grand opening ceremony.C) She drove a full hour before finding a parking space.D) She failed to get into the supermarket last Saturday.15. A) He is bothered by the pain in his neck.B) He cannot do his report without a computer.C) He cannot afford to have a coffee break.D) He feels sorry to have missed the report.16. A) Only top art students can show their works in the gallery.B) The gallery space is big enough for the man’s paintings.C) The woman would like to help with the exibition layout.D) The man is uncertain how his art works will be received.17. A) The woman needs a temporary replacement for her assistant.B) The man works in the same department as the woman does.C) The woman will have to stay in hospital for a few days.D) The man is capable of dealing with difficult people.18. A) It was better than the previous one.B) It distorted the mayor’s speech.C) It exaggerated the city’s economy problems.D) It reflected the opinions of most economists.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) To inform him of a problem they face.B) To request him to purchase control desks.C) To discuss the content of a project report.D) To ask him to fix the dictating machine.20. A) They quote the best price in the market.B) They manufacture and sell office furniture.C) They cannot deliver the steel sheets on time.D) They cannot produce the steel sheets needed21. A) By marking down the unit price.B) By accepting the penalty clauses.C) By allowing more time for delivery.D) By promising better after-sales service.22. A) Give the customer a ten percent discount.B) Claim compensation from the stool suppliers.C) Ask the Buying Department to change suppliers.D) Cancel the contract with the customer.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) Stockbroker.C) Mathematician.B) Physicist. D) Economist.24. A) Improve computer programming.B) Predict global population growth.C) Explain certain natural phenomena.D) Promote national financial health.25. A) Their different educational backgrounds.B) Changing attitudes toward nature.C) Chaos theory and its applications.D) The current global economic crisis.Section BDirections: In this section you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. 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). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

2013年6月大学英语六级真题Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark "A smile is the shortest distance between two people." You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________注意：此部分试题在答题卡1Part 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 on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A) , B) , C) and D) . For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Norman Borlaug: 'Father of the Green Revolution'Few people have quietly changed the world for the better more than this rural lad from the midwestern state of Iowa in the United States. The man in focus is Norman Borlaug, the Father of the 'Green Revolution', who died on September 12, 2009 at age 95. Norman Borlaug spent most of his 60 working years in the farmlands of Mexico, South Asia and later in Africa, fighting world hunger, and saving by some estimates up to a billion lives in the process. An achievement, fit for a Nobel Peace Prize. Early Years"I'm a product of the great depression" is how Borlaug described himself. A great-grandson of Norwegian immigrants to the United States, Borlaug was born in 1914 and grew up on a small farm in the northeastern corner of Iowa in a town called Cresco. His family had a 40-hectare (公顷) farm on which they grew wheat, maize (玉米) and hay and raised pigs and cattle. Norman spent most of his time from age 7-17 on the farm, even as he attended a one-room, one-teacher school at New Oregon in Howard County.Borlaug didn't have money to go to college. But through a Great Depression era programme, known as the National Youth Administration, Borlaug was able to enroll in the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis to study forestry. He excelled in studies and received his Ph.D. in plant pathology (病理学) and genetics in 1942. From 1942 to 1944, Borlaug was employed as a microbiologist at DuPont in Wilmington. However, following the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Borlaug tried to join the military, but was rejected under wartime labour regulations. In Mexico In 1944, many experts warned of mass starvation in developing nations where populations were expanding faster than crop production. Borlaug began work at a Rockefeller Foundation-funded project in Mexico to increase wheat production by developing higher-yielding varieties of the crop. It involved research in genetics, plantbreeding, plant pathology, entomology (昆虫学) , agronomy (农艺学) , soil science, and cereal technology. The goal of the project was to boost wheat production in Mexico, which at the time was importing a large portion of its grain.Borlaug said that his first couple of years in Mexico were difficult. He lacked trained scientists and equipment. Native farmers were hostile towards the wheat programme because of serious crop losses from 1939 to 1941 due to stem rust.Wheat varieties that Borlaug worked with had tall, thin stalks. While taller wheat competed better for sunlight, they had a tendency to collapse under the weight of extra grain - a trait called lodging. To overcome this, Borlaug worked on breeding wheat with shorter and stronger stalks, which could hold on larger seed heads. Borlaug's new semi-dwarf, disease-resistant varieties, called Pitic 62 and Penjamo 62, changed the potential yield of Mexican wheat dramatically. By 1963 wheat production in Mexico stood six times more than that of 1944. Green Revolution in India During the 1960s, South Asia experienced severe drought condition and India had been importing wheat on a large scale from the United States. Borlaug came to India in 1963 along with Dr. Robert Anderson to duplicate his Mexican success in the sub-continent. The experiments began with planting a few of the high-yielding variety strains in the fields of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute at Pusa in New Delhi, under the supervision of Dr. M. S. Swaminathan. These strains were subsequently planted in test plots at Ludhiana, Pantnagar, Kanpur, Pune and Indore. The results were promising, but large-scale success, however, was not instant. Cultural opposition to new agricultural techniques initially prevented Borlaug from going ahead with planting of new wheat strains in India. By 1965, when the drought situation turned alarming, the Government took the lead and allowed wheat revolution to move forward. By employing agricultural techniques he developed in Mexico, Borlaug was able to nearly double South Asian wheat harvests between 1965 and 1970.India subsequently made a huge commitment to Mexican wheat, importing some 18000 tonnes of seed. By 1968, it was clear that the Indian wheat harvest was nothing short of revolutionary. It was so productive that there was a shortage of labour to harvest it, of bull carts to haul it to the threshing floor (打谷场) , of jute (麻黄) bags to store it. Local governments in some areas were forced to shut down schools temporarily to use them as store houses.United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) observed that in 40 years between 1961 and 2001, "India more than doubled its population, from 452 million to more than 1 billion. At the same time, it nearly tripled its grain production from 87 million tonnes to 231 million tonnes. It accomplished this feat while increasing cultivated grain acreage (土地面积) a mere 8 percent."It was in India that Norman Borlaug's work was described as the 'Green Revolution.' In AfricaAfrica suffered widespread hunger and starvation through the 70s and 80s. Food and aid poured in from most developed countries into the continent, but thanks to the absence of efficient distribution system, the hungry remained empty-stomach. The then Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, Ryoichi Sasakawa wondered why the methods used in Mexico and India were not extended to Africa. He called up NormanBorlaug. now leading a semi-retired life, for help. He managed to convince Borlaug to help with his new effort and subsequently founded the Sasakawa Africa Association. Borlaug later recalled, "but after I saw the terrible circumstances there, I said, 'Let's just start growing'".The success in Africa was not as spectacular as it was in India or Mexico. Those elements that allowed Borlaug's projects to succeed, such as well-organized economies and transportation and irrigation systems, were severely lacking throughout Africa. Because of this, Borlaug's initial projects were restricted to developed regions of the continent. Nevertheless, yields of maize, sorghum (高粱) and wheat doubled between 1983 and 1985.Nobel PrizeFor his contributions to the world food supply, Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970. Norwegian officials notified his wife in Mexico City at 4:00 a. m., but Borlaug had already left for the test fields in the Toluca valley, about 65 km west of Mexico City. A chauffeur (司机) took her to the fields to inform her husband. In his acceptance speech, Borlaug said, "the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind. Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world. Yet, 50 percent of the world population goes hungry."Green Revolution vs EnvironmentalistsBorlaug's advocacy of intensive high-yield agriculture came under severe criticism from environmentalists in recent years. His work faced environmental and socio-economic criticisms, including charges that his methods have created dependence on monoculture crops, unsustainable farming practices, heavy indebtedness among subsistence farmers, and high levels of cancer among those who work with agriculture chemicals. There are also concerns about the long-term sustainability of fanning practices encouraged by the Green Revolution in both the developed and the developing world.In India, the Green Revolution is blamed for the destruction of Indian crop diversity, drought vulnerability, dependence on agro-chemicals that poison soils but reap large-scale benefits mostly to the American multi-national corporations. What these critics overwhelmingly advocate is a global movement towards "organic" or "sustainable" farming practices that avoid using chemicals and high technology in favour of natural fertilizers, cultivation and pest-control programmes.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

2013年英语六级(CET-6)全真预测试卷(3)总分：710分及格：426分考试时间：140分Part I Writing(1)Directions：For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Private schools following the outline given below．You should write at least l—50 words but no more than 200 words1．私立学校的数量在增加；2．私立学校的优势；3．私立学校的问题。

Private SchooisPart II Reading Comprehension快速阅读单选题(1)根据材料回答{TSE}题：Energy Infrastructure at Risks Due to Global Warming{TS} According to this passage, the world's energy infrastructure is being impacted byA. nuclear power plantsB. climate changeC. renewable energyD. hydroelectric generators(2)Hydropower facilities in the Himalaya are mentioned in the passage to show that __________A. those facilities are outdatedB. they are equipped with advanced technologiesC. climate change has some negative influence on themD. they should be maintained carefully due to their location(3)According to this passage, why is the United States in bad shape?A. Because hurricanes take place there from time to time.B. Nuclear power plants there are vulnerable to extreme weather events.C. More than half of the U.S. population lives along the Gulf Coast.D. The sea level rise is likely to hit the U.S. very hard.(4)What can we learn from this passage about the U.S. Gulf Coast?A. Most of the world's major oil and gas facilities are located there.B. It is an ideal location for many offshore and coastal energy facilities.C. It is vulnerable to extreme weather events caused by climate change.D. Hurricane Katrina damaged many facilities there and forced them to relocate.(5)According to this passage, a sharp increase in global oil prices was once caused by __________A. global warmingB. Hurricane KatrinaC. climate changeD. an explosion(6)According to this passage, what is more troubling for nuclear facilities?A. Flooding.B. Earthquakes.C. Droughts.D. Heat waves.(7)Why has the French government set a temperature limit on how hot nuclear-plant water outflow can be?A. Because the wastewater hotter than that limit will do a lot of damage to ecosystems.B. Because the wastewater hotter than that limit will lead to damage to workers' health.C. Because nuclear power plants can be running at a lower energy level.D. Because the French government is concerned about the climate change.快速阅读填空题(1)Geoff Dabelko points out that when planners design installations, they should consider two factors, including __________(2)According to Gleick, solar thermal plants can be an ideal choice if we simply aim to __________(3)To meet the environmental challenges, some energy companies are experimenting with solar plants using __________Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)一、听力选择题(1)听录音，回答{TSE}题：{MP3:/examfiles/attached/media/20130523/20130523174396359635.mp3} {TS}__________A. He's glad he called the doctor.B. He wants to change the appointment.C. He can't come until 4:15.D. He misremembered the date Of the appointment.(2)A. No one believes he won the scholarship.B. He's surprised that he got the scholarship.C. It isn't true that he won the scholarship.D. He's glad to award the womaN the scholarship.(3)A. During the economics class.B. Before the economics class.C. In a few minutes.D. The next day.(4)A. Because he is not equal to the job.B. Because he is not well paid for his work.C. Becausehedoesn'tthinkthejOB ischallengingenoughD. Because he cannot keep his mind on his work.(5)A. She hasn't started working on the assignment.B. She worked on the assignment all night.C. She only studies at night.D. She doesn't plan to do the assignment.(6)A. He might go to the movies when he finishes studying.B. He doesn't know if he can concentrate on a movie.C. He needs to stop studying for a while.D. He can't think about anything but studying.(7)A. Mr. Robinson's reason for leaving.B. Mr. Robinson's new appointment.C. A vacant position.D. How to apply for a job.(8)A. They'll have to wait to get on the boat.B. There's plenty of room in the car.C. They were pleased to reach fie head of the line.D. It'll take 40 minutes to get to the ferry.(9)A. They lived in Caves.B. They traveled in groups.C. They had an advanced language.D. They ate mostly fruit.(10)A. They lived in large groups.B. They used sand as insulation.C. They kept fires burning constantly.D. They faced their homes towa "d the south.(11)A. Go to see his teacher with him.B. Lend him her magazine when she's done with it.C. Come over to his house after class.D. Help him study for a test.(12)A. After midnight.B. After she goes swimming.C. When she's bored.D. When there is a good program on.(13)A. Because he lost his meal tickets.B. Because the cafeteria food was awful.C. Because he missed his favori e TV program.D. Because he had little sleep.(14)A. Because he wasted his time.B. Because he didn't understand the woman's explanation.C. Because he watched only one program.D. Because he was so bored.(15)A. Part of the brain requires more nutrients.B. Part of the brain is not used at all.C. It takes longer to process visual information.D. It processes complex information less actively.(16)A. To prepare students for the next reading assignment.B. To provide background irfformation for a class discussion.C. To review material from a previous lesson.D. To prepare for a quiz on chapter six.(17)A. Insurance companies.B. Sailors.C. Manufacturers.D. Merchants.(18)A. Only four types of policies still exist today.B. They are cheaper than the ones in the Middle Ages.C. They include features similar to earlier policies.D. The interest rates are based on early methods of calculation.(19)A. To emphasize the hazards of wooden buildings.B. To explain why certain building techniques were firstly applied in Chicago.C. To warn against building skyscrapers close together.D. To explain how Chicago's early skyscrapers were destroyed.(20)A. It was constructed without bricks.B. It was the tallest early skyscraper.C. It contained offices where victims of the fire could get help.D. It had an internal metal skeleton.(21)A. It was the first skyscraper with walls of glass.B. It did not have enough support for its height.C. It was not built by an architect from Chicago.D. It was the tallest skyscraper built in the 1800s.(22)A. To describe Twyla Tharp's career.B. To introduce a well-known dancer.C. To provide background for a video presentation.D. To encourage the audience to study dance.(23)A. Because the dancers in the video had more experience with Tharp's dancing design.B. Because twyla Tharp was the lead dancer in the video.C. Because the filming techniques made the dance easier to understand.D. Because the new musical score was more appropriate for the topic.(24)A. Jazz.B. Folk.C. Classical.D. Rock.(25)A. What the pineapple symbolizes.B. Twyla Tharp's career in dance.C. How the video was filmed.D. The quality of the music in the video二、听力(1)_ _________(2)__________(3)__________(4)__________(5)__________(6)__________(7)__________(8)__________(9)__________(10)__________(11)__________Part IV Reading Comprehension （Reading in Depth）（25 minutes）仔细阅读填空题(1)根据材料回答{TSE}题：{ TS}The unequal relations between rich and poor are in the control of __________(2)According to the author, the interests of the rich are embodied in __________(3)If there is no difference between the poor and the rich, those "dirty" work has to be done with__________(4)By leaving some "dirty" work done by the poor, the rich can enjoy __________(5)According to the passage, it is poor people who are primarily to undertake __________仔细阅读选择题(1)根据材料回答{TSE}题：{TS} Compared with people a decade ago, Japanese nowadays __________A. are less likely to observe conventional ideas on workingB. tend to work harder for themselves than for a companyC. are more clear about what they should do in their livesD. are always confused by the western standard on hard working(2)According to the passage, Japanese teenagers __________A. are more interested in studying in the U.S. than in other countriesB. are not sure about whether their personal sacrifices are worth the effortC. take personal sacrifices as a burden for individual developmentD. are eager to graduate from school and hunt for a good job(3)In Toshiki Kaifu's opinion, Japanese education__________A. should reinforce the basic aspects of educationB. aims to eliminate the root of campus violenceC. has failed in nurturing kids' moral virtuesD. should undergo a complete reform on morals(4)It can be inferred that Mitsuo Setoyama __________A. thinks it necessary to stick to liberal reformsB. advocates conservative ideas on social reformsC. is not satisfied with the present education idealsD. regards the respect for parent s as the core of education(5)According to the passage, urban Japanese __________A. enjoy more the convenience of modem life than rural peopleB. have realized the objective set down a decade agoC. cherish more the chance to live with other relativesD. are more likely to be the victim of the current life-styles(6)根据材料回答{TSE}题：{TS}According to some language students, what is the consequence of learning a new language?A. We can learn different expressions of the same thing.B. It can influence our concepts and actions.C. It contributes to a creation of new language systems.D. It becomes possible to distinguish differences between languages.(7)The case of the label "flammable" proves thatA. language can indeed affect our choices of actionsB. prefixes if used incorrectly may lead to disasterC. some truck drivers are potential experts of languagesD. misunderstanding can happen even among workers(8)It can be inferred that the use of tense.A. is completely unnecessary in some local languagesB. converts abstract ideas into objective thingsC. helps avoid certain ambiguity in concepts or ideasD. makes it possible to modernize Hopi language(9)Based on Whorf' s conclusion, the author thinks that different languages __________A. result from different ideas on time and spaceB. result in different accounting systemsC. have different approaches to history recordingD. lead to different views towards the world(10)The purpose of the experiment which compares Hopi and English is to __________A. prove that people are deeply influenced by their native languageB. find out whether language is closely related to the view of the worldC. support the idea that language is closely related to the outlook of the worldD. see how superior English-speaking children are in the outlook of the worldPart V CLOZE(1)根据材料回答{TSE}题：{TS}__________A. inB. withC. ofD. between(2)A. equippedB. mountedC. designedD. developed(3)A. driveB. sailC. cruiseD. drift(4)A. equalB. matchedC. proportionalD. balanced(5)A. runningB. extendingC. stretchingD. ranging(6)A. approvalB. appreciationC. fashionD. popularity(7)A. becauseB. thatC. onlyD. merely(8)A. ancientB. contemporaryC. modemD. fashionable(9)A. flightsB. tripsC. journeysD. miles(10)A. merelyB. barelyC. actuallyD. lately(11)A. plannedB. conceivedC. intendedD. designed(12)A. examplesB. modelsC. patternsD. instance(13)A. builtB. establishedC. installedD. fixed(14)A. upB. outC. overD. above(15)A. handlesB. controlsC. buttonsD. keys(16)A. mostB. allC. noD. few(17)A. satisfactionB. happinessC. pleasureD. delight(18)A. verticalB. artC. aerialD. technical(19)A. furtherB. fartherC. detailedD. overall(20)A. betterB. bestC. greatestD. greaterPart VI Translation （5 minutes）(1)Please drop by my house tomorrow_____________________________________(如果你方便的话)。

2013年英语六级(CET-6)全真预测试卷(1)总分：710分及格：426分考试时间：140分Part I Writing(1)1．能源问题已引起广泛关注；2．解决能源问题的一个办法是减少对有限资源的开采；3．解决能源问题的最好办法是开发新能源。

The Energy Problem________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________Part II Reading Comprehension快速阅读单选题(1) 请根据以下内容回答{TSE}题{TS}The biggest increases in autism cases were found__________．A. among boysB. in minority communitiesC. in rural communitiesD. among children in certain ethnic groups(2)By saying“We heard from many parents that they concerned long before their child was diagnosed”(Lines 3-4，Para．4)，Coleen Boyle means that________．A. more children are being diagnosedB. the average age at diagnosis has droppedC. diagnosis needs to be even earlierD. parents are always worried about their child getting autism(3)According to Peter Bearman，some of the autism increase results from________．A. nutritionB. better countingC. air pollutionD. better awareness and diagnosis(4)Who is Mark Roithmayr?A. President of Autism Speaks．B. President of George Washington University．C. A professor at the University of California．D. A sociologist at Columbia University．(5)Alabama has been singled out in the passage to illustrate the point that_________．A. it is a large，rural state with many children suffering from autismB. some states have lagged behind others in autism diagnosesC. some states have many services for children with autismD. there is a true increase in cases there(6)Why is the CDC confident the accuracy of its autism figures?A. Because its surveillance sites are statistically representative of the nation．B. Because its surveillance sites cover all urban districts and rural areas．C. Because the CDC made great efforts to prepare and gather the figures．D. Because the results they get arc more accurate than figures derived in other ways．(7)To be diagnosed with autism，a child must have deficits in_________．A. communication，social skills and the ability to shift focusB. communication，social skills and hand flappingC. communication，hand flapping and eye contactD. communication，social skills and eye contact快速阅读填空题(1)请根据以下内容回答<span>{TSE}</span>题{TS}A professional group is now considering changing the diagnosis of autism-spectrum disorders partly by adding consideration of________。

大学英语六级（2013年12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷324(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Writing 2. Listening Comprehension 3. Reading Comprehension 4. TranslationPart I Writing1．For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition entitled The Gradual Loss of Traditional Culture. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. You should: 1) describe the meaning of cartoon briefly;2) state its main idea; 3) give your comments.正确答案：What we can observe from the above cartoon is that there are two people watching Peking Opera. With the actress performing vividly on the stage, the old man is watching attentively while the little boy sitting beside does not even cast a glance at the actress and falls asleep. It is obvious that he shows no interest in Peking Opera. What the cartoon reflects is an interesting and usual respect of daily life. However, from a deeper perspective, it also reveals the gradual loss of traditional culture in modern society. What exactly contributes to this phenomenon? Possible reasons could be listed as follows: for one thing, some people, especially the young, hold the opinion that traditional culture is out of date, thus failing to keep pace with the life of modern city. Moreover, exotic cultures, to some extent, have great impact on the traditional culture of China. As we can see, a large number of people have been deeply attracted by foreign cultures which have many kinds of feature. However, no one can deny the significance of Chinese traditional culture. It is the crystallization of Chinese wisdom and civilization. It is of great necessity to attach more importance to the traditional culture, because an individual or a nation showing no respect to the essence of traditional culture cannot be expected to develop and be stronger. Hence, something could and should be done to reverse the inexorable decline in the emphasis of Chinese traditional culture.解析：第一段：描述图片的意思(简要说明你从图片看到了什么)。

英语六级试题（一）Part ⅠWritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Can Knowledge Change One's Destiny? You should write at least 150 words according to the outline given below.1．有人相信知识能改变命运2．有人则认为当今社会光靠知识已经很难改变命运3．我认为……Can Knowledge Change One's Destiny?Part ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)Comparing Yourself to Others: It's Not All Bad"To compare is to despair," the saying goes, and I've generally found it to be true. If I try hard enough (and sometimes even if I don't) I can usually find someone who performs better or has more. And I can feel bad about it.I objectively know that my own life is pretty good, but this upward comparison, as economists and psychologists call it, can somehow dim my own accomplishments. "Comparison is rife with danger, but it's understandable why we do it," said Heidi Grant Halvorson, a social psychologist. "We're human beings and we naturally seek information."One way to get information, Ms. Halvorson said, is to turn to experts. Another way is to look at those around us.And often what we see in our neighborhood or community is more important, in our minds, than anything else. Economic studies have shown, for example, that once they make a certain amount of money to cover basics, most people care more about relative, rather than absolute, income. That is, most of us feel better if we make, say, $100,000 if the majority of our neighbors make $75,000 than if we earn $150,000 when most of our friends bring in $200,000.One such study, "Neighbors as Negatives: Relative Earnings and Well-Being", published in 2005 in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, found that "higher earnings of neighbors were associated with lower levels of self-reported happiness." The paper cites the oft-quoted saying by the economist and philosopher John Stuart Mill: "Men do not desire to be rich, but to be richer than other men."Erzo F. P. Luttmer, the author of the study and an associate professor of economics at Dartmouth College, said in a telephone interview that neighbors "influence what you think is a normal lifestyle, and you struggle to keep up."We're often told to avoid comparing, but this is both difficult and not necessarily wise advice in all situations.Ms. Halvorson, who is also author of the book Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals, said we needed to think about why we were seeking the information. "Upward comparison can be punishing and make you feel terrible," she said. "But you can also look upward to learn."If we feel bad, for example, about how well we just played in a game of tennis, we can check out those who play worse to make ourselves feel better, and avoid watching the semipros on the other court. Or, if we believe that we can improve and learn by looking at others—and not just feel inferior about playing worse—then we can watch the better players.There are also pros and cons to comparing ourselves with people worse off than ourselves. It's not good if we're just trying to gain a sense of superiority or avoiding challenging ourselves to do better. But such downward comparisons can remind us of our own fortune. They can also help us when we think about the things we regret but we cannot change.As part of a study co-written by Isabelle Bauer, a clinical psychologist in Toronto, 104 people of various ages were asked to complete a survey about their greatest misgivings—choosing the wrong career path, or failing to make amends to someone who passed away or marrying the wrong person.The study found that those who felt that other people had regrets that were "more" or "much more" severe reported an increase in positive emotions when reassessed four months later compared with those who said that other people's regrets were "less" or "much less" severe."If you can't change what you did, then downward social comparison helps us gain perspective," Ms. Bauer said. "And those people are able to move on and re-engage in other goals. If you compare upward about things you can't change, then you seem to just feel stuck." But those who compared themselves downward and had the opportunity to do something about their regrets didn't feel any more positive over time, she said.Comparisons can also serve as a reality check, particularly when speaking about money.My colleague Ron Lieber, for example, wrote about NetworthIQ, a site that allows people to anonymously post their own net worth. Would we be happier and healthier, he asked readers, if we knew the net worth of our friends, colleagues and neighbors?The overwhelming response was no. As one commenter put it: "I am sickened by the idea of calculating one's 'net worth' in terms of money. It's good to have savings and it's good to have a nest in which one can nestle when one exceeds productive years. However, to express your worth in terms of the 'how much?' question is one more step toward dehumanization. I'd rather figure out my net worth in termsof how much I am worth to the world in which I live."Not everyone feels that way, of course, and plenty of people have posted their profiles on .ING Retirement, a United States-based division of the Dutch financial services group, a few years ago introduced , which allows you to anonymously type in your profile—your age, income, gender and marital status.Then you answer some personal finance questions, like the amount of money you've put aside for retirement, your mortgage payments, what you think you'll need to save to retire comfortably and so on. You are then instantly compared with your peers.I answered some of the questions and seemed pretty average. I guess I was pleased our retirement savings were slightly higher than those of the other 1,071 people who answered the question with a similar profile, but I also wasn't sure if I should be. Might it just mean that all of us are saving too little? Was I getting a false sense of security?Not at all, said Denis-Martin Monty, vice president of emerging product development at 1NG Retirement. Rather, it is a useful tool to get us to think about things we often don't want to—like how much (or little) we've put away for retirement.The site was initially tested among 28,000 employees of ING's larger clients. When asked at the end of the survey, 64 percent of those who measured themselves chose to take some sort of positive action, like enroll in a retirement plan or increase their savings rate.Mr. Monty also pointed out that studies show that most of us think we're above average, what he called the Lake Wobegon effect."We tend to overestimate where we stand in comparison to other people," he said. So people aren't necessarily looking at how much more they're actually saving than other people, he said, but how much more they thought they were saving.The site recently hit the million-user mark, Mr. Monty said.David Laibson, a professor of economics at Harvard University, who has looked at the impact of providing peer information on retirement savings decisions (it can be helpful, but not always) agreed that such comparisons can serve a purpose."Comparisons to large groups of peers are often useful," he said. "It's never the final word on what I should do, but it does give me food for thought."I doubt most of us are ever going to stop comparing ourselves with others. The most important point to keep in mind, however, is as Ms. Halvorson said: "There's a lot of imperfect comparison going on. We never see the whole picture."1. What is Heidi Grant Halvorson's view of comparison?[A] It highlights people's achievements in some way.[B] It can be accepted as a way of getting information.[C] It should be blamed for causing hopelessness.[D] It makes people feel satisfied with their own life.2. According to economic studies, what do most people do when they are able to meet their basic need?[A] They are more interested in relative income.[B] They devote themselves to community causes.[C] They desire to become richer and richer.[D] They associate their happiness with their income.3. The author said the advice that people should avoid comparing is ______.[A] sensible [B] constructive [C] unwise [D] easy to follow4. What is the advantage of upward comparison according to Ms. Halvorson?[A] It can lighten people's mood. [B] It motivates people to improve.[C] It gains people a sense of superiority. [D] It helps people get rid of bad habits.5. What did the study co-written by Isabella Bauer reveal?[A] People tend to compare themselves with those worse off.[B] Most people make wrong decisions in their whole life.[C] Downward comparison makes people feel more positive.[D] Upward comparing is more helpful than downward comparing.6. If there is nothing people can do about their regrets, Ms. Bauer suggested that people[A] reflect on their failures alone [B] look upward to learn and improve[C] look at the past to gain a perspective [D] make downward social comparison7. According to Ron Lieber's article, many people thought that knowing the net worth of others ______. [A] helped check their spending [B] had influenced their lifestyle[C] was the source of their misery [D] would not make them happier8. Finding her retirement savings were a little more than her peers, the author doubted if she was getting a wrong ______.9. Denis-Martin Monty said that people tend to ______ their position when comparing themselves to other people.10. According to David Laibson, comparing with large groups of peers helps because it gives people ______.Part ⅣReading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) Section AQuestions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.Schools looking to ban cell phones may have a new excuse: a growing number of people are developing an allergy (过敏) to metal in the devices. We all know that food allergies are on the rise—a study last year placed the rate at 1 per 70 children, compared with 1 in 250 in the 1970s. But at last month's meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, allergists reported that many substances that once seemed harmless are now leading to allergic reactions too.Allergies can develop when young bodies come into contact with a new substance, and an increasing number of kids have early exposure to tech tools and "adult" products that can lead to a lifetime of reactions. For instance, the nickel hardware often used on phone trim and faceplates can lead to red, itchy (发痒的) skin where the phone is pressed against the face of someone who developed a nickel allergy at a young age. It's especially problematic for women, says Luz Fonacier, an allergist who presented at the conference. Young girls are often first exposed to nickel when they get their ears pierced, and therefore are more likely to develop a sensitivity to the metal that can cause allergic reactions later on.Temporary tattoos (刺青) could be another new allergy trigger. They share a coloring matter used in hair dyes, which can lead to problems down the line. "You might have kids developing the sensitivity now, and then finding out only when they're much older and decide to dye their hair, then have an attack," says Fonacier. Foods that were once considered low risk, like pumpkin, are now causing some allergic reactions too.So what's behind all these new allergens? Some researchers believe that as humans live in cleaner, safer, more disease-free environments, the immune system—given less to do thanks to antibiotics and Clorox—turns on substances once considered safe. Others note that children are being exposed to more and more new foods and foreign substances at earlier ages, which could up the chances of developing a sensitivity. To be safe, Fonacier recommends that children avoid piercing until after age 10. And it's all just another reason to keep those cell phones and temporary tats away from young hands.47. Allergists said some allergic reactions are now caused by many substances once considered ______.48. Phone trim with nickel can lead to allergic reactions if the phone user ______to nickel at a young age.49. Temporary tattoos could ______ allergy because of a coloring mattering they contain.50. According to some researchers, humans' ______ is becoming sensitive to some substances due to the use of antibiotics and Clorox. 51. To reduce the chance of developing a sensitivity, children are advised to ______ before 10.Section BQuestions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.Researchers at the University of California-Berkeley are challenging our long-held belief that humans are hard-wired to be selfish. Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection was misinterpreted by his male popularizers, the researchers say. Rather than "every man for himself", Darwin believed that humans are successful as a species precisely because of our nurturing, selfless and compassionate traits.Why has it taken so long for Darwin's central revelation to be properly interpreted? "We've had too many men in social science," Berkeley psychology professor Dacher Keltner told me in an interview. "Female scientists acknowledge that 'fight or flight' is part of human nature, but so is caring for people." This is no touchy-feely feminist theory. Hard science is showing how the human capacity to care is wired into our brains and nervous systems.In my book Passages in Caregiving, I urge women who assume the whole responsibility for taking care of an elderly parent or chronically ill spouse to build a Circle of Care. Reach out to your brothers and sisters, friends, neighbors and community volunteers to help you care, because no one can perform this overwhelming role alone. You will be as stunned as I to learn how the most selfless caregivers are rewarded with greater longevity (寿命). Stephanie Brown, associate professor of preventive medicine at SUNY-Stony Brook, followed a group of older adults caring for family members with dementia and other illnesses. If they offered care more than 14 hours a week, they were less likely to die in a seven-year period than their peers."Survival of the Kindest" is not just a theory. It is becoming a revolutionary cultural movement. There are many signs that caring is gaining currency. Keltner, who has been studying the science of this instinct for 15 years, says we are coming to the end of our cycle of greed. Berkeley and Stanford universities now have compassion centers devoted to the study and teaching of this theory. It will run up against hostility among the Hobbesians. Ayn Rand wrote, "If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of selfishness that men have to reject." As Americans, we have a cultural bias against caring.Oh, sure, we give our families gifts generously during the holiday season, but in a capitalist system based on unrestrained competition, we worry that if we care, we lose. Compassion is a woman's word. In men, it's cast as weak, when in fact it makes us stronger under stress and more highly respected by our peers. For so long we have repeated the careless saying "Nice guys finish last." But the 40 richestAmericans who took the Giving Pledge to commit half their fortunes to doing good are no spring chickens. Here is my reinterpretation: Nice guys die last.52. According to the Berkeley researchers, Darwin's central revelation is ______.[A] humans are born to be selfish [B] selfless makes us a successful species[C] fight is not part of human nature [D] care is related to our nervous system53. Professor Dacher Keltner holds that caring for people ______.[A] takes people's time and put them at a disadvantage[B] is the nature of humans just like "fight or flight"[C] isn't a human capacity connected with our brains[D] isn't supported by males due to fierce competition54. What does Stephanie Brown's study reveal?[A] Selfless caregivers tend to have a longer lifespan.[B] Caregivers are more likely to die from heavy workload.[C] Caregivers should turn to community volunteers for help.[D] The longer a person offers care, the less likely he is to die.55. The author quotes Ayn Rand to support the opinion that ______.[A] women should be selfless in order to live longer[B] people must be selfless to maintain the society[C] the cycle of greed must be ended immediately[D] compassion centers are necessary to a civilization56. The author suggests a man with compassion.[A] will live longer than those without it[B] is often regarded as a coward and loser[C] is more likely to be respected by his peers[D] has much greater difficulty in successPassage TwoQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.Compared with elderly parents and adult children in five other industrialized nations, Americans are twice as likely to have "disharmonious" relationships, a new multinational study has found. And we're correspondingly less likely to have "friendly" relationships marked by strong affection and relatively free of conflict. The study of nearly 2,700 parents over age 65, published recently in The Journal of Marriage and Family, turned up significant national differences. German and Spanish parents described relationships with their adult children as more detached. The English reported the most friendly families. Israelis operated with a high degree of ambivalence, meaning they indicated strong positive and negative emotions. Norwegians placed somewhere in the middle. And Americans took the prize for conflict—defined as a higher incidence of arguing and criticism. "American families can be characterized by greater strain," said Merril Silverstein, a social gerontologist (老年学专家) at the University of Southern California and the study's lead author.Let's not overstate our conflict. Most American parents —51 percent of the United States sample—still managed to maintain positive connections with their children, and so did a plurality of (多数) those surveyed in other countries. Though the survey didn't attempt to point reasons for discord, the researchers have some theories. They chose countries with very different social policies and with a variety of cultural values relating to families, and they believe these play a role."Though it might be invisible, our choices and our emotions are shaped by the options that are available or not available to us," said Dr. Silverstein. "And that's influenced by where we live." In countries without strong governmental support for the elderly, for example, "families are compelled to care for each other, and it forces them into situations they might not want to be in." Norwegians, for instance, enjoy virtually lifetime state assistance. They don't have to be as deeply involved in their parents' care as, say, Spaniards or Americans. "The idea that families should care for their own is deep-rooted in U.S. ideology," Dr. Silverstein said. But government support is weaker, with more gaps, so we frequently feel we have to face the not-always-harmonious consequences.Cultural variations also enter the equation. In Spain, a far higher proportion of the elderly participants—22.5 percent—lived with their children than was the case in the other nations, a situation that might ease feelings of detachment. As for the English, they have strong social supports, but they also have a cultural tendency to inhibit the expression of strong negative emotion. Israelis, on the other hand, let it all hang out.57. What is said about the relationships between parents and adult children in different countries?[A] Spanish parents have the closest attachment with their adult children.[B] Israelis take a negative attitude to the parents and children relationships.[C] Americans have most disharmonious parents and children relationships.[D] Norwegian people show the relationships in the friendliest way.58. What do we learn from the second paragraph?[A] The majority of parents in the world keep positive connections with children.[B] Most parents don't get along well with their adult children, especially in US.[C] American parents are the most successful in dealing with parent-children relationships.[D] Conflict has been a striking theme in the relationships of parents and their children.59. According to Dr. Silverstein, what is the cause of the problem of American families?[A] The distance between children and elderly parents.[B] The conflict between independence and poor support.[C] The too much parental involvement in children's life.[D] The frequent conflicts between different generations.60. In a disharmonious relationship, Israelis have the cultural tendency to ______.[A] swallow their disappointments [B] express their negative emotions[C] live together to ease detachment [D] solve the conflict in public61. What is the passage mainly about?[A] Social customs in developed countries.[B] Governmental support in the United Sates.[C] Population condition in remote regions.[D] Family relationships in different countries.Part ∨ClozeChildren have been said to have brain-injured child syndrome, hyperactive (极度活跃的) child syndrome and attention-deficit disorder (ADD). As early as the 1940's, psychiatrists have (62) children with hyperactivity and extremely distracted and impulsive. These frequent name changes show how (63) researchers are about the causes of the problem and the diagnostic (诊断的) (64) for the disorders.In the past several years, the people who study attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have (65) to clarify the disorder's causes and (66) ., and have reasons to believe that it may be (67) . Today's view on this disorder is very different from the beliefs of just a few years ago.Researchers are finding that ADHD is not a disorder of just attention, but is from a developmental (68) in the brain's circuitry and self-control. The loss of self-control (69) other important brain functions compulsory for (70) attention. ADHD (71) two sets of symptoms: inattention and a (72) of hyperactive and impulsive behaviors. Most children are more active and (73) than adults are. Children are more inconsistent, (74) by brief actions. The younger the child, the (75) aware of time they are. This behavior is a (76) of a problem when it is displayed more in them than in their (77) . Boys are at least three times more (78) than girls to have ADHD. Studies have found that ADHD in boys outnumbers girls 9 to 1; this is because boys are genetically likely to develop disorders in the nervous system. These behaviors (79) occur between the ages of 3 and 5. (80) , some children don't start to develop the disorder until late childhood or early adolescence. Researchers are unable to find the reasons for this (81) . 62. [A] formulated [B] labeled[C] patented [D] licensed63. [A] skeptical [B] unaware[C] unexpected [D] uncertain64. [A] criteria [B] requirements[C] legislation [D] measures65. [A] initiated [B] commenced[C] originated [D] embarked66. [A] symptoms [B] defects[C] diseases [D] syndromes67. [A] ethnic [B] intrinsic[C] genetic [D] inherent68. [A] absence [B] lack[C] success [D] failure69. [A] degrades [B] weakens[C] performs [D] fulfils70. [A] sustaining [B] entertaining[C] maintaining [D] retaining71. [A] implies [B] possesses[C] relates [D] involves72. [A] correlation [B] coherence[C] combination [D] cooperativeness73. [A] distractive [B] irrational[C] competitive [D] controversial74. [A] effected [B] affected[C] conceived [D] endeavored75. [A] more [B] less[C] much [D] little76. [A] sign [B] signal[C] mark [D] symbol77. [A] parents [B] equivalents[C] followers [D] peers78. [A] infectious [B] accessible[C] prone [D] inclined79. [A] presumably [B] incidentally[C] obviously [D] generally80. [A] Nevertheless [B] Moreover[C] Therefore [D] Furthermore81. [A] pause [B] postpone[C] delay [D] recessionPart ⅥTranslationDirections: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2.82. Hardly had Magellan discovered the strait______(他便以自己的名字为其命名了)．83. The losses caused by the flood ______(估计超过了政府的预期).84. Because the other witnesses were killed mysteriously, he______(成了这个案件中唯一的证人).85. The problem will not be solved，______(除非你设法找到相关专家).86. The more successful people are ______(更可能经历极端的不幸).Key to Model Test(1)Part ⅠWriting[范文一]Can Knowledge Change One's Destiny?(1) Some people have always believed that knowledge can change their destiny. Most of them are those from undeveloped areas, and by knowledge they usually mean diploma.(2) They believe that if they send the kids in the family to college and the kids get a diploma, they can change the kids' destiny from doing farm work to enjoy a modern and advanced life in the city. (3) However, some hold a different view. They say that in today's society, knowledge alone is not enough to change one's destiny. (4) To succeed in this complicated age, one needs not only knowledge, but also good communicating skills and a wide horizon, which cannot be easily learned in class. Knowledge itself is also more complicated than before. With technologies constantly advancing, one needs good learning ability to keep up with the time.(5) In my opinion, knowledge is essential, but it is not everything. To change the destiny, one needs to keep learning various skills, to widen his horizons, and to[范文一]Can Knowledge Change One's Destiny?(1) For thousands of years, human beings have been using their knowledge to improve their life and change the world around them.(2) Farmers use knowledge to grow more crops, workers use knowledge to make better devices, and scientists use knowledge on various inventions.(3) In one word, some people believe knowledge has changed and is still changing our destiny.(4) Meanwhile, there are some people who have a different voice. They say the world today is too complicated. You may have a lot of knowledge, but that doesn't mean you will succeed. There will always be someone who knows more than you, or even(5) takes advantage of your knowledge. Your knowledge can't ensure you a bright future, so why bother learning them at the first place? You can use the time to learn something else.(6) In my view, though knowledge doesn't definitely mean success, it is much more reliable than opportunism. Knowledge is essential in any case, and others can't take away the knowledge in your own mind.Part ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) 1．[B]。

大学英语六级（2013年12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷126(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Writing 2. Listening Comprehension 3. 4. Reading Comprehension 5. TranslationPart I Writing1．For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark “When it comes to success, there are no shortcuts. “You can give examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.正确答案：There Is No Shortcut to Success [1] There are many ways to success, such as a strong will, an intelligent mind or long lasting passions. Whichever way one take, one will find [2] the truth that there are no shortcuts on the way to success. [3] Just as the saying goes, “No pains, no gains.” Success can only be achieved by those who are working hard and have great perseverance and enthusiasm.[4] Firstly, without [6] exerting oneself, one could never expect to achieve success. Although having been equipped with outstanding skills, [5] Wang Hao, the famous player of table tennis always trains hard for every championship. [4] Secondly, perseverance is one of the prerequisites to one’s success. In the British Museum, with his unremitting perseverance of almost forty years, [5] Karl Marx has been searching for materials incessantly and finally accomplished his world-known masterpiece [6] Das Kapital. [4] Thirdly, the enthusiasm for work is also indispensable. [5] Albert Einstein once said, “Enthusiasm is the best teacher for things and it is far more important than responsibility.”[7] Rome wasn’t built in a day. The journey to success is full of [6] ups and downs. [8] The shortest way to success is to [6] work our ass off with great perseverance and passions.解析：[1]指出成功路很多，引出话题[2]结合题目引语[3]引用谚语，引入主题，统领下文的论述[4]分别论述成功的三条途径[5]分别以王皓奋斗、马克思著书、爱因斯坦名言为例，论证更充分有力[6]亮点词汇：exerting oneself“奋发努力”：Das Kapital，“《资本论》”；ups and downs“盛衰，沉浮”；work our ass off “拼尽全力做某事.[7]引用俗语“冰冻三尺非一日之寒”总结全文[8]呼应主题Part II Listening ComprehensionSection A听力原文：W: Do you want me to explain these questions before me exam? M: What’s the point? I don’t understand a single word in it!It seems as if they were written in a foreign language. Q: What can we learn from the conversation?A．The man doesn’t know any foreign languages.B．The man has to know how to write in a foreign language.C．The woman has some problems with the exam.D．The man has no idea of what the exam-related materials mean.正确答案：D解析：男士的话I don’t understand a single word in it(我一个词都不懂)为听音重点，D)中的has no idea of 对应don’t understand，the exam-related materials对应it，故答案为D)。

大学英语六级（2013年12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷246(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Writing 2. Listening Comprehension 3. Reading Comprehension 4. TranslationPart I Writing1．Directions：For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled How to Be Creative by commenting on this remark by a creativity expert，“If you’re not prepared to be wrong，you’ll never come up with anything original．”You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words．Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1．正确答案：How to Be Creative A creativity expert said: “If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.”This enlightening remark points out clearly the way to be creative. If you want to be creative, you shouldn’t be frightened of making mistakes. Being creative is not easy, because you have to think out of the box and keep on trying. Breaking away from established patterns which we used to be comfortable with requires lots of courage. Perhaps there is no example better than the story of Thomas Edison. In order to invent a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb, he tried thousands of different materials. After tons of failure, people began to mock at him and didn’t believe that he could succeed. However, he stuck with it and finally made a great achievement. The light bulbs have greatly changed the world. When asked to comment on his failure, he said: “I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.”To sum up, being creative is tough and calls for courage to defeat the fear of making mistakes. If you are afraid of being wrong, you’ll never be creative.解析：这是一篇观点阐释型的作文，要求考生就创意专家的话“如果你没做好犯错的准备，你就永远不会有创新”发表个人意见。

2013年6月6级部分答案2013-6-1611.W: What's wrong with your phone, Gary? I tried to call you all night yesterday.M: I'm sorry. No one's able to get through yesterday. My telephone was disconnected by the phone company.Q: What does the woman ask the man about?12.W: I finally found a really nice apartment that's within my price range.M: Congratulations! Affordable housing is rare in this city. I've been looking for a suitable place since I got here six months ago.Q: What does the man mean?13.M: I got this in my mailbox today, but I don't know what it is. Do you have any idea?W: Oh, that's your number for the new photocopier. It acquires an access code. Everyone got one.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?14.W: Jane told me that you'll be leaving at soon. Is it true?M: Yeah, my wife's maternity leave is close to an end. And since she wants to go back to work, I've decided to take a year off to raise the baby.Q: What does the man mean?15M: We'll never find a parking space here. What about dropping you at thesouth gate and I'll find parking somewhere else.W: Well, OK. It looks like everyone in town came to the mall today.Q: What does the woman mean?16W: When will the computers be back online?M: Probably not until tomorrow. The problem is more complicated than I thought.Q: What does the man mean?17M: Did you catch Professor Smith on TV last night?W: I almost missed it, but my mother just happened to be watching at home and gave me a call.Q: What does the woman imply?18M: May I get this prescription refilled?W: I'm sorry, sir, but we can't give you a refill on that. You'll have to get a new prescription. Q: What can we infer from the conversation?【听力原文】M: So what’s the next thing on the agenda, Mary?W: Well, it’s the South Theater Company. They want to know if we’d be interested in sponsoring a tour they want to make to East Asia.M: East Asia? uhh… and how much are they hoping to get from us?W: Well, the letter mentions 20,000 pounds, but I don’t kno w if they might settle for us. M: Do they say what they would cover? Have they anything specific in mind?W: No, I think they are just asking all the firms in tongue for as much money as they think they’ll give.M: And we are worth 20, 000 pounds, right?W: It seems so.M: Very flattering. But I am not awfully happy with the idea. What we get out of it?W: Oh, good publicity I suppose. So what I suggest is not that we just give them a sum of money, but that we offer to pay for something specific like travel or something, and that in return, we ask for our name to be printed prominently in the program, and that they give us free advertising space in it.M: But the travel bill would be enormous, and we could never manage that.W: I know. But why don’t we offer to pay for the printing of the programs ourselves on condition that on the front cover there's something like This program is presented with the compliments of Norland Electronics, and free advertising of course.M: Good idea. Well, let’s get back to them and ask what the program they want will cost. Then we can see if we are interested or not.Questions 19-21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. What do we learn about the South Theater Company?20. What benefit does the woman say their firm can get by sponsoring the Theater Company?21. What does the woman suggest they do instead of paying the South Theater Company’s travel expenses?【总评】这是一篇关于sponsorship（赞助）的商务对话。

2013年6月英语六级真题及答案Part I WritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of Due Attention Should Be Given to the Study of Chinese Yo u should write at Chinese. least 120 words following the outline given belo w:1.近年来在学生中出现了忽视中文学习的现象；2.出现这种现象的原因和后果；3我认为…Given Due Attention Should Be Given to the Study of ChinesePart II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minute s)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage qu ickly and answer the questions on Answer sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choo se the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For qu estions 8-10, complete the sen-tences with the information given in the pas sage. Welcome,Freshmen. Have an iPod.Taking a step that many professors may view as a bit counterproductive, so me colleges and universities are doling out Apple iPhones and Internet-cap able iPods to their students.The always-on Internet devices raise some novel possibilities, like tracking where students gather together. With far less controversy, colleges could s end messages about canceled classes, delayed buses, campus crises or just the cafeteria menu.While schools emphasize its usefulness —online research in class and inst ant polling of students, for example — a big part of the attraction is, undou btedly, that the iPhone is cool and a hit with students. Being equipped with one of the most recent cutting-edge IT products could just help a college o r university foster a cutting-edge reputation.Apple stands to win as well, hooking more young consumers with decades of technology pur-chases ahead of them. The lone losers, some fear, could be professors.Students already have laptops and cell phones, of course, but the newest de vices can take class distractions to a new level. They practically beg a user to ignore the long-suffering professor strug-gling to pass on accumulated wisdom from the front of the room — a prospect that teachers find most irr itating and students view as, well, inevitable.―When it gets a little boring, I might pull it out,‖ acknowledged Naomi Pu gh, a first-year student at Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Term. , referring to her new iPod Touch, which can connect to the Internet over a campus wireless network. She speculated that professors might try even ha rder to make classes interesting if they were to compete with the devices. Experts see a movement toward the use of mobile technology in education, t hough they say it is in its infancy as professors try to come up with useful applications. Providing powerful hand-held devices is sure to fuel debates over the role of technology in higher education.―We think this is the way the future is going to work,‖ said Kyle Dickson, co-director of re-search and the mobile learning initiative at Abilene Christ ian University in Texas, which has bought more than 600 iPhones and 300 iPods for students entering this fall.Although plenty of students take their laptops to class, they don’t take the m everywhere and would prefer something lighter. Abilene Christian settle d on the devices after surveying students and finding that they did not like hauling around their laptops, but that most of them always carried a cell ph one, Dr. Dickson said.It is not clear how many colleges and universities plan to give out iPhones and iPods this fall; officials at Apple were unwilling to talk about the subje ct and said that they would not leak any institution’s plans.―We can’t announce other people’s news,‖said Greg Joswiak, vice presiden t of iPod and iPhone marketing at Apple. He also said that he could not dis cuss discounts to universities for bulk purchases.At least four institutions — the University of Maryland, Oklahoma Christi an University, Abilene Christian and Freed-Hardeman — have announced t hat they will give the devices to some or all of their students this fall.Other universities are exploring their options. Stanford University has hire d a student-run com-pany to design applications like a campus map and dir ectory for the iPhone. It is considering whether to issue iPhones but not sur e it, snecessary, noting that more than 700 iPhones were registered on the u niversity’s network last year.At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, iPhones might already have been everywhere, if AT&T, the wireless carrier offering the iPhone in the United States,had a more reliable network, said Andrew Yu, mobile devices platform pro ject manager at M.I.T.―We would have probably gone ahead with this, maybe just getting a thous and iPhones and giving them out,‖ Mr. Yusaid.The University of Maryland at College Park is proceeding cautiously, givi ng the iPhone or iPod Touch to 150 students, said Jeffrey Huskamp, vice p resident and chief information officer at the university. ―We don’t think tha t we have all the answers,‖ Mr. Huskamp said. By observing how students use the gadgets, he said, ―We’re trying to get answers from the students.‖At each college, the students who choose to get an iPhone must pay for mo bile phone service. Those service contracts include unlimited data use. Bot h the iPhones and the iPod Touch devices can connect to the Internet throu gh campus wireless networks. With the iPhone, those networks may provid e faster connections and longer battery life than A T&T’s data network. Many cell phones allow users to surf the Web, but only some newer ones are c apable of wireless connection to the local area computer network. University officials say that they have no plans to track their students (and Apple said it would not be possible unless students give their permission). They say that they are drawn to the prospect of learning applications outsid e the classroom, though such lesson plans have yet to surface.―My colleagues and I are studying something called augmented reality (a f ield of computer research dealing with the combination of real-world and v irtual reality),‖ said Christopher Dede, professor in learning technologies a t Harvard University. ―Alien Contact,‖ for example, is an exer-cise develop ed for middle-school students who use hand-held devices that can determin e their location. As they walk around a playground or other area, text, vide o or audio pops up at various points to help them try to figure out why alie ns were in the schoolyard.―You can imagine similar kinds of interactive activities along historical lin es,‖ like following the Freedom Trail in Boston, Professor Dede said. ―It’s important that we do research, so that we know how well something like th is works.‖The rush to distribute the devices worries some professors, who say that st udents are less likely to participate in class if they are multi-tasking. ―I’m n ot someone who’s anti-technology, but I,m always worried that technology becomes an end in and of itself, and it replaces teaching or it replaces analysis,,’ said Ellen Millender, associate professor of classics at Reed College in Portland, Ore. (She added that she hoped to buy an iPhone for herself on ce prices fall.)Robert Summers, who has taught at Cornell Law School for about 40 years , announced this week — in a detailed, footnoted memorandum —that he would ban laptop computers from his class on contract law.―I would ban that too if I knew the students were using it in class,‖ Profess or Summers said of the iPhone, after the device and its capabilities were ex plained to him. ―What we want to encour-age in these students is an active intellectual experience, in which they develop the wide range of complex r easoning abilities required of good lawyers.‖The experience at Duke University may ease some concerns. A few years a go, Duke began giving iPods to students with the idea that they might use t hem to record lectures (these older models could not access the Internet). ―We had assumed that the biggest focus of these devices would be consum ing the content,‖ said Tracy Futhey, vice president for information technol ogy and chief information officer at Duke.But that is not all that the students did. They began using the iPods to creat e their own ―content,‖ making audio recordings of themselves and presenti ng them. The students turned what could have been a passive interaction in to an active one, Ms. Futhey said. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

2013年6月英语六级考试真题试卷（第1套）参考答案听力部分：11-15 BCDAA 16-20 BDCBA 21-25 CDDBC 26-30 ABABD 31-35 BCDAB36. Included37. categories38. similar39. acquaintance40. recently41. volunteer42. citizen43. indicative44. You believe you have leadership abilities and your boss put you in charge of a new work team45. He thought he was a good public official, but the voters obviously thought otherwise46. A student writes what he thinks is an excellent composition, but the teacher writes no encouraging remarks仔细阅读部分：52-56 ADBCB 57-61 ABDDC完形填空部分：62-81 ACBAA BCDDB CDABC DABCD2013年6月英语六级考试真题试卷（第2套）参考答案听力部分：11-15 DCADC 16-20 AABAC 21-26 BBDBC 26-30 DBADB 31-35 CDABC36. qualities37. charming38. unpredictable39. encounter40. relaxed41. participant42. initiative43. personality44. often fascinates people and needs them to treat the machine as if it were almost human45. By introducing a degree of forcefulness and humor, the machine could be presented as a vivid and unique character46. if it simulated the gradual changes that occur when one person is getting to know another仔细阅读部分：52-56 DBABC 57-61 DAACB完形填空部分：62-66 CDBCA 67-71 BCDAD 72-76 ACDBB 77-81 ADCBA2013年6月英语六级考试真题试卷（第3套）参考答案听力部分：11-15 ACCDB 16-20 ACBBD 21-25 CCDBD 26-30 CABCB 31-35 CDDCA36. lie37. associated38. assign39. spent40. difficulty41. dislike42. afford43. infant44. she is entitled to a place of her own where she can be by herself, and keep her possessions45. people will have their private thoughts that might never be shared with anyone46. Americans' houses, yards, and even their offices can seem open and inviting. Yet in the minds of Americans, there are boundaries that other people are simply not supposed to cross仔细阅读部分：52-56 ACABD 57-61 ADBCB完形填空部分：62-66 ACBDA 67-71 BACAD 72-76 BCBDA 77-81 CDBCD。

2013年6月大学英语六级考前全真模拟试题（1）Part ⅠWriting (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Is It Appropriate for College Students to Rent Apartments Outside Campus? You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:1. 简单说明目前大学生在外租房情况2. 对这种情况进行利弊分析3. 根据利弊分析得出结论，表明观点Is It Appropriate for College Students to Rent Apartments Outside CampusPart ⅠWritingIs It Appropriate for College Students to Rent Apartments Outside Campus?Nowadays, many university students do not like to live in a dorm in the campus, but choose to rent apartments outside. If we want to know whether it is appropriate to do so, we should analyze its advantages and disadvantages.The advantages of living outside campus are obvious. Students who live outside can enjoy more freedom and have more independence. For senior students, they may also have more opportunities for jobs. But there are also many disadvantages. For instance, they may have less time to know other students, they have to spend time traveling forth and back, their life may be less interesting, and it is obviously more expensive and less safe to live outside.Considering the advantages and disadvantages, I think students should decide according to their own situations. If they want to save money and have more time to study and more contacts with other students, it is better for them to live inside the campus. But if they value freedom and independence more than anything else and do not have to worry about the costs, it is also appropriate for them to。

2013年全国大学生英语六级考试模拟试题及答案详解Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a compositionon the topic: Travel-mate Wanted. You should write at least 150 word following the outline given below:假设你是李明，假期即将到来，你打算做一次为期三周的旅行，希望找个外国朋友作为游伴(Travel-mate)。

拟一个寻游伴的启事，交代清楚日程安排、费用分担情况、对对方的要求等，并说明对方和你一起出游的好处。

Travel-mate WantedPart II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quicklyand answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-4, markY (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.For questions 5-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Is College Really Worth the Money?The Real WorldEste Griffith had it all figured out. When she graduated from the Universityof Pittsburgh in April 2001, she had her sights set on one thing: working for a labor union.The real world had other ideas. Griffith left school with not only a degree,but a boatload of debt. She owed $15,000 in student loans and had racked up $4,000 in credit card debt for books, groceries and other expenses. No labor union job could pay enough to bail her out.So Griffith went to work instead for a Washington, D.C. firm that specializesin economic development. Problem solved? Nope. At age 24, she takes home about $1,800a month, $1,200 of which disappears to pay her rent. Add another $180 a month to retire her student loans and $300 a month to whittle down her credit card balance. "You do the math," she says.Griffith has practically no money to live on. She brown-bags(自带午餐)her lunchand bikes to work. Above all, she fears she'll never own a house or be able to retire. It's not that she regrets getting her degree. "But they don't tell you that thetrade-off is the next ten years of your income," she says.That's precisely the deal being made by more and more college students. They're mortgaging their futures to meet soaring tuition costs and other college expenses. Like Griffith, they're facing a one-two punch at graduation: hefty(深重的)student loans and smothering credit card debt—not to mention a job market that, for now anyway, is dismal."We are forcing our children to make a choice between two evils," says Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard Law professor and expert on bankruptcy. "Skip college and face a life of diminished opportunity. or go to college and face a life shackled(束缚)bydebt."Tuition HikesFor some time, colleges have insisted their steep tuition hikes are needed topay for cutting-edge technologies, faculty and administration salaries, and rising health care costs. Now there's a new culprit(犯人): shrinking state support. Caughtin a severe budget crunch, many states have sharply scaled back their funding for higher education.Someone had to make up for those lost dollars. And you can guess who—especially if you live in Massachusetts, which last year hiked its tuition and fees by 24 percent, after funding dropped by 3 percent, or in Missouri, where appropriations(拨款)fellby 10 percent, but tuition rose at double that rate. About one-third of the states,in fact, have increased tuition and fees by more than 10 percent.One of those states is California, and Janet Burrell's family is feeling thepain. A bookkeeper in Torrance, Burrell has a daughter at the University of California at Davis Meanwhile, her sons attend two-year colleges because Burrell can't afford to have all of them in four-year schools at once.Meanwhile, even with tuition hikes, California's community colleges are sostrapped for cash they dropped thousands of classes last spring. The result: 54,000 fewer students.Collapsing InvestmentsMany families thought they had a surefire plan: even if tuition kept skyrocketing,they had invested enough money along the way to meet the costs. Then a funny thinghappened on the way to Wall Street. Those investments collapsed with the stock market. Among the losers last year: the wildly popular "529" plans—federal tax-exemptcollege savings plans offered by individual states, which have attracted billionsfrom families around the country. "We hear from many parents that what they had set aside declined in value so much that they now don't have enough to see their students through," says Penn State financial aid director Anna Griswold, who witnessed a 10 percent increase in loan applications last year. Even with a market that may be slowly recovering, it will take time, perhaps several years, for people to recoup(补偿)their losses.Nadine Sayegh is among those who didn't have the luxury of waiting for her collegenest egg to grow back. Her father had invested money toward her tuition, but a large chunk of it vanished when stocks went south. Nadine was then only partway through college. By graduation, she had taken out at least $10,000 in loans, and her motherhad borrowed even more on her behalf. Now 22, Nadine is attending law school, having signed for yet more loans to pay for that. "There wasn't any way to do it differently,"she says, "and I'm not happy about it. I've sat down and calculated how long it willtake me to pay off everything. I'll be 35 years old." That's if she's very lucky:Nadine based her calculation on landing a job right out of law school that will payher at least $120,000 a year.Dependent on Loans and Credit CardsThe American Council on Education has its own calculation that shows how students are more and more dependent on loans. In just five years, from 1995 to 2000, themedian loan debt at public institutions rose from $10,342 to $15,375. Most of this comes from federal loans, which Congress made more tempting in 1992 by expanding eligibility (home equity no longer counts against your assets) and raising loanlimits (a dependent undergraduate can now borrow up to $23,000 from the federal government).But students aren't stopping there. The College Board estimates that they also borrowed $4.5 billion from private lenders in the 2000-2001 academic year, up from $1.5 billion just five years earlier.For lots of students, the worst of it isn't even the weight of those directstudent loans. It's what they rack up on all those plastic cards in their wallets.As of two years ago, according to a study by lender Nellie Mae, more than eight outof ten undergrads had their own credit cards, with the typical student carrying four. That's no big surprise, given the in-your-face marketing by credit card companies, which set up tables on campus to entice(诱惑)students to sign up. Some colleges ban or restrict this hawking, but others give it a boost. You know those credit cards emblazoned with a school's picture or its logo? For sanctioning such a card—amust-have for some students—a college department or association gets payments from the issuer. Meanwhile, from freshman year to graduation, according to the NellieMae study, students triple the number of credit cards they own and double their debton them. As of 2001, they were in the hole an average $2,327.A Wise Choice?One day, Moyer sat down with his mother, Janne O'Donnell, to talk about his goalof going to law school. Don't count on it, O'Donnell told him. She couldn't affordthe cost and Moyer doubted he could get a loan, given how much he owed already. "He said he felt like a failure," O'Donnell recalls. "He didn't know how he had gotteninto such a mess."A week later, the 22-year-old hanged himself in his bedroom, where his motherfound him. O'Donnell is convinced the money pressures caused his suicide. "Sean tried to pay his debts off," she says. "And he couldn't take it."To be sure, suicides are exceedingly rare. But despair is common, and itsometimes leads students to rethink whether college was worth it. In fact, thereare quite a few jobs that don't require a college degree, yet pay fairly well. On average, though, college graduates can expect to earn 80 percent more than those with only a high school diploma. Also, all but two of the 50 highest paying jobs(the exceptions being air traffic controllers and nuclear power reactor operators) require a four-year college degree. So foregoing a college education is often nota wise choice.Merit Mikhail, who graduated last June from the University of California,Riverside, is glad she borrowed to get through school. But she left Riverside owing $20,000 in student loans and another $7,000 in credit card debt. Now in law school, Merit hopes to become a public-interest attorney, yet she may have to postpone that goal, which bothers her. To handle her debt, she'll probably need to start with amore lucrative(有利的)legal job.Like so many other students. Mikhail took out her loans on a kind of blind faiththat she could deal with the consequences. "You say to yourself, 'I have to go into debt to make it work, and whatever it takes later, I'll manage.'" Later has now arrived, and Mikhail is finding out the true cost of her college degree.1. Griffith worked for a firm that specialized in economic development in Washington D.C. because she needed money to pay for her debt.2. The only problem the students are facing at graduation is the dismal job market.3. One reason why colleges increase tuition and fees is that the state supportis shrinking.4. Nearly all the families can manage to meet the soaring tuition costs through various investment plans.5. According to Nadine's calculation, she can pay off all her debt when she is________ if she can get a salary of $120,000 a year right out of law school.6. Students get money from not only federal loans but also ________.7. The college department or association can get payments from the issuer ifit sanctions credit cards decorated with ________.8. O'Donnell thinks that the cause of her 22-year-old son's suicide is ________.9. The author says that foregoing a college education is often not a wise choice because ________ of the 50 highest paying jobs require a four-year college degree except for air traffic controllers and nuclear power reactor operators.10. Merit will have to start with a more lucrative legal job instead of herfavorite position—a public-interest attorney because she has to ________.Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions orincomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words on Answer Sheet 2. Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.Scientists say they have high hopes for a drug that could one day provide a new form of treatment for HIV-AIDS. A compound, which interferes with an elusive protein used by the HIV virus to infect human cells, has worked extremely well in monkeys. If the drug proves effective in human trials, scientists say, it could bolster(加强)the effectiveness of two existing AIDS drugs, particularly in fightingdrug-resistant strains of the virus.Researchers at the pharmaceutical(制药的)company Merck are very excited about an experimental drug, which has worked as well in monkeys infected with a primate version of the virus as any of the existing anti-AIDS drugs.It works by blocking one of three proteins, or enzymes, the HIV virus uses togain entrance into and infect human immune system cells.Inhibitor drugs have been developed to block two of the proteins, to slow progression of the disease after infection. They have become standard therapy asa "cocktail" for people infected with HIV.Those enzymes are reverse transcriptase (转录酶)and protease(蛋白酶). The first converts the virus' genetic material into that of its host cells. The second chopsup the resulting larger proteins into smaller pieces, producing smaller viral particles that infect new cells.The third prong of cellular attack is a protein called integrase(整合酶), which experts say has been harder to block. Once HIV fools host cells by changing its genetic information so it can enter them, integrase acts like a cut and paste operation in a word processor, deleting an immune cell's genetic material and replacing it with its own.An integrase inhibitor would give doctors a third line of attack against HIV infection, according to virologist Daria Hazuda of the division of Virus and Cell Biology at Merck."This would offer a third class of anti-retroviral medications that can becombined with reverse transcriptase inhibitors and protease inhibitors. And sinceit is a new mechanism of action, these compounds are active against multi-drug resistant variants. So variants that are resistant to all current therapies havebeen selected in HIV-patients," she said.Current anti-AIDS drugs eventually become resistant to therapy, or stop working, because the virus changes its shape.While researchers are encouraged by the success with the compound's effectiveness in monkey trials, developing a drug that is equally effective in humans can be difficult.Steven Young is executive director of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at Merck. He says, if scientists find a compound that is equally effective in people,the company would ask U.S. regulators to speed approval of the drug."Yeah, I really think that's what we're hoping for," he said. "I mean, we needto get data that show it has robust anti-viral effects in people. And if we're ableto get that data, I think we would petition for fast track status."Dr. Young says an integrase inhibitor has the potential to prevent drug resistance."To ensure our best chance of preventing resistance, we would give this as part of a cocktail therapy," he added. "And I think it's really our plan that we wouldtest this with reverse transcriptase inhibitors and protease inhibitors, as well." 47. If the drug proves effective in human trials, it could enhance the effectiveness of existing AIDS drugs in ________.48. What has become standard cocktail therapy?49. While integrase deletes an immune cell's genetic material and replaces itwith its own, it acts like ________ in a word processor.50. Why would anti-AIDS drugs stop working?51. According to Steven Young, if scientists get the data that ________, they would petition for fast track status.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 and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.Occasional self-medication has always been part of normal living. The makingand selling of drugs have a long history and are closely linked, like medical practice itself, with the belief in magic. Only during the last hundred years or so has the development of scientific techniques made it possible for some of the causes of symptoms to be understood, so that more accurate diagnosis has become possible. The doctor is now able to follow up the correct diagnosis of many illnesses with specific treatment of their causes. In many other illnesses, of which the causes remain unknown, it is still limited, like the unqualified prescriber, to the treatment of symptoms. The doctor is trained to decide when to treat symptoms only and when to attack the cause: this is the essential difference between medical prescribing andself-medication.The advance of technology has brought about much progress in some fields of medicine, including the development of scientific drug therapy. In many countriespublic health organization is improving and people's nutritional standards haverisen. Parallel with such beneficial trends have two adverse effects. One is theuse of high-pressure advertising by the pharmaceutical industry, which has tendedto influence both patients and doctors and has led to the overuse of drugs generally. The other is the emergence of the sedentary society with its faulty ways of life:lack of exercise, over-eating, unsuitable eating, insufficient sleep, excessivesmoking and drinking. People with disorders arising from faulty habits such as these,as well as from unhappy human relationships, often resort to self-medication andso add the taking of pharmaceuticals to the list. Advertisers go to great lengthsto catch this market.Clever advertising, aimed at chronic sufferers who will try anything becausedoctors have not been able to cure them, can induce such faith in a preparation, particularly if steeply priced, that it will produce—by suggestion—a very realeffect in some people. Advertisements are also aimed at people suffering from mild complaints such as simple colds and coughs, which clear up by themselves within a short time.These are the main reasons why laxatives, indigestion remedies, painkillers,tonics, vitamin and iron tablets and many other preparations are found in quantityin many households. It is doubtful whether taking these things ever improves aperson's health; it may even make it worse. Worse because the preparation may contain unsuitable ingredients; worse because the taker may become dependent on them; worse because they might be taken in excess; worse because they may cause poisoning, and worse of all because symptoms of some serious underlying cause may be masked and therefore medical help may not be sought.52. The first paragraph is intended to ________.[A] suggest that self-medication has a long history[B] define what diagnosis means exactly[C] praise doctors for their expertise[D] tell the symptoms from the causes53. Advertisements are aimed at people suffering from mild complaints because ________.[A] they often watch ads on TV[B] they are more likely to buy the drugs advertised[C] they generally lead a sedentary life[D] they don't take to sports and easily catch colds54. Paragraphs 2 and 3 explain ________.[A] those good things are not without side effects[B] why clever advertising is so powerful[C] why in modern times self-medication is still practised[D] why people develop faulty ways of life55. The author tells us in paragraph 4 ________.[A] the reasons for keeping medicines at home[B] people's doubt about taking drugs[C] what kind of medicine people should prepare at home[D] the possible harms self-medication may do to people56. The best title for the passage would be ________.[A] Medical Practice [B] Clever Advertising[C] Self-Medication [D] Self-TreatmentPassage TwoQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.The age of gilded youth is over. Today's under-thirties are the first generationfor a century who can expect a lower living standard than their parents.Research into the lifestyles and prospects of people who were born since 1970 shows that they are likely to face a lifetime of longer working hours, lower job security and higher taxes than the previous generation.When they leave work late in the evening, they will be more likely to returnto a small rented flat than to a house of their own. When, eventually, they retire, their pensions are far lower in real terms than those of their immediate forebears. These findings are revealed in a study of the way the ageing of Britain'spopulation is affecting different generations.Anthea Tinker, professor of social gerontology(老人学)at King's College London, who carried out much of the work, said the growth of the proportion of people over 50 had reversed the traditional flow of wealth from older to younger generations. "Today's older middle-aged and elderly are becoming the new winners," she said. "They made relatively small contributions in tax but now make relatively big claims on the welfare system. Generations born in the last three to four decades face the prospect of handing over more than a third of their lifetime's earnings to care for them."The surging number of older people, many living alone, has also increased demand for property and pushed up house prices. While previous generations found it easy to raise a mortgage, today's under-thirties have to live with their parents or rent.If they can afford to buy a home it is more likely to be a flat than a house.Laura Lenox-Conyngham, 28, grew up in a large house and her mother did not needto work. Unlike her wealthy parents, she graduated with student and postgraduate loan debts of ￡13,000. She now earns about ￡20,000 a year, preparing food to be photographed for magazines. Her home is a one-bedroom flat in central London and she sublets(转租)the lunge sofa-bed to her brother."My father took pity and paid off my student debts," she said. "But I still haveno pension and no chance of buying a property for at least a couple of years—and then it will be something small in a bad area. My only hope is the traditional oneof meeting a rich man."Tinker's research reveals Lenox-Conyngham is representative of many young professionals, especially in London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol.57. By saying "the growth of the proportion...to younger generations." (Line2, Para. 5), Anthea Tinker really means that ________.[A] currently wealth flows from old generation to younger generation[B] traditionally wealth flows from younger generation to old generation[C] with the increasingly big population of over 50, the trend arises that wealthflows from younger generation to old generation[D] with more and more people of over 50, traditions have been reversed58. Why are today's older middle-aged and elderly becoming the new winners?[A] Because they made relatively small contributions in tax, but youngergeneration will possibly hand over more than a third of their lifetime's earningsfor the care of them.[B] Because they contributed a lot in tax and now can claim much on the welfaresystem.[C] Because they made small contributions, but now can make money easily.[D] Because they outnumber younger generation and enjoy more privileges in the present society.59. Which factor pushed up house prices?[A] Many young men, who live alone, have increased demand for houses.[B] Many young men need to rent more houses.[C] It is easy to apply for a mortgage for young generation.[D] The number of older people, many of whom live alone, becomes bigger and bigger.60. In what way does Laura Lenox-Conyngham make her living?[A] By taking photographs for magazines.[B] By marring a rich man.[C] By subletting the lounge sofa-bed to her brother.[D] By preparing food for photographs for some magazines.61. We can conclude from the passage that ________.[A] today's under-thirties are leading a miserable life in Britain[B] Laura Lenox-Conyngham's attitude to work and life represents that of many young professionals in Britain[C] Life can get harder for under-thirties in Britain[D] elders enjoy extremely high living standards in BritainPart V Error Correction (15 minutes)Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word inthe corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it outand put a slash (/) in the blank.Example:Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our periods. 1.time/times/periodMany of the arguments having used for the study of literature 2. /as a school subject are valid for ∧study of television. 3. theMore people than ever are drinking coffee thesedays—but in small quantities than they used to. Some 62. ________manufactures of coffee makers are trying to make 63. ________advantage of this trend by developing diminutivemachines that brew(煮)smaller amounts of coffee.Two U.S. appliance companies—Black & Decker,basing in Towson, Maryland, and Toastmaster Inc. of 64. ________Columbia, Missouri—has recently introduced "drip" 65. ________coffee makers that brew one or two cup servings ofcoffee. Neither of the products brew the coffee 66. ________directly into a cup or mug, eliminating the need for aseparate carafe. Since many people make a pot ofcoffee in the morning and drink only a single cup, the 67. ________new coffee makers should reduce the wasted coffee.Black & Decker's Cup-at-a-Time spends $27, while 68. ________Toastmaster's Coffee Break retails for $20.Black & Decker also makes a coffee makerdrips coffee directly into a carry-around thermal 69. ________carafe. The carafe, a glass vacuum bottle, is supposedto keep the coffee fresh for hours. The product,called the Thermal Carafe Coffee-maker, comes witha built-in lid that opens during the brewing process,closes when it is completed. There are several models, 70. ________including one that fits under the counter, rangingfrom $60 to $110 at price. 71. ________Part VI Translation (5 minutes)Directions: Complete the following sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.72. The area gets ________________(年降雨量不足五厘米).73. The only sounds are bird calls and the soft noise ________________(当水缓缓推动草时草所发出的).74. The visitors planned to ________________(花最少的时间游览公园以外的地方).75. Life is too short ________________(不可每天将时间浪费在看电视上).76. He told the story in such minute detail ________________(简直就像他亲眼看见一样).2012 年12 月英语六级考试模拟试题答案详解Part I WritingTravel-mate WantedI'm a l9-year-old female sophomore named Li Ming. I hereby earnestly invite aforeign young lady—college student preferred—to make a three week touring tripwith me.My plan is to set off next weekend, when the summer vacation officially begins.The first stop is Kunming, the world-renowned city for its beauty and mild temperature. We’ll get there by train and stay for 2 days, and then we’ll headfor Jinggangshan, a former revolutionary base as well as a natural beauty spot.After a 3-day visit there, we will take a long-distance coach to a nearby portcity by the Yangtze River and board a downstream ship to Shanghai, so that we can enjoy the great scenery alongside the third longest river in the world. As everybody knows, Shanghai is one of the busiest and fastest developing cities in China. I’d like to have a good tour in Shanghai, so the stay there will be about half a week.A famous Chinese saying goes, "Just as there is Paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on Earth", so a 4-day visit to these two cities near Shanghai is a must. All together, our trip will last about three weeks.I only expect that my travel-mate could bear her own expenses and talk with me。

2013 年六月英语六级真题及答案完整版（文都）Part III Listening Comprehension 35 minutesSection ADirections:In this section you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the endof each conversation one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both theconversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be apause. During the pause you must read the four choices marked A B C and D and decidewhich is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single linethrough the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。

11. A She has completely recovered.B She went into shock after an operation.C She is still in a critical condition.D She is getting much better.12. A Ordering a breakfast. C Buying a train ticket.B Booking a hotel room. D Fixing a compartment.13.A Most borrowers never returned the books to her.B The man is the only one who brought her book back.C She never expected anyone to return the books to her.D Most of the books she lent out came back without jackets.14. A She left her work early to get some bargains last Saturday.B She attended the supermarket’s grand opening ceremony.C She drove a full hour before finding a parking space.D She failed to get into the supermarket last Saturday.15. A He is bothered by the pain in his neck.B He cannot do his report without a computer.C He cannot afford to have a coffee break.D He feels sorry to have missed the report.16. A Only top art students can show their works in the gallery.B The gallery space is big enough for the man’s paintings.C The woman would like to help with the exibition layout.D The man is uncertain how his art works will be received.17. A The woman needs a temporary replacement for her assistant.B The man works in the same department as the woman does.C The woman will have to stay in hospital for a few days.D The man is capable of dealing with difficult people.18. A It was better than the previous one.B It distorted the mayor’s speech.C It exaggerated the city’s economy problems.D It reflected the opinions of most economists.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A To inform him of a problem they face.B To request him to purchase control desks.C To discuss the content of a project report.D To ask him to fix the dictating machine.20. A They quote the best price in the market.B They manufacture and sell office furniture.C They cannot deliver the steel sheets on time.D They cannot produce the steel sheets needed21. A By marking down the unit price.B By accepting the penalty clauses.C By allowing more time for delivery.D By promising better after-sales service.22. A Give the customer a ten percent discount.B Claim compensation from the stool suppliers.C Ask the Buying Department to change suppliers.D Cancel the contract with the customer.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A Stockbroker. C Mathematician.B Physicist. D Economist.24. A Improve computer programming.B Predict global population growth.C Explain certain natural phenomena.D Promote national financial health.25. A Their different educational backgrounds.B Changing attitudes toward nature.C Chaos theory and its applications.D The current global economic crisis.Section BDirections: In this section you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage you will hearsome questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear aquestion you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A B C and D. Thenmark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2 上作答。