1、大学六级模拟 954 及答案解析(总分：710.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Writing(总题数：1，分数：106.50)1.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is wise to believe that unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught. You can give examples to illustrate your point.
2、You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. （分数：106.50）_二、Part Listening Com(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Section A(总题数：4，分数：106.50)（分数：35.50）A.A holiday.B.An accident.C.Luck.D.Work.A.The woman will have a test.B.The man will have to sit for an exam.C.The man will probably go to the movie.D.T
3、he woman wishes she could go to class with the man.A.The main actor forgot to come.B.The main actor is delayed by traffic.C.The main actor is busy buying jam on his way.D.The police wanted to talk to the main actor.A.The woman would understand if she did Mary“s job.B.The woman should do the typing f
4、or Mary.C.The woman should work as hard as Mary.D.The woman isn“t a skillful typist.A.He doesn“t know Dr Jeffery very well.B.He thought Dr Jeffery would get the position.C.He thought it took too long to make the decision.D.He“s not sure Dr Jeffery will be a good chairperson.（分数：21.30）A.It probably h
5、as a campus map.B.It should have a map of the city.C.It is in the center of the campus.D.It has information about the campus.A.Take the bus to the airport.B.Make a phone call to the Browns.C.Meet the Browns at the airport.D.Accompany the Browns to the airport.A.He thinks the woman is unfair.B.He agr
6、ees that the workload is heavy.C.He feels the assignment is reasonable.D.He won“t be able to go to the lab today.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard. （分数：28.40）A.The man“s pay raise.B.A career ladder for the man.C.The man“s education.D.A new chance for everyone to be
7、promoted.A.Three years.B.Four years.C.Five years.D.Six years.A.The person who has the strong will.B.The person who has attended the adult school.C.The person who can pass the test of arithmetic.D.The person who can work at computers quickly after a two-day training.A.The man is eager to attend the t
8、raining.B.The man is not very interested in this chance for promotion.C.The man has been training for computer work since last year.D.The man is not confident in his chance to be promoted to the Grade 7.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. （分数：21.30）A.To see differen
9、t places of the world for relaxation.B.To work for his thesis about network management.C.To look for some specific investment opportunities in North America.D.To see the effects of the technology in North America on other parts of the world.A.It is a very nice place partly because of many successful
10、 people.B.There are lots of business opportunities in Silicon Valley.C.Silicon Valley is the world“s best place for studying.D.There are numerous schools in Silicon Valley.A.It makes their life easier.B.It brings more opportunities to them.C.It brings them more advanced technology.D.It brings them m
11、ore competition and challenges.四、Section B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：28.40)Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：28.40）A.A research on space.B.An event of imagination.C.A historic discovery.D.A scientific adventure.A.Huge waves.B.An earthquake.C.Damages to A
12、merican cities.D.An earth explosion.A.The land is covered with water.B.Wars break out among countries.C.People there can not live at the temperature of zero.D.The light and heat from the sun can not reach the earth.A.The human beings will die out in 2094.B.Animals could not live in the cold climate.
13、C.The earth could be hit by other objects in space.D.What happened 65 million years ago was an invented story.六、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：21.30)Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：21.30）A.He was silent most of the time.B.He was too proud of himself.C.He did not love his c
14、hildren.D.He expected too much of her.A.Nervous.B.Sorry.C.Tired.D.Safe.A.More critical.B.More talkative.C.Gentle and friendly.D.Strict and hard-working.七、Passage Three(总题数：1，分数：21.30)Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：21.30）A.She worked as a helper to her mother.B.S
15、he received a degree in mathematics.C.She won the Nobel Prize with Frederic.D.She contributed to saving the wounded.A.In 1897.B.In 1927.C.In 1932.D.In 1935.A.Irene won the Nobel Prize once.B.Irene worked with radioactivity.C.Irene combined family and career.D.Irene died from a very serious disease.八
16、、Section C(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Accomplished teachers of world languages are keenly aware that young people learn in various ways. They use their knowledge of child and adolescent development in designing and providing 1 instruction to their students. They recognize and make professional 2 for variations
17、in students“ age levels, cognitive, physical, and motor development, gender, multiple intelligences, and learning style. Attitude also plays an important role in student success. Students with low self-esteem or little confidence about their ability to learn another language might 3 extra encouragem
18、ent from the teacher. Of course, all students can benefit from positive teacher 4 . Teachers might have students work in groups so that they can also benefit from the help and positive reinforcement of their peers. Students who are motivated and confident might work well 5 , using computer software.
19、 Those who teach young children know the importance of working at concrete levels; students might learn to tell time as they 6 individual student clocks, or learn children“s songs while using hand and body movement. As mature students, teachers need to provide more abstract and analytical challenges
20、. Teachers should be aware that personalising the language experience 7 students because many students will talk readily about themselves and their experiences. Teachers recognise that providing learning experiences in the 8 field by encouraging open-ended personal expression is a valuable way of en
21、hancing cognitive ability, cultural understanding, and linguistic 9 . Teachers provide a range of meaningful, interesting, and personally relevant instruction for students 10 development or ability. （分数：71.00）九、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十、Section A(总题数：1，分数：35.50)A stroll to school in the mor
22、ning can help kids prepare for the stresses that await them in the classroom. They“ll have less 1 increases in heart rate and blood pressure when they“re put on the spot. That“s the 2 from a new study by researchers at the University of Buffalo medical school. Those researchers 3 assigned a group of
23、 kids aged 10 to 14 either to sit in a comfortable chair while watching a slide show of a 4 neighbourhood (to simulate a car ride) or to walk a mile on a treadmill, wearing a backpack, while the same slide show played (to simulate a walk to school). After all, all the kids were asked to take a quick
24、 testthe famous Stroop task, where you have to read the name of colour when the word has been printed in a different colour. The kids who“d walked a mile showed fewer signs of physical stress in front of the testers with statistically significantly smaller increase in heart rate and blood pressurean
25、d gave lower 5 , too, when asked how stressed they actually felt. Exercise, it seems, “may 6 children“s cardiovascular (心脑血管的) reactivity when 7 with cognitive stressors during the school day,“ the researchers say. How did this happen? According to the Buffalo researchers, one way that walking exerc
26、ise may restrain cardiovascular reactivity is by 8 an individual“s evaluation of stressful 9 such as reducing the perceived threat of the event. Getting some exercise, in other words may help kids put 10 challenges like the Stroop task in perspective, keeping their nervousness in check. A. altering
27、B. barely C. blunt D. confronted E. converting F. equipped G. implication H. minor I. quotas J. ratings K. randomly L. reserve M. severe N. stimuli O. suburban（分数：35.50）十一、Section B(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Comparing Yourself to Others: It“s Not All BadA. “To compare is to despair,“ the saying goes, and I“ve
28、generally found it to be true. If I try hard enough (and sometimes even if I don“t) I can usually find someone who performs better or has more. And I can feel bad about it. B. I objectively know that my own life is pretty good, but this upward comparison, as economists and psychologists call it, can
29、 somehow dim my own accomplishments. “Comparison is rife with danger, but it“s understandable why we do it,“ said Heidi Grant Halvorson, a social psychologist. “We“re human beings and we naturally seek information.“ One way to get information, Ms Halvorson said, is to turn to experts. Another way is
30、 to look at those around us. C. And often what we see in our neighborhood or community is more important, in our minds, than anything else. Economic studies have shown, for example, that once they make a certain amount of money to cover basics, most people care more about relative, rather than absol
31、ute, income. That is, most of us feel better if we make, say, $100,000 if the majority of our neighbors make $75,000 than if we earn $150,000 when most of our friends bring in $200,000. D. One such study, “Neighbors as Negatives: Relative Earnings and Well-Being“, published in 2005 in The Quarterly
32、Journal of Economics , found that “higher earnings of neighbors were associated with lower levels of self-reported happiness.“ The paper cites the oft-quoted saying by the economist and philosopher John Stuart Mill: “Men do not desire to be rich, but to be richer than other men.“ Erzo F. P. Luttmer,
33、 the author of the study and an associate professor of economics at Dartmouth College, said in a telephone interview that neighbors “influence what you think is a normal lifestyle, and you struggle to keep up“. E. We“re often told to avoid comparing, but this is both difficult and not necessarily wi
34、se advice in all situations. F. Ms Halvorson, who is also author of the book Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals , said we needed to think about why we were seeking the information. “Upward comparison can be punishing and make you feel terrible,“ she said. “But you can also look upward to learn.“ If
35、 we feel bad, for example, about how well we just played in a game of tennis, we can check out those who play worse to make ourselves feel better, and avoid watching the semi-pros on the other court. Or, if we believe that we can improve and learn by looking at othersand not just feel inferior about
36、 playing worsethen we can watch the better players. G. There are also pros and cons to comparing ourselves with people worse off than ourselves. It“s not good if we“re just trying to gain a sense of superiority or avoiding challenging ourselves to do better. But such downward comparisons can remind
37、us of our own fortune. They can also help us when we think about the things we regret but we cannot change. As part of a study co-written by Isabelle Bauer, a clinical psychologist in Toronto, 104 people of various ages were asked to complete a survey about their greatest misgivingschoosing the wron
38、g career path, or failing to make amends to someone who passed away or marrying the wrong person. The study found that those who felt that other people had regrets that were “more“ or “much more“ severe reported an increase in positive emotions when reassessed four months later compared with those w
39、ho said that other people“s regrets were “less“ or “much less“ severe. “If you can“t change what you did, then downward social comparison helps us gain perspective,“ Ms Bauer said. “And those people are able to move on and re-engage in other goals. If you compare upward about things you can“t change
40、, then you seem to just feel stuck. But those who compared themselves downward and had the opportunity to do something about their regrets didn“t feel any more positive over time,“ she said. H. Comparisons can also serve as a reality check, particularly when speaking about money. I. My colleague Ron
41、 Lieber, for example, wrote about NetworthIQ , a site that allows people to anonymously post their own net worth. Would we be happier and healthier, he asked readers, if we knew the net worth of our friends, colleagues and neighbors? The overwhelming response was no. As one commenter put it: “I am s
42、ickened by the idea of calculating one“s “net worth“ in terms of money. It“s good to have savings and it“s good to have a nest in which one can nestle when one exceeds productive years. However, to express your worth in terms of the “how much?“ question is one more step toward dehumanization. I“d ra
43、ther figure out my net worth in terms of how much I am worth to the world in which I live.“ Not everyone feels that way, of course, and plenty of people have posted their profiles on NetworthIQ.com . J. ING Retirement, a United States-based division of the Dutch financial services group, a few years
44、 ago introduced INGCompareME.com , which allows you to anonymously type in your profileyour age, income, gender and marital status. Then you answer some personal finance questions, like the amount of money you“ve put aside for retirement, your mortgage payments, what you think you“ll need to save to
45、 retire comfortably and so on. You are then instantly compared with your peers. K. I answered some of the questions and seemed pretty average. I guess I was pleased our retirement savings were slightly higher than those of the other 1,071 people who answered the question with a similar profile, but
46、I also wasn“t sure if I should be. Might it just mean that all of us are saving too little? Was I getting a false sense of security? L. Not at all, said Denis-Martin Monty, vice president of emerging product development at ING Retirement. Rather, it is a useful tool to get us to think about things w
47、e often don“t want tolike how much (or little) we“ve put away for retirement. The site was initially tested among 28,000 employees of ING“s larger clients. When asked at the end of the survey, 64 percent of those who measured themselves chose to take some sort of positive action, like enroll in a re
48、tirement plan or increase their savings rate. Mr Monty also pointed out that studies show that most of us think we“re above average, what he called the Lake Wobegon effect. “We tend to overestimate where we stand in comparison to other people,“ he said. “So people aren“t necessarily looking at how m
49、uch more they“re actually saving than other people, but how much more they thought they were saving. The site recently hit the million-user mark,“ Mr Monty said. M. David Laibson, a professor of economics at Harvard University, who has looked at the impact of providing peer information on retirement savings decisions (it can be helpful, but not always) agreed that such comparisons can serve a purpose. “Comparisons to large groups of peers are often useful,“ he said. “It“s never the final word
