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2009年12月大学英语六级模拟题(2)
2009-11-14来源:和谐英语
Section B
Directions: 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。
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A)Because many people believe in old ways of predicting weather.
B)Because city dwellers have no other ways of predicting weather.
C)Because it is based on long experience and observation.
D)Because we have no other origins of foretelling weather.
27. A)Because human beings are close to nature.
B)Because human beings depend on weather forecasting warnings.
C)Because senses of ours are not useful as that of animals.
D)Because human beings don't depend on the senses.
28. A)Animals’ extraordinary ability to predict weather.
B)Some old ways of weather predicting.
C)The wisdom of ancient people.
D)Why we should pay more respect to animals.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. A)How to drive a car.
B)How to get a driving license in America.
C)Traffic laws and safety rules in America.
D)The age requirement for driving a car.
30. A)You must be at least 16 to start the courses.
B)You need to take a hearing test.
C)You learn to drive in the classroom.
D)You can drive only when another person is in the car.
31. A) When you complete classroom instruction.
B)The federal government set the rules for getting a license.
C)You need to take a test to get a license.
D)A Learner’s Permit is not a certificate ensuring you to drive.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. A)They were too busy working to learn to read .
B)Their owners were afraid they could read.
C)They had no one to teach them to read.
D)They thought reading was not necessary.
33. A)They were severely punished. B)They were treated well.
C)They were sold to another white man. D)They were given different work.
34. A)Some slaves were brought to America in the 20 th century.
B)Slaves were not treated as people.
C)Being brutal to slaves was agaist the law.
D)No slave owner was ever punished for their brutality.
35. A)There were laws that protected the rights of slaves.
B)Nobody in the U.S. disagreed with slavery before 1800.
C)There was progress in the opposition to slavery.
D)The end of the Civil War enabled blacks to enjoy equality.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times, when the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea .When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information .For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
The American economic system is organized around a basically private enterprise. It’s (36) ________ ecomomy in which consumers determine what shall be producted by spending their money for those goods and services. Private businessmen, (37) ________ to make their profits, produce these goods and services in (38) _______ with other businessmen, and the profit (39) _______ , operating under competitive pressures, largely (40) ________ how these goods and services are produced. Thus, in the American economic system it is the demand of individual consumers, (41)_________ with the desire of businessmen to gain more profits and the desire of individuals to (42) _________ their incomes, that together determine what shall be produced and how (43) ________ are used to produce it.
(44)________________________. In the American economy, this mechanism is provided by a price system, a process in which prices rise and fall in response to relative demands of consumers. If the product is in short reply relative to the demand, the price will be a bit up and some consumers will be eliminated from the market. If, on the other hand, (45) ______________________ which in turn will lower the price and permit more consumers to buy the product . Thus, price is the regulating mechanism in the American economic system.
The important factor in a private-oriented economy is that individuals are permitted to hire labor, gain comtrol over natural resources, and produce goods and services for sale at a profit. In the American economy, (46) ___________________________, including determining the price or making a free contract .
Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions:In the section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2.
Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
The history of the development of modern sport is the history of the development of industrial capitalism. There is, of course, documented evidence of ball games, racket games and athletic games, that date well before industrial capitalism. However they are unrecognizable from today’s sports. Take, for example, football and rugby, derivatives of folk football, where a game would continue for days, with no boundaries expect the edge of the village, or the edge of the next village. People would throw or kick the ball, it was mixed, there was no offside rule, no 90 minutes, and really no discernible winners. The Olympics are always claimed as having their roots in the athletic cultrue of ancient Greek society. Yet their origins were about military training in a far from equal society at the end of the 19 th century and these were games which relatively few people would watch . The Olympics were revived with the emergence of international trade. The first hour modern Olympics were held in conjunction with trade fairs. bbs.hxen.net
It is common to talk of sport as a neutral medium which transcends politics. The popular notion is that while everything else in the world is dirtied by politics and inequality, sport itself operates on a different set of rules. Performance-enhancing drugs in sport have created huge press hysteria, in the main because sports stars are often thought of as moral guardians, but also because it undoes one of the foundation stones of sport-the notion of fair play. Jim Firstle, a freelance sports journalist, notes that drugs have always been used in sport, long before technology and money were involved. In athletics there is an unwritten and unconfirmed notion that everyone is doing it. The key thing is not to get caught. Firstle resports that Dr. Don Caitlin,who runs the International Olympic Committee accredited drug testing laboratory in Los Angeles, likened the situation to attempts between the Cold War superpowers to negotiate nuclear non-proliferation treaties. One side would only crack down and get tough on its drug cheats if the other country did the same. To bust one’s drug cheats without the gesture being reciprocated put the antidoping nation at a competitive disadvantage. The idea that there is fair competition in sport is as unlikely as the idea of fair competition in capitalism.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
47. Modern sport is ____________ from ancient sport although some forms of ancient sport existed and developed much eariler than industrial capitalism.
48. According to the author, what made modern Olympics resume its prosperity ?
49. Sport is usually considered to have the ability to transcend politics because it itself _________.
50. What has the use of performance-enhancing drugs destroyed based on the passage ?
51. Anti-dopiing nation would be at a competitive disadvantage if other nations failed to ________.
Section B
Directions: 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 centre.
Passage one
Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
“The creation of PC is the best thing that ever happened,” said Bill Gates at a conference in 2000. He even wondered if it might be possible to make computers for the poor in countries without an electric power grid. The answer is yes, and things are going even further. Villagers in a remote region of Laos that has neither electricity nor telephone connections are being wired up to the Internet with the help of a special kind of PC provided by an American foundation.
The foundation, which has helped villagers in a remote region of Laos build schools, install wells and organize a weaving cooperative, was told recently that what the villagers need most was access to the Internet. To have any hope of meeting that end, in an environment which is both physically harsh and far removed from technical support, the foundation realized that a robust computer was the first requirement.
The foundation therefore turned to engineers who devised a machine that has no moving, and few delicate, parts. Instead of a hard disk, the PC relies on flash-memory chips to store its data. Its screen is a liquid-crystal display-an exception to the rule that the components used are old-fashioned, and therefore cheap. The foundation estimates that, built in quantity, each PC would cost around $400. Furthermore, because of its simplicity, the PC can be powered by a car battery charged with bicycle cranks-thus removing the need for a connection to the grid.
Wireless Internet cards connect each PC to a solar-powered hilltop relay station which then passes the signals on to a computer in town that is connected to both the Lao phones system and to the Internet. Meanwhile, the Linux-based software that will run the computers is in the final stages of being “localized” into Lao by a group of expatriates in America.
One thing that tne new network will allow villagers to do is to decide whether it is worth going to market .Phone Hong, the local market town, is 30 km away, so it is worth knowing the price of rice before you set off to sell some there. Links farther away may allow decisions about growing crops for foreign markets to be taken more sensibly-and help with bargaining when these are sold.
If it works, the special PC and its associated network could be a widespread success. So far, the foundation has had expressions of interest from groups working in Peru, Chile and South Africa. The prototype should be operational in Laos in December 2002 and it, or something very much like it, may soon be bringing the digital divide eslewhere as well.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
52. “…things are even going further” in the first paragraph refers to the fact that _________.
A) computers have been made for the poor countries
B) the poor villages in Laos are getting access to the Internet
C) and electric power grid has been established for Laos
D) local villagers have been helped to connect by telephones in Laos
53. In order to meet the need of having access to the Internet in Laos, the foundation should first ____________.
A) build more schools to improve the education level
B) imporve the physical harsh environment
C) devise a special kind of computer
D) turn to more engineers to enchance the education the technical support
54.Which of the following statements is not in accordance with the rule in devising the special computer ?
A) The data storage relies on flash-memory chips.
B) Chargeable battery is its power source.
C) The screen is not old-fashioned or cheep.
D) The parts are not mobile and seldom delicate.
55.In the final stages what would be done to the Linux-based software ?
A) The local Laos would purchase the Linux-based software finally.
B) Some Laos who reside in America would translate the Linux-based software into Lao.
C) A group of experts in America would convince the Laos to use the Linux-based software.
D) The Laos would finally adopt the Linux-based software to run the computer.
56.According to the passage, what change would the new network bring to the villagers’ life in Laos ?
A) With the new network the villagers may find that it is not worth going to the local market town any more.
B) The villager will sell rice to foreign market instead of the local market town.
C) The network may help the villagers to make more sensible decisions about the growing and selling of crops.
D) The villagers will only visit the local market towns less than 30 km away.
Directions: 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。
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A)Because many people believe in old ways of predicting weather.
B)Because city dwellers have no other ways of predicting weather.
C)Because it is based on long experience and observation.
D)Because we have no other origins of foretelling weather.
27. A)Because human beings are close to nature.
B)Because human beings depend on weather forecasting warnings.
C)Because senses of ours are not useful as that of animals.
D)Because human beings don't depend on the senses.
28. A)Animals’ extraordinary ability to predict weather.
B)Some old ways of weather predicting.
C)The wisdom of ancient people.
D)Why we should pay more respect to animals.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. A)How to drive a car.
B)How to get a driving license in America.
C)Traffic laws and safety rules in America.
D)The age requirement for driving a car.
30. A)You must be at least 16 to start the courses.
B)You need to take a hearing test.
C)You learn to drive in the classroom.
D)You can drive only when another person is in the car.
31. A) When you complete classroom instruction.
B)The federal government set the rules for getting a license.
C)You need to take a test to get a license.
D)A Learner’s Permit is not a certificate ensuring you to drive.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. A)They were too busy working to learn to read .
B)Their owners were afraid they could read.
C)They had no one to teach them to read.
D)They thought reading was not necessary.
33. A)They were severely punished. B)They were treated well.
C)They were sold to another white man. D)They were given different work.
34. A)Some slaves were brought to America in the 20 th century.
B)Slaves were not treated as people.
C)Being brutal to slaves was agaist the law.
D)No slave owner was ever punished for their brutality.
35. A)There were laws that protected the rights of slaves.
B)Nobody in the U.S. disagreed with slavery before 1800.
C)There was progress in the opposition to slavery.
D)The end of the Civil War enabled blacks to enjoy equality.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times, when the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea .When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information .For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
The American economic system is organized around a basically private enterprise. It’s (36) ________ ecomomy in which consumers determine what shall be producted by spending their money for those goods and services. Private businessmen, (37) ________ to make their profits, produce these goods and services in (38) _______ with other businessmen, and the profit (39) _______ , operating under competitive pressures, largely (40) ________ how these goods and services are produced. Thus, in the American economic system it is the demand of individual consumers, (41)_________ with the desire of businessmen to gain more profits and the desire of individuals to (42) _________ their incomes, that together determine what shall be produced and how (43) ________ are used to produce it.
(44)________________________. In the American economy, this mechanism is provided by a price system, a process in which prices rise and fall in response to relative demands of consumers. If the product is in short reply relative to the demand, the price will be a bit up and some consumers will be eliminated from the market. If, on the other hand, (45) ______________________ which in turn will lower the price and permit more consumers to buy the product . Thus, price is the regulating mechanism in the American economic system.
The important factor in a private-oriented economy is that individuals are permitted to hire labor, gain comtrol over natural resources, and produce goods and services for sale at a profit. In the American economy, (46) ___________________________, including determining the price or making a free contract .
Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions:In the section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2.
Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
The history of the development of modern sport is the history of the development of industrial capitalism. There is, of course, documented evidence of ball games, racket games and athletic games, that date well before industrial capitalism. However they are unrecognizable from today’s sports. Take, for example, football and rugby, derivatives of folk football, where a game would continue for days, with no boundaries expect the edge of the village, or the edge of the next village. People would throw or kick the ball, it was mixed, there was no offside rule, no 90 minutes, and really no discernible winners. The Olympics are always claimed as having their roots in the athletic cultrue of ancient Greek society. Yet their origins were about military training in a far from equal society at the end of the 19 th century and these were games which relatively few people would watch . The Olympics were revived with the emergence of international trade. The first hour modern Olympics were held in conjunction with trade fairs. bbs.hxen.net
It is common to talk of sport as a neutral medium which transcends politics. The popular notion is that while everything else in the world is dirtied by politics and inequality, sport itself operates on a different set of rules. Performance-enhancing drugs in sport have created huge press hysteria, in the main because sports stars are often thought of as moral guardians, but also because it undoes one of the foundation stones of sport-the notion of fair play. Jim Firstle, a freelance sports journalist, notes that drugs have always been used in sport, long before technology and money were involved. In athletics there is an unwritten and unconfirmed notion that everyone is doing it. The key thing is not to get caught. Firstle resports that Dr. Don Caitlin,who runs the International Olympic Committee accredited drug testing laboratory in Los Angeles, likened the situation to attempts between the Cold War superpowers to negotiate nuclear non-proliferation treaties. One side would only crack down and get tough on its drug cheats if the other country did the same. To bust one’s drug cheats without the gesture being reciprocated put the antidoping nation at a competitive disadvantage. The idea that there is fair competition in sport is as unlikely as the idea of fair competition in capitalism.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
47. Modern sport is ____________ from ancient sport although some forms of ancient sport existed and developed much eariler than industrial capitalism.
48. According to the author, what made modern Olympics resume its prosperity ?
49. Sport is usually considered to have the ability to transcend politics because it itself _________.
50. What has the use of performance-enhancing drugs destroyed based on the passage ?
51. Anti-dopiing nation would be at a competitive disadvantage if other nations failed to ________.
Section B
Directions: 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 centre.
Passage one
Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
“The creation of PC is the best thing that ever happened,” said Bill Gates at a conference in 2000. He even wondered if it might be possible to make computers for the poor in countries without an electric power grid. The answer is yes, and things are going even further. Villagers in a remote region of Laos that has neither electricity nor telephone connections are being wired up to the Internet with the help of a special kind of PC provided by an American foundation.
The foundation, which has helped villagers in a remote region of Laos build schools, install wells and organize a weaving cooperative, was told recently that what the villagers need most was access to the Internet. To have any hope of meeting that end, in an environment which is both physically harsh and far removed from technical support, the foundation realized that a robust computer was the first requirement.
The foundation therefore turned to engineers who devised a machine that has no moving, and few delicate, parts. Instead of a hard disk, the PC relies on flash-memory chips to store its data. Its screen is a liquid-crystal display-an exception to the rule that the components used are old-fashioned, and therefore cheap. The foundation estimates that, built in quantity, each PC would cost around $400. Furthermore, because of its simplicity, the PC can be powered by a car battery charged with bicycle cranks-thus removing the need for a connection to the grid.
Wireless Internet cards connect each PC to a solar-powered hilltop relay station which then passes the signals on to a computer in town that is connected to both the Lao phones system and to the Internet. Meanwhile, the Linux-based software that will run the computers is in the final stages of being “localized” into Lao by a group of expatriates in America.
One thing that tne new network will allow villagers to do is to decide whether it is worth going to market .Phone Hong, the local market town, is 30 km away, so it is worth knowing the price of rice before you set off to sell some there. Links farther away may allow decisions about growing crops for foreign markets to be taken more sensibly-and help with bargaining when these are sold.
If it works, the special PC and its associated network could be a widespread success. So far, the foundation has had expressions of interest from groups working in Peru, Chile and South Africa. The prototype should be operational in Laos in December 2002 and it, or something very much like it, may soon be bringing the digital divide eslewhere as well.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
52. “…things are even going further” in the first paragraph refers to the fact that _________.
A) computers have been made for the poor countries
B) the poor villages in Laos are getting access to the Internet
C) and electric power grid has been established for Laos
D) local villagers have been helped to connect by telephones in Laos
53. In order to meet the need of having access to the Internet in Laos, the foundation should first ____________.
A) build more schools to improve the education level
B) imporve the physical harsh environment
C) devise a special kind of computer
D) turn to more engineers to enchance the education the technical support
54.Which of the following statements is not in accordance with the rule in devising the special computer ?
A) The data storage relies on flash-memory chips.
B) Chargeable battery is its power source.
C) The screen is not old-fashioned or cheep.
D) The parts are not mobile and seldom delicate.
55.In the final stages what would be done to the Linux-based software ?
A) The local Laos would purchase the Linux-based software finally.
B) Some Laos who reside in America would translate the Linux-based software into Lao.
C) A group of experts in America would convince the Laos to use the Linux-based software.
D) The Laos would finally adopt the Linux-based software to run the computer.
56.According to the passage, what change would the new network bring to the villagers’ life in Laos ?
A) With the new network the villagers may find that it is not worth going to the local market town any more.
B) The villager will sell rice to foreign market instead of the local market town.
C) The network may help the villagers to make more sensible decisions about the growing and selling of crops.
D) The villagers will only visit the local market towns less than 30 km away.
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