大学英语六级模拟试卷304(题后含答案及解析)

大学英语六级模拟试卷304 (题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1. Writing 2. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) 3. Listening Comprehension 4. Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) 6. Error Correction 8. Translation

Part I Writing (30 minutes)

1． Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay commenting on the pleasure of learning. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below in Chinese.1. 学习是一种乐趣。2. 学习的乐趣普遍存在(存在于书本学习、艺术欣赏、了解世界等多方面的学习之中)。3. 如何走出“学习是痛苦的”误区。 The Pleasure of Learning

正确答案： The Pleasure of Learning Learning is one of the essential pleasures of the human race. Those who avoid learning often find life boring and meaningless, for they deprive themselves of the excitement and fulfillment in learning something new. The pleasure of learning is universal, everywhere to be found. Many of us have tasted the joy of learning by reading interesting books. Books are no lumps of lifeless paper, but a voice far distant in time and space, talking to readers, mind to mind, heart to heart. Beyond books, we can also enjoy the fruits of traveling, provided that we travel with an open mind to understand other people and other places, and an alert eye for all kinds of novel experiences. Finally, learning also means learning to practise, or at least, to appreciate an art. Every new art we learn blesses us with a new sense, by which we may enjoy the wonders of the world more intensely. If the pleasure of learning is universal, why are there so many dull, unhappy students in school? It is because they were made dull by bad teaching, by isolation, by surrender to routine and by their own laziness. The students who “suffer from” learning should break away from the bonds of textbooks and tests, and embrace various other fields of knowledge with renewed energy.

Part 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 attached to the passage. For questions 1-4, mark：Y (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.

Passage One English is one of the most important languages of the world today spoken by more than 300,000,000 people, end it is the second widely used modem language. Only Chinese is spoken by more people. Linguists classify English as a Germanic language. Its closest linguistic “relatives” are Frisian, Dutch, Flemish, and Low German. More distant relatives include Swedish, Danish,

Norwegian, Icelandic, and Modem High German. Its most distant “relatives” include other members of the Indo-European language family of which the Germanic languages are a part. The English language as we currently know it is the result of approximately 1500 years of development. Interestingly, the origins of modern English are not in England itself, but in southern Denmark and northern Germany, since the language which eventually developed into modern English was brought by people called the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes when they invaded the British Isles in the fifth Century. The Celtic language spoken by the earliest inhabitants of England were displaced and the Celtic-speaking people were driven by the invaders into what we now know as Wales, Scotland, end Ireland. Celtic languages are still spoken in parts of these countries. Linguists divide the development of English him 3 periods; Old English, Middle English, and Modem English. The Modem English period is then further divided into Early Modem English end Late Modem English. The Old English period spanned approximately 500 years--from around 450 to around 1100. The Middle period lasted roughly 400 years--from about 1100 until around 1500. The Modem English period began around 1500, with Early Modem English lasting until approximately 1750 end Late Modem English from then to the present The vocabulary of Modern English is probably more extensive then that of may other languages in the world. It has been estimated that the total number of Modem English words is over 1,000,000, if one includes slang end recent technical and scientific terms. The great number of words in the Modem English lexicon is largely due to the fact that English has been always a “word-borrowing” language. In the Old English period, there were borrowings from Latin, Greek, Danish, and, to a small extent, Celtic languages. In the Middle English period, there were further borrowings from Danish, and also—to a large degree--from Norman French. In the Modern English period, there have been more borrowings from Latin, Greek, and a large number of European and other languages. All in all, English has “adopted” words from more than 50 other languages. Passage Two A very important world problem, if not the most serious of all the great world problems which affect us at the moment, is the increasing number of people who actually inhabit this planet. The limited amount of land and land resources will soon be unable to support the huge population if it continues to grow at the present rate. In an early survey conducted in 1888, a billion and a half inhabited the earth. Now, the population exceeds five billion and growing fast--by the staggering figure of 90 million in 1988 alone. This means that the world must accommodate a new population roughly equal to that of the United States and Canada every three years! Even though the rate of growth has begun to slow down, most experts believe the population size will still pass eight billion during the next 50 years. If we examine the amount of land available for this ever-increasing population, we begin to see the problem. If everyone on the planet had an equal share of land, we would each have about 50,000 square meters. This figure seems to be quite encouraging until we examine the type of land we would have. Not all land is useful to humans as it cannot produce food. We can cut out about one fifth of it because it is permanently covered by mow and ice. Then we can cut out another fifth because it is desert. Another fifth is too mountainous or is too great a

height above sea level. A tenth doesn’t have enough soil for crops to grow--it is hard rock. Now the position begins to look rather more bleak! Obviously, with so little land to support us, we should be taking great care not to reduce it further. But are we? Mankind seems to be unable to accept that we live on a finite planet--we act as if its resources were infinite. Because of overpopulation and over-consumption, humanity is incapable of supporting itself on its ‘income’—the energy arriving continuously from the son. Instead, we are consuming its ”capital’--its nonrenewable fossil fuels and other mineral deposits that took millions of year to form but which are now being destroyed In decades. We are also doing the same with other vital resources not usually thought of as being nonrenewable such as fertile soils, groundwater and the millions of other species that share earth with us. Man is constantly destroying the very resources which keep him alive. He is destroying the balance of nature which regulates climate and the atmosphere, produces and maintains healthy soils, provides food from the seas, etc. In short, by only considering our needs of today, we are ensuring there will be no tomorrow. In short then, it is everybody’s duty to safeguard the future of the mankind--not only through population control, but by being more aware of the effect his actions have on nature. Nature is both fragile and powerful. It is very easily destroyed; on the other hand, it can so easily destroy its most aggressive enemy--man. Passage Three Caffeine is in many foods and drinks. More than 60 plants, including coffee beans, tea leaves, and cocoa beans (the source of chocolate), have caffeine. In addition, companies add it to some drinks. Many kinds of soda have caffeine. But now companies are putting caffeine in more products. For example, new kinds of mineral water and juice have caffeine. As a result, caffeine consumption is very high. People in the U.S. are spending more time in cafes and coffee shops. And around the world, 80% of adults eat or drink products with caffeine every day. In one recent year, coffee consumption in the U.S. went up 37%. The Effects of Caffeine When we eat or drink caffeine, it wakes us up and makes our beams work a little faster. Caffeine also helps aspirin work faster, and it helps stop some headaches. However, caffeine has some bad effect. If we have it at night, we may not be able to sleep. Too much caffeine can make use feel angry or upset. Many doctors say that caffeine is not good for children or women who are pregnant. If people eat or drink a large amount of caffeine, their hearts will start working too fast. In addition to all these effects, caffeine is habit-forming. Just like cigarettes, after people start drinking caffeine, stopping can be very difficult. Also, after people start drinking, caffeine, they want more and more. A little caffeine is not bad for most adults. But people should cut down on caffeine if they are getting too much. Cutting Down on Caffeine Cutting down on caffeine is not easy, but these tips can help you: * Caffeine is in more and more products. So check labels carefully. * Try to drink only two to three cups of coffee, tea, or cola a day. * Don’t stop suddenly. Try to cut down by about a half a cup per day. * Try decaffeinated coffee or tea. (But keep in mind that even these drinks have a little caffeine.)

2． English belongs to Indo-European language “family”. A．Y B．N C．NG

正确答案：A

解析：从文章第二段第—句和最后—句可以找到答案“…．include other members of the Indo-European language family of which the Germanic languages are a part．”

3． European and other languages were spoken by the earliest inhabitants of England.

A．Y B．N C．NG

正确答案：B

解析：文章第三段第三句；“The Celtic language spoken by the earliest inhabitants of England．…”

4． It has taken approximately 1500 years for the Celtic language to develop. A．Y B．N C．NG

正确答案：B

解析：本句内容没有提到。文章第四段主要叙述了英语的发展史，而不是凯尔特语的发展史。

5． “Word borrowing” means taking words from one language and incorporating them into the vocabulary of another language.

A．Y B．N C．NG

正确答案：A

解析：如果认识“borrow”这个词，就不难判断出其词义是“借用词汇”。文章最后一段里提到，英语从其他语言中借用词汇来丰富自身历来已久，作者并——举例。

6． From the information given in Para. 2, the combined population of the U.S. and Canada is ______.

正确答案：approximately/about 270 million

解析：从文章的第二段第二句和第三句可以找到答案。This means that the world must accommodate a new population roughly equal to that of the United States and Canada every three years! 1988年—年里全世界人口增长了大约9千万。每三年的新增人口相当于美国和加拿大人口的总和。那么，这两个国家的人口总量大约为二亿七千万。

7． The main propose of Para. 2 is to emphasize how quickly ______is rising.

正确答案：the world population

解析：本段通过调查举例说明，地球上人口增长速度之快的原因。在未来的50年中，大多数专家认为世界人口将会超过80亿。

8． According to Para 3,______per person of the earth’s surface can be used to produce food.

正确答案：15,000squares metres

解析：如果世界上人均土地面积可以分得50,000平方米，但是可用来耕种粮食的土地平均每人只有15,000平方米。因为五分之一的土地长期被冰雪覆盖，五分之一的土地是沙漠，另有五分之一的土地是高山或者是高原，还有十分之一的土地庄稼无法生长——是岩石。

9． American are consuming ______nowadays.

正确答案：more caffeine

解析：从文章第二段第二句和第四句提到；“People in the U．S．are spending more time in cafes and coffee shops．/…．coffee consumption in the U．S，went up37%．”可以推断出答案。

10． Cutting down on caffeine is not easy because______.

正确答案：caffeine is addictive

解析：从文章第五段提到；…caffeine is habit-forming(咖啡因会养成习惯)。咖啡因就像抽烟，人们喝上了瘾，就很难戒掉。所以可以判断“咖啡因具有成瘾性”。

11． The passage is mainly about ______on cutting down on it.

正确答案：caffeine’s effects and advice

解析：从文章的两个小标题“The Effects of Caffeine”和“Cutting Down on Caffeine”可以得知。本文主要谈到“咖啡因对人体的影响，以及作者提供给人们如何减少咖啡因对人体的影响的提示”。

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 conversation 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.

听力原文：M: I don’t think you’ll have time to sand out invitations to all the new students.W: Oh, yes. I will.What do we learn about the woman from this conversation?

12．

A．She plans to invite all the new students. B．She’s a new student.

C．She thinks the man is right. D．She invited the man to a party.

正确答案：A

听力原文：W: Nobody told me that Bill was in the hospital.M: Sorry. I meant to give you a call when I found out, but it slipped my mind.What does the man mean?

13．

A．He didn’t know what hospital Bill was in. B．He took Bill to the hospital.

C．He’s sorry file woman hurt herself. D．He forgot to call the woman.

正确答案：D

听力原文：M: Helen and I are thinking of renting a house at the beach in June. Are you interested?W: June? I guess it is cheaper then, but do you really think it will be warm enough?What does the woman mean?

14．

A．She’s very interested in the idea.

B．She thinks they should invite more people. C．She can’t afford a holiday in June.

D．She’s doubtful about the weather in June.

正确答案：D

听力原文：M: I’d like to make an appointment with the doctor for tomorrow.W: Unfortunately he is completely booked.What does the woman mean?

15．

A．The doctor has stopped seeing new patients. B．The doctor’s office will be closed tomorrow. C．The doctor’s schedule is filled tomorrow.

D．The doctor can see the man tomorrow.

正确答案：C

听力原文：M: Joe just went down to the engineering meeting.W: Where is it?.What does the woman want to know?

16．

A．Where the meeting is being held. B．Where Joe will meet her.

C．What the topic of the meeting is. D．What Joe was wearing.

正确答案：A

听力原文：M: I have a collect call from Mike Peterson.W: I will accept the charges.What does the woman mean?

17．

A．She doesn’t know the person calling. B．She’ll pay for the call. C．She’ll charge the purchase. D．She’ll call Mike back.

正确答案：B

听力原文：W: I’d like really to go to the concert tonight, but I don’t know if I can spare the time.M: Music always relaxes me. It might be worth it in the long nm.What does the man suggest the woman do?

18．

A．Go to the library. B．Check her calendar. C．Attend the performance. D．Get some exercise.

正确答案：C

听力原文：M: Those airplanes are certainly loud.W: Aren’t they though?What does the woman think about the airplanes?

19．

A．They’re extremely noisy.

B．They should have arrived by now. C．They should be allowed to fly there. D．They are not on a definite schedule.

正确答案：A

听力原文：W: Mr. Wang, it is reported that your university is the first one to relax the role banning students from getting married. Does it mean that students in our university are encouraged to get married?M: I wouldn’t say that. We don’t mean to encourage students to rush into marriage. What we say is that if a student is of legal age for marriage then we will deal with the matter in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.W: Do you think the lifting of the ban will result in a rising number of marriages among college students?M: No, I don’t think m. Such worries are unnecessary. So far we haven’t received any marriage applications from students.W: What is the students’ response to this decision’? Are they cheered by it?M: Oh, yeah. Most of them applauded the decision. But meanwhile, they say they wouldn’t consider marriage until after graduation. Marriage is too big a decision. 1 think the majority of students wouldn’t risk it without careful thought. Besides, they do not want to sacrifice a golden time for gaining knowledge to the extra pressures of forming a family.

20．

A．The students in the university where Mr. Wang stays are encouraged to get married.

B．The students in the university where Mr. Wang stays are banned to get married.

C．The students in the university where Mr. Wang stays are allowed to get married if they arc of legal age for marriage.

D．The students in the university where Mr. Wang slays are reluctant to get marled even if they are of legal age for marriage.

正确答案：C

21． A．The lifting of the ban will lead to a rising number of marriages among college students.

B．The lifting of the ban will lead to a decreasing number of marriages among college students.

C．It’s unnecessary to relax the rule banning students from getting married.

D．The lifting of the ban will not bring about a big problem among college students.

正确答案：D

22．

A．It seems that they attach more importance to marriage than to study. B．They say that they are willing to get married when necessary. C．They think they will value the time in university and learn more. D．They believe it right that they rush into marriage if they fall in love.

正确答案：C

听力原文：Journalist: Is it Rue, Mr. Northfield, that Flaxco intends to close down even more of its European plants?Northfield: I’m not sure what you are getting at. How do you come to such a question? Who’s mentioned any closures of plants in the first place’?Journalist: Well, put it another way then: Are European operations going to be reduced along the lines of recent years? I...I mean, it is rate that Flaxen has taken over several companies abroad, particularly in the USA and...and has even expanded its workforce there.Northfield: There are a number of developments, which you appear to be confusing, if I may say so.Journalist: A large number of jobs have been lost, though, at your European plants?Northfield: Look, let me try and put things into perspective for you. I’ll give you some facts first of all. Our production resources have been concentrated steadily over the past few years. So, now we have focused our manufacturing facilities in Europe, but not only here in Italy.Journalist: After closing down two plants in Antwerp and Leeds?Northfield: Please, let me continue. We have limited our production to certain medicines which are prescribed in large quantifies. At the same time, we have been expanding our marketing activities abroad, and this appears to be something you’ve neglected to mention.Journalist: Have you any plans to increase the workforce here in Europe, Mr. Northfield? I’m sure many people would be keen to hear what you have to say on the subject.Northfield: I...I’d like to stress the very successful performance of the group in Europe and other continents over the past few years. We have nearly two thirds of our workforce in subsidiaries and associated companies overseas.Journalist: Could I ask you another question concerning the expenditure of the group? Is this going to be made in Europe or around the world?Northfield: Again, I can only repeat what I’ve been saying: we are un international operation and we have a research facility in Italy, which as you know, is very important. Furthermore we have just started a new research unit in the USA, which is inevitably given the large size of our operations in that country.Journalist: Thank you very much for answering the questions.

23． A．None B．Two C．Three D．Four

正确答案：B

24．

A．In Europe

B．Outside Europe C．In the USA D．Outside the UK

正确答案：B

25．

A．Chairman of Flaxico B．Production Manager C．Accounts Manager D．Sales Manager

正确答案：A

26．

A．Flaxoc has focused its manufacturing facilities only in Europe.

B．Flaxco has concentrated its resources and effort on medicines of the highest quality.

C．Flaxco is expanding its basic research activity in the USA as well as in Italy. D．Flaxco’s biggest research effort by far is in the UK.

正确答案：C

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.

听力原文： Influenza is a common infection of the nose and throat, and sometimes the lungs. The flu causes muscle pain, sudden high body temperature, breathing problems and weakness. It is especially dangerous to the very. young, the very old and those with a weak defense system against diseases. Historical records have described sicknesses believed to be influenza for more than two thousand years. The Roman historian Livy described such a disease attacking the Roman army. People in fifteenth century Italy thought the sickness was caused by the influence of the stars, so they named it “influenza.” In seventeen-eighty-one, influenza went from Europe to North America to the West Indies and Latin America. It spread in Asia in eighteen-twenty-nine, then again in eighteen-thirty-six. It also traveled to Indonesia, Russia and the United States. In eighteen-eighty-me, the flu began in Central Asia, spread north into Russia, east to China and west to Europe. Later, it affected people in North America and Africa Experts say two-hundred-filly-thousand people died in Europe in that flu. Worldwide, the number was at least one-million. But the deadliest outbreak of influenza on record appeared in Spain. The so-called Spanish flu killed between twenty-million and fifty-million people around the world in nineteen-eighteen and nineteen-nineteen. Even young, healthy people became sick and died in just a few days. Eighty years ago, the flu virus took months to spread around the world. Today, airplane travel

means a virus can spread around the world within days. Experts say another virus like the one that appeared in nineteen-eighteen could be as dangerous as any disease ever known.

27．

A．The eight-month-old baby. B．Teenagers. C．Mid-agers.

D．People in their 50s.

正确答案：A

28．

A．250,000. B．1 million. C．20 million. D．50 million.

正确答案：A

29． A．Rome. B．Italy. C．Spare.

D．Central Aha.

正确答案：C

听力原文： February has long been a month of romance. With the sweet smell of roses in the air, romantic films hit cinemas and love stories fill newspapers and magazines. On the 14th day, it is customary for a boy to take his girlfriend out to dinner, buy her flowers and chocolates, write poems, sing to her or even spell out her name with rose petals! This is the scene that greets you on Valentine’s Day, named after Valentine who was a priest in third century Rome. When the emperor decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives, he banned marriage. But Valentine continued to perform marriage ceremonies for young lovers in secret. When his actions were discovered, the emperor had him put to death.. While in prison, it is said that Valentine fell in love with the daughter of his prison guard. Before his death, he wrote her a letter, which he signed “From your Valentine”, an expression that is still in use today. Valentine died for what he believed in and so was made a Saint, as well as becoming one of history’s most romantic figures. Nowadays, Valentine’s Day wins the same popularity among Chinese young people. It is a time when students “don’t want to be alone”. Some students make Valentine’s cards for parents, teachers and friends. Others hold parties at which they exchange small gifts and eat heart-shaped cakes. The idea is to have fun

and encourage people to share in the spirit of St. Valentine.

30．

A．A soldier. B．An officer. C．A Priest. D．A guard,

正确答案：C

31．

A．Because he himself chose to be single all his life. B．Because he had a prejudice against women.

C．Because he could not bear the roman between couples.

D．Because single men were better soldiers compared with married ones.

正确答案：D

32．

A．Boys buy roses for their girlfriends.

B．Students give Valentine cards to their mothers.

C．People hold Valentine parties to celebrate the special day. D．Teachers award the good students with home-made cakes.

正确答案：D

听力原文：W: Mr. Glieberman, do you see any change in the high rate of broken marriages?M: The divorce rate is beginning to level off and probably will begin to drop in the next year or two, though not significantly. The tight economy has made it more difficult for troubled couples to handle all the costs associated with setting up separate households. Also, I believe there’s a comeback of thought-after the turbulent 60s and 70s--that the family does have value. In the midst of change and family disintegration, people seem to have a greater desire now to create stability in their lives.W: What is the divorce rate now?.M: About 1 in 3 marriages ends in divorce, a ratio far higher than it was 20 years ago when the philosophy was “Well tough it out no matter what. Society demands that, for appearances sake, we stay together.” Divorce no longer carries much disgrace. There’s no way, for example, that Ronald Reagan, a divorced man, could have been elected President in 1960. And there are countless other divorced politicians who years ago would have been voted out of office if they had even considered a divorce, let alone gotten one. The same was true in the corporate structure, where divorced people rarely moved up the executive ladder. Now corporations welcome a divorced man, because they can shift him around the country without worrying about relocating his family or making certain that they are happy.

33． A．Fall. B．Rise. C．V-shape. D．Zigzag.

正确答案：A

34．

A．To embrace changes of thought.

B．To adapt to the disintegrated family life. C．To return to the practice in the 60s and 70s. D．To create stability in their lives.

正确答案：D

35．

A．They feared the complicated procedures. B．They wanted to go against the trend. C．The were afraid of losing face. D．They were willing to stay together.

正确答案：C

36．

A．He would be shifted around the country. B．He had difficulty being promoted. C．He enjoyed a happier work and life. D．He tasted little bitterness of disgrace.

正确答案：B

Section CDirections: 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

When soccer officials in the United States learned their nation was selected to【B1】______ the 1994 world Cup finals, they reacted with a mixture of happiness and【B2】______ . After 15 months of lobbying and preparing a bid, the United States would no longer be a【B3】______ at the world’s most popular football tournament. The United States was chosen by the International Football Federation over Brazil and

Mexico. But along with the【B4】______ celebrating, American soccer officials are now facing the task of preparing for a meet that draw 600 million television【B5】______ for the 1986【B6】______ Mexico. One assignment would be decided which twelve stadiums across the county will be used for the 24-nation meet. With estimated three million fans and tourism revenues【B7】______ 1.5 billion dollars, there is no shortage of willing host cities. The U.S. Soccer Federation has already proposed 18 stadium sites to FiFa and expects even more cities will submit bids. The Soccer Federation is also【B8】______ with negotiating the television contract and other monetary incomes to【B9】______ . But the U.S team’s head-coach Lowsa Ossianda believes the financial is not a main concern. Perhaps【B10】______ that does not have a strong football tradition,【B11】______ in the U. S., soccer officials say the professional level yet has to develop in the future. However, Ossianda says top international game will advance the sport in the US.

37． 【B1】

正确答案：host

38． 【B2】

正确答案：relief

39． 【B3】

正确答案：spectator

40． 【B4】

正确答案：anticipated

41． 【B5】

正确答案：viewers

42． 【B6】

正确答案：final

43． 【B7】

正确答案：approaching

44． 【B8】

正确答案：confronted

45． 【B9】

正确答案：offset the mounting costs needed to stage the prestigious competition.

46． 【B10】

正确答案：the most difficult problem for US officials will be generating enthusiasm in a nation

47． 【B11】

正确答案：even though youth soccer is enjoying tremendous popularity

Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)

Section ADirections: In this 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.

Have you ever studied your calendar and wondered where the weeks and months went? Time seems to fly when we are too busy to be “in the moment.” If you want to be present for your life, slow down and create timelessness by engaging in activities that give you joy. In a book by Dr. Stephen Rechtschaffen, called Timeshifting: Creating More Time To Enjoy Your Life, the author states that 95 percent of us rafter from “time poverty.” This is when you feel frustrated stressed, trapped and under constant pressure. You have the nagging feeling you should be engaged in something else and life seems to be slipping away. Our challenge with the pace of society begins when we are children. Children move to a different rhythm; at times they move fast, but when they discover something new and exciting or something they love, they slow down and are “present.” Timelessness is a child at play. To children, the rhythm of society is a rude awakening. One morning I woke up late and raced through my morning trying to get my children ready for school. My preschooler was drawing with colored pencils and was lost in the moment of making beautiful art when I interrupted him. I grabbed the pencils and tossed them into a bag but not before he retaliated by screaming and throwing his paper. My oldest son was not impressed when I told him we had to go. I was at fault for pushing these children out of their rhythm. I should have given them more time. They have their whole lives to nm at society’s pace. Think about time and its impact on your life. If you conduce yourself as if you are driving 200 miles un hour and suddenly slow down to 50 miles an hour, you will feel major discomfort or may have an accident lf you wok all day and life is hectic, what do you do when you get home? You turn on

the television, computer or stereo to ease the transition and keep a similar rhythm that you experienced during the day. Going from chaos to a quiet environment is awkward. It is uncomfortable because we slow down and have time to reflect on our lives and challenges. Most of us prefer not to deal with inner conflicts, so we keep busy. We tom on technology and tune out. It is easier to keep busy in a society that emphasizes speed, efficiency, profits and results. We fear slowing down because a tougher economy means company downsizing and downsizing means eliminating inefficient workers. Slowing down is perceived to be a weakness and if we value our jobs, we will work longer and harder and give up our precious resource: free time. Slowing down need not be permanent. Rather it is a rest stop, like a break in music, a breath of fresh air. Slowing down allows us to recharge and restructure our world. It is necessary for balance and it is a challenge to impose. When you follow this path, have a network of family and friends for support. Find moments in each day to rest, stretch exercise, meditate or do whatever you need to “unwind.” Choose activities that allow you to lose track of time. Set little goals for yourself and think of ways to improve. Read, ask others for suggestions and expect some setbacks. Your new life will not happen overnight but that is fine because it takes time to adjust to time escapes. Remember: Rome was not built in a day.

48． If we want to relieve ourselves of the feeling of “time poverty” (Line 2, Para. 3), we should______.

正确答案：do things we enjoy doing

解析：第二段If you want to be present for your life，slow down and create timelessness by engaging in activities that give you joy说明作者对“time poverty”所采取的态度：如果觉得时间不够用，生活节奏可以放慢，以享受生活。

49． For children, to be “present” (Line 3, Para. 4) is to______.

正确答案：“enjoy themselves playing”

解析：第四段第二句…but when they discover something…，they slow down and are“present．”Timelessness is a child at play．．．从此句的上下文可以理解：孩子发现好奇的东西就会停下来，止步不前(are“present．”)，而玩耍的孩子timelessness(无时间概念)，他们玩得太爽了。

50． It’s easier to keep busy than to slow down because______.

正确答案：our society stresses efficiency and speed in our jobs

解析：第十段It is easier to keep busy in a society that emphasizes speed, efficiency, profits and results提供了我们答案。

51． Most people turn on the technology after a long and firing day in order to avoid______.

正确答案：thinking about life and its problems/challenges

解析：人忙就顾及不到自己的事了，但清闲下来，个人内心的矛盾就会涌上心头，放弃清闲是逃避的方法。第九段中的—句It is uncomfortable because we slow down and have time to reflect on our lives and challenges．Most of us prefer not to deal with inner conflicts和第十段中的Slowing down is perceived to be a weakness and if we value our jobs，we will work longer and harder and give up our precious resource：free time都是答题的依据。

52． Why is slowing down for some time in life necessary?

正确答案：It provides us with an opportunity to recharge our minds and bodies 解析：答案可以在第十二段中找到。Slowing down allows us to recharge and restructure our world．It is necessary for balance and it is a challenge to impose to impose．

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.

When it comes to public education in the United States, free markets and flee minds are mutually exclusive. Recent commercial ventures in the classroom demonstrate that when corporations attempt to cash in on the crisis in education, they are more interested in youth as passive consumers--to be marketed to the highest bidder-than as active thinkers. The most glaring of these ventures (企业) is Channel one, a commercial TV program which Whittle Communications broadcasts into almost 12,000 junior high and high schools across the country. For each thirty-second commercial on Channel One (the program contains two minutes of commercials per broadcast), Whittle garners (收取) ＄195,455 from advertisers including Burger King, Procter & Gamble, and Reebok. This lesson in classroom commercialism defines democracy--not as civic responsibility or community involvement-- but as buyer’s choice. Commercialism reduces education to a spectator event and students to a target audience. But students are defying marketers’ vision of them as easy converts to brand loyalty. Youth are not just sitting back memorizing advertising jingles: increasingly, they are taking action against commercials in their schools. Students at Coronado High School in Coronado, California, for instance, wrote an editorial in their school paper headlined “Channel One Invades Coronado high School” which asked: “Do you get the feeling that Big Brother will be watching? I do.... We must investigate the makers of Channel one more before we put such a huge amount of trust in their hands.... Selling advertising mutes out of our school day exploits the entire educational process. It cheapens it. Education no longer becomes a learning process, it becomes a billboard.” Many young people, however, feel that the issue is more about freedom than it is the motives of corporations that exploit education for advertising purposes.

53． What is the main topic of this article?

A．Corporations attempt to cash in on the crisis in education.

B．Communications broadcasts into almost 12,000 junior high and high schools. C．Education no longer becomes a learning process.

D．This article illustrates free markets and free minds are mutually exclusive.

正确答案：D 解析：本题是主旨题。D项的意思是“自由经济和自由思想相互排斥的体现。A，B，C是细节，不是主旨。

54． The word “exploit” (Line 6, Para 3 )means______. A．develop further B．oppress

C．make an unfair use of D．make a full use of

正确答案：C

解析：exploit在本句中的意思是不正当利用”。A项意思为“进一步开发”，B项意思是“压迫”，不合适本句的意思。

55． According to the author, what might be the conventional democracy for students?

A．Students are free to select TV programs.

B．Students are supposed to involve in national and community responsibility. C．Students are free with their brand choice. D．Students are free in selecting schools.

正确答案：B

解析：细节辨别题。本题出现在第二段，在not．．．but结构中可以清晰地看到“civic responsibility or community” 是常规的或传统的民主；buyer’s choice (客户对品牌的自由选择)是经商理念的民主新观念。A，C，D指的就是现代的民主新观念，故选择B项。

56． What does the second “it” in “It cheapens it”(Line 7, Para.3) represent? A．Channel One

B．Advertising minutes C．Shoes of Reebok D．Educational process

正确答案：D

解析：指代词方面的辨别题。本句中有两个代词，分别指代上句中的selling advertising minutes和educational process。A，B，C是干扰项。

57． It can be inferred from the passage that students’ attitude towards campus commercials is that they think______.

A．the issue is more about freedom. B．it is more conflicting than common. C．education becomes a billboard. D．that they must investigate more.

正确答案：B

解析：这是理解推论题。凡文章里面明说的事，不能说是推论，A，C，D项可以在文章里面找到。文章的最后两段代表了学生的两种观点，可以推论出“学生的态度不尽相同的”，所以B项符合题意。

The evolution of speech may have been the most important factor of all. When early man mastered the loom (工具) of language, his progress accelerated dramatically. Through the spoken word a new invention in tool-malting, for example, could be communicated to everyone; in this way the innovativeness of the individual enhanced the survival prospects of his fellows, and the creative strength of one became the strength of all. More important, through language the ideas of one generation could be passed on to the next, so that each generation inherited not only the genes of its ancestors but also their collective wisdom, transmitted through the magic of speech. A million years ago, when this magic was not yet perfected and language was a cruder art, those bands of men who possessed the new gift in the highest degree were strongly favored in the struggle for existence. But the fabric of speech is woven out of many threads. The physical attributes of a voice bow, lips, an tongue were among the necessary traits; but a good brain was also essential, to frame an abstract thought or represent an object by a word. Now the law of the survival of the fittest began to work on the population of early men, Steadily, the physical apparatus for speech improved. At the same time, the center of the brain devoted to speech grew in size and complexity, and in the course of many generations the whole brain grew with them. Once more, as with the use of tools, reciprocal forces came into play in which speech stimulated better brains, and brains improve the art of speech, and the curve of brain growth spiraled upward. Which factor played the most important role in the evolution of human intelligence? Was it the most pressure of the Ice-Age climate? Or tools? Or language? No one can tell; all worked together, through Darwin’s law of natural selection, to produce the dramatic increase in the size of the brain that has been recorded in the fossil record in the last million years. The brain reached its present size about one hundred thousand years ago, and its growth ceased. Man’s body had been shaped into its modern form several hundred thousand years before that. Now brain and body were complete. Together they made a new and marvelous creature, charged with power, intelligence, and creative energy. His wits had been honed (磨砺) by the fight against hunger, cold, and the natural enemy; his form had been molded in the crucible of adversity. In the annals of anthropology his arrival is celebrated by a change in name, from Homo erectus--the Man who stands

erect--to Homo sapiens--the Man of wisdom.

58． What can be preceded according to the passage? A．The evolution of the speech in the long run. B．The time when early man mastered language C．Description about the Ice-aged climate.

D．Other factors functioned in the evolution of human brains.

正确答案：D

解析：推理题。参阅第一段首句The evolution of speech may have been the most important factor of all(语言的进化可能是所有因素中最重要的)．由此推论，前面的段落在叙述其他一些因素。

59． What kind of people had the advantages among ancient ancestors? A．Those who could weave with threads.

B．Those who possessed the highest level of language. C．Those who were creative in tool-making. D．Those who could play magic.

正确答案：B

解析：细节题。参阅第一段those bands of men．．，(拥有最高程度语言的人群在生存的搏击中更有利)。

60． From the passage we learn that human brains______. A．improved the art of speech exclusively B．developed only with the use of tools

C．and art of speech had a mutual improvement

D．reached the present size about a few hundred years ago

正确答案：C

解析：推理题，参阅第二段最后—句once more…语言产生了更好的大脑，大脑又提高了语言艺术)．另外reciprocal forces意即相互作用。

61． The author in the passage uses the following devices in his writing EXCEPT______.

A．questions B．narrative C．analogy D．comment

正确答案：C

解析：判断题。第三段的前几句是question，第一、二段叙述事情的经过是narrative，第三段对问题进行评述，评论是comment，analogy是用同类的东西作

比喻或类比，文章中没有提到。

62． The main point of this passage is______. A．Evolution of speech

B．Darwin’s law of natural selection C．Progress of human brains

D．Evolution of human intelligence

正确答案：D

解析：主旨题。参阅第三段的首句和尾句：Which factor played the most important role in the evolution of human intelligence?(哪个因素在人类智力进化中起着最重要的作用?)；In the annals of anthropology his arrival is celebrated by a change in name，from Homo erectus—the Man who stands erect—to Homo sapiens—the Man of wisdom(在人类学年鉴中人的名字有了变化，从直立的人更名为智慧的人。)。

Part 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 in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If y

We are all naturally attracted to people with ideas, beliefsand interests like our own. Similarly, we feel comfortable withpeople with physical qualities similar as

ours. 【S1】______ You may have noticed about how people who live or 【S2】______work closely together come to behave in a similar way.Unconsciously we copy these we are close to or love or admire. 【S3】______So a sportsman’s individual way of walking with raisedshoulders is imitated by an admired fan; a pair or lovers both 【S4】______shake their heads in the same way; an employer finds himself 【S5】______duplicating his boss’s habit of wagging (摆动) a pen between hisfingers while thinking. In every case, the influential person may consciously 【S6】______notice the imitation but he will feel comfortably in its presence. 【S7】______And if he does notice the matching of his gestures

ormovements, he finds it pleasing he is influencing people: theyare drawn to them. 【S8】______ Sensitive people have been mirroring their friend and 【S9】______acquaintances all their lives., and winning affection and respectin this way without aware of their methods. Now, for people 【S10】______who want to win agreement or mast, affection or sympathy,some psychologists recommend the deliberate use of physicalimitation.

63． 【S1】

正确答案：as改为to

解析：Similar(相似的)与介词to连用，表示“与…相似”。

． 【S2】

正确答案：去掉about

解析：notice为及物动词，后面直接宾语。

65． 【S3】

正确答案：these改为those

解析：当特指“那些人”时，只能用those，后面接定语从句。

66． 【S4】

正确答案：admired改为admiring

解析：根据句子的意思，是fan去admire运动员(sportsman)，因而admire用现在分词形式。

67． 【S5】

正确答案：employer改为employee

解析：根据句子的意思，模仿老板行为的那个人，应该是employee(雇员)。

68． 【S6】

正确答案：consciously改为unconsciously

解析：根据句子的意思，有影响力的人并非刻意去注意他们对自己的模仿，应该是 unconsciously(无意识地)。

69． 【S7】

正确答案：comfortably改为comfortable

解析：根据句子的意思，feel后面应该接形容词(comfortable)做表语。

70． 【S8】

正确答案：them改为him

解析：根据句子的意思，he在影响他人，因此，他人在向他(him)靠拢。

71． 【S9】

正确答案：friend改为friends 解析：与friend并列的是acquaintances(熟人)，而acquaintances用的是复数，

friend也用复数。

72． 【S10】

正确答案：在aware之前加上being 解析：aware是形容词，不能直接做介词without的宾语，加上being动名词，与aware—起做介词without的宾语。

Part VI Translation (5 minutes)Directions: Complete the sentences in the blanks by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.

73． The announcement ______________ (由于恶劣天气所有航班均已取消) greatly distressed the waiting passengers.

正确答案：that all flights were cancelled due to/because of bad weather

74． I failed the oral test again! _________ (要是我不那么紧张就好了!)

正确答案：If only I were not so nervous!

75． Patients with night eating syndrome often wake up multiple times during the. night and are _________(除非吃些东西，否则就无法入睡).

正确答案：unable to fall asleep again unless they eat something/without eating something

76． It _____________ (直到去年) my sister, a chronic sleepwalker, found a doctor who could tell her what her problem was and how to treat it.

正确答案：wasn’t until last year that

77． It is unfair for those children ________________ (只能接受较差的教育) simply because they can’t afford to live in the middle-class neighborhoods with better schools.

正确答案：to be subjected to receive an inferior education