大学英语六级模拟题一（含答案）

（郑家顺）大学英语六级模拟预测

Part I Writing (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled My Idea of a University Arts Festival. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words following the outline given below:

1、对大学生艺术节的看法

2、如何组织多种多样的活动

3、总结

Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

To understand why we should be concerned about how young people read, it helps to know something about the way the ability to read evolved. Unlike the ability to understand and produce spoken language, the ability to read must be painstakingly 26 by each individual. The “reading circuits” we construct in the brain can be 27 or they can be robust, depending on how often and how 28 we use them.

The deep reader enters a state of hypnotic trance (心醉神迷的状态). When readers are enjoying the experience the most, the pace of their reading 29 slows. The combination of fast, fluent decoding of words and slow, unhurried progress on the page gives deep readers time to enrich their reading with reflection and analysis. It gives them time to establish an 30 relationship with the author, the two of them 31 in a long and warm conversation like people falling in love.

This is not reading as many young people know it. Their reading is instrumental: the difference between what literary critic Frank Kermode calls “carnal (肉体的) reading” and “spiritual reading.” If we allow our offspring to believe carnal reading is all there is — if we don’t open the door to spiritual reading, through an early 32 on discipline and practice — we will have 33 them of an enjoyable experience they would not otherwise encounter. Observing young people’s 34 to digital devices, some progressive educators talk about “meeting kids where they are,” molding instruction around their onscreen habits. This is mistaken. We need, 35 , to show them someplace they’ve never been, a place only deep reading can take them.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.

Space Tourism

[A] Make your reservations now. The space tourism industry is officially open for business, and tickets are going for a mere $20 million for a one-week stay in space. Despite reluctance from National Air and Space Administration (NASA), Russia made American businessman Dennis Tito the world’s first space tourist. Tito flew into space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket that arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on April 30, 2001. The second space tourist, South African businessman Mark Shuttle worth, took off aboard the Russian Soyuz on April 25, 2002, also bound for the ISS.

[B] Lance Bass of ’N Sync was supposed to be the third to make the $20 million trip, but he did not join the three-man crew as they blasted off on October 30, 2002, due to lack of payment. Probably the most incredible aspect of this proposed space tour was that NASA approved of it.

[C] These trips are the beginning of what could be a profitable 21st century industry. There are already several space tourism companies planning to build suborbital vehicles and orbital cities within the next two decades. These companies have invested millions, believing that space tourism industry is on the verge of taking off.

[D] In 1997, NASA published a report concluding that selling trips into space to private citizens could be worth billions of dollars. A Japanese report supports these findings, and projects that space tourism could be a $10 billion per year industry within the next two decades. The only obstacles to opening up space to tourists are the space agencies, who are concerned with safety and the development of a reliable, reusable launch vehicle.

Space Accommodations

[E] Russia’s Mir space station was supposed to be the first destination for space tourists. But in March 2001, the Russian Aerospace Agency brought Mir down into the Pacific Ocean. As it turned out, bringing down Mir only temporarily delayed the first tourist trip into space.

[F] The Mir crash did cancel plans for a new reality-based game show from NBC, which was going to be called Destination Mir. The Survivor-like TV show was scheduled to air in fall 2001. Participants on the show were to go through training at Russia’s cosmonaut (宇航员) training center, Star City. Each week, one of the participants would be eliminated from the show, with the winner receiving a trip to the Mir space station. The Mir crash has ruled out NBC’s space plans for now. NASA is against beginning space tourism until the International Space Station is completed in 2006.

[G] Russia is not alone in its interest in space tourism. There are several projects underway to commercialize space travel. Here are a few of the groups that might take tourists to space: Space Island Group is going to build a ring-shaped, rotating “commercial space infrastructure (基础结构)” that will resemble the Discovery spacecraft in the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Space Island says it will build its space city out of empty NASA space-shuttle fuel tanks (to start, it should take around 12 or so), and place it about 400 miles above Earth. The space city will rotate once per minute to create a gravitational pull one-third as strong as Earth’s.

[H] According to their vision statement, Space Adventures plans to “fly tens of thousands of people in space over the next 10-15 years and beyond, around the moon, and back, from spaceports both on Earth and in space, to and from private space stations, and aboard dozens of different vehicles...” Even Hilton Hotels has shown interest in the space tourism industry and the possibility of building or co-funding a space hotel. However, the company did say that it believes such a space hotel is 15 to 20 years away.

[I] Initially, space tourism will offer simple accommodations at best. For instance, if the International Space Station is used as a tourist attraction, guests won’t find the luxurious surroundings of a hotel room on Earth. It has been designed for conducting research, not entertainment. How ever, the first generation of space hotels should offer tourists a much more comfortable experience.

[J] In regard to a concept for a space hotel initially planned by Space Island, such a hotel could offer guests every convenience they might find at hotel on Earth, and some they might not. The small gravitational pull created by the rotating space city would allow space-tourists and residents to walk around and function normally within the structure. Everything from running water to recycling plant to medical facilities would be possible. Additionally, space tourists would even be able to take space walks.

[K] Many of these companies believe that they have to offer an extremely enjoyable experience in order for passengers to pay thousands, if not millions, of dollars to ride into space. So will space create another separation between the haves and have-nots?

The most Expensive Vacation

[L] Will space be an exotic retreat reserved for only the wealthy? Or will middle-class folks have a chance to take their families to space? Make no mistake about it, gong to space will be the most expensive vacation you ever take. Prices right now are in the tens of millions of dollars. Currently, the only vehicles that can take you into space are the space shuttle and the Russian Soyuz, both of which are terribly inefficient. Each spacecraft requires millions of pounds of fuel to take off into space, which makes them expensive to launch. One pound of payload (有效载重) costs about $10,000 to put into Earth’s orbit.

[M] NASA and Lockheed Martin are currently developing a single-stage-to orbit launch space plane, called the Venture Star that could be launched for about a tenth of what the space shuttle costs to launch. If the Venture Star takes off, the number of people who could afford to take a trip into space would move into the millions.

[N] In 1998, a joint report form NASA and the Space Transportation Association stated that improvements in technology could push fares for space travel as low as $50,000, and possibly down to $20,000 or $10,000 a decade later. The report concluded that at a ticket price of $50,000, there could be 500,000 passengers flying into space each year. While still leaving out many people, these prices would open up space to a tremendous amount of traffic.

[O] Since the beginning of the space race, the general public has said, “Isn’t that great — when do I get to go?” Well, our chance might be closer than ever. Within the next 20 years, space planes could be taking off for the Moon at the same frequency as airplanes flying between New York and Los Angeles.

36. Hilton Hotels believes it won’t belong before it is possible to build space hotel.

37. Each year 500,000 space tourists could be flying into space if ticket prices could be lowered to $50,000.

38. The space agencies are reluctant to open up space to tourists.

39. In order for space tourists to walk around and function normally, it is necessary for the space city to create a small gravitational pull.

40. Within the next two decades, space travel could be as common as intercity air travel.

41. Lance Bass wasn’t able to go on a tour of space because he did not pay enough money.

42. In one project, people planned create a space city 400 miles above Earth.

43. What makes going to space the most Expensive Vacation is the enormous cost involved in the fuel of spacecraft.

44. Several tourism companies believe space travel is going to be a new profitable industry.

45. The prize for the winner in the fall 2001 NBC TV game show would have been a trip to the Mir Space Station.

Section C

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 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.

The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graduates ought to go, says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become "better" people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don’t go.

But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each other’s experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school. Others find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out—often encouraged by college administrators.

Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves—they are spoiled and they are expecting too much. But that’s a condemnation of the students as a whole, and doesn’t explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. We’ve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy can’t absorb an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer absorb an army of trained twenty-two-year-olds, either.

Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those surveys and statistics upside down, it seems, and through the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences. Perhaps college doesn’t make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things—maybe it’s just the other way around, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are merely the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy (异端邪说) to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much better. But contrary evidence is beginning to mount up.

46. According to the passage, the author believes that ______.

A) people used to question the value of college education

B) people used to have full confidence in higher education

C) all high school graduates went to college

D) very few high school graduates chose to go to college

47. In the 2nd paragraph, "those who don’t fit the pattern" refers to ______.

A) high school graduates who aren’t suitable for college education

B) college graduates who are selling shoes and driving taxis

C) college students who aren’t any better for their higher education

D) high school graduates who failed to be admitted to college

48. The drop-out rate of college students seems to go up because ______.

A) young people are disappointed with the conventional way of teaching at college

B) many young people are required to join the army

C) young people have little motivation in pursuing a higher education,

D) young people don’t like the intense competition for admission to graduate school

49. According to the passage the problems of college education partly arise from the fact that ______.

A) society cannot provide enough jobs for properly trained college graduates

B) high school graduates do not fit the pattern of college education

C) too many students have to earn their own living

D) college administrators encourage students to drop out

50. In this passage the author argues that ______.

A) more and more evidence shows college education may not be the best thing for high school graduates

B) college education is not enough if one wants to be successful

C) college education benefits only the intelligent, ambitious, and quick-learning people

D) intelligent people may learn quicker if they don’t go to college

Passage Two

Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.

More and more, the operations of our businesses, governments, and financial institutions are controlled by information that exists only inside computer memories. Anyone clever enough to modify this information for his own purposes can reap substantial rewards. Even worse, a number of people who have done this and been caught at it have managed to get away without punishment.

It’s easy for computer crimes to go undetected if no one checks up on what the computer is doing. But even if the crime is detected, the criminal may walk away not only unpunished but with a glowing recommendation from his former employers.

Of course, we have no statistics on crimes that go undetected. But it’s disturbing to note how many of the crimes we do know about were detected by accident, not by systematic inspections or other security procedures. The computer criminals who have been caught may have been the victims of uncommonly bad luck.

For example, a certain keypunch (键盘打孔) operator complained of having to stay overtime to punch extra cards. Investigation revealed that the extra cards she was being asked to punch were for dishonest transactions. In another case, dissatisfied employees of the thief tipped off (向……透露) the company that was being robbed.

Unlike other lawbreakers, who must leave the country, commit suicide, or go to jail, computer criminals sometimes escape punishment, demanding not only that they not be charged but that they be given good recommendations and perhaps other benefits. All too often, their demands have been met.

Why? Because company executives are afraid of the bad publicity that would result if the public found out that their computer had been misused. They hesitate at the thought of a criminal boasting in open court of how he juggled (耍弄) the most confidential records right under the noses of the company’s executives, accountants, and security staff. And so another computer criminal departs with just the recommendations he needs to continue his crimes elsewhere.

51. It can be concluded from the passage that ______.

A) it is still impossible to detect computer crimes today

B) computer crimes are the most serious problem in the operation of financial institutions

C) computer criminals can escape punishment because they can’t be detected

D) people commit computer crimes at the request of their company

52. It is implied in the third paragraph that ______.

A) many more computer crimes go undetected than are discovered

B) the rapid increase of computer crimes is a troublesome problem

C) most computer criminals are smart enough to cover up their crimes

D) most computer criminals who are caught blame their bad luck

53. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?

A) A strict law against computer crimes must be enforced.

B) Companies need to impose restrictions on confidential information.

C) Companies will guard against computer crimes to protect their reputation.

D) Companies usually hesitate to uncover computer crimes.

54. What may happen to computer criminals once they are caught?

A) With bad reputation they can hardly find another job.

B) They will be denied access to confidential records.

C) They may walk away and easily find another job.

D) They must leave the country or go to jail.

55. The passage is mainly about ______.

A) why computer crimes are difficult to detect by systematic inspection

B) why computer criminals are often able to escape punishment

C) how computer criminals manage to get good recommendations from their former employers

D) why computer crimes can’t be eliminated

Part IV Translation (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

“中国梦”

几千年的中国文化充实着中国梦 (the Chinese dream)，同时，过去三十几年的改革开放(reform and opening-up) 也激励着中国梦。中国梦最显著的特征是包容性 (inclusiveness) 和双赢合作。这些也是使中国梦扩大它的全球影响范围和被其他国家的人民认可的基本特征。中国梦是民族复兴 (national rejuvenation) 的梦。它是建设一个强大繁荣的国家，给中国人民带来幸福生活的梦。中国梦需要维持稳定健康的经济发展，科学管理社会，以及有效应对外部发展的风险和挑战。

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★ Part I Writing

My Idea of a University Arts Festival

The university is playing an important role in nurturing well-rounded students. While providing courses in many fields, it should also organize activities of various kinds to enrich students’ lives and broaden their mind. In my opinion, holding an arts festival is a good choice, for it could expand the students’ awareness of beauty and encourage their appreciation of Arts.

If I were the organizer, I would first launch a program to recruit some volunteers. It is not only because we need some helping hands in preparation works, but also because we need to make the students feel involved in this activity. Then, I would set a theme for the festival and begin to collect artwork for later exhibitions, which would comprise arts of all forms as long as they are related to the theme. Paintings, sculptures, and photographs are surely to be expected, and a wonderful visual performance would be a bonus. In addition, I would also invite some contemporary artists and scholars to give lectures on topics ranging from introduction of classic works to cutting-edge trends. On the closing ceremony, I’d like to conduct a survey to hear the students’ voice to the activity, so that I could make some improvement next time I organize it.

In a word, the university arts festival should consist of presentations of diverse, high-quality visual and performing arts through the cooperative volunteer supports.

Part III Reading Comprehension

Section A

Section B

Section C

★ Part IV Translation

The Chinese dream has been enriched by thousands of years of Chinese culture and inspired among other things by the past three decades of reform and opening-up. The most noticeable features of the Chinese dream include inclusiveness and win-win cooperation. They are the very features that will enable the Chinese dream to expand its global reach and be recognized by people of other nations. The Chinese dream is the dream of national rejuvenation. It is the dream of building a powerful and prosperous state, and the dream of bringing happiness in the lives of the Chinese people. It entails sustaining steady and healthy economic growth, scientifically managing the Chinese society, and effectively responding to the risks and challenges of external development.

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