1、大学英语六级分类模拟题 485 及答案解析(总分：253.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Writing(总题数：1，分数：20.00)1.Directions : Write a letter of complaint according to the following situation: You bought an air conditioner in Sun Appliance Store and had it installed the other day, but you found that the fan made too much noise when the m
2、achine operated. You demand the store to send a representative to check it up. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. （分数：20.00）_二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Section A(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Why I Became a Teacher: to Pass on My Love of LiteratureA. Like lots of people, I ne
3、ver thought I“d be a teacher when I was at school. To be honest I only did my training because my husband was on a four-year course and I was on a three-year course at Cardiff University so I wanted to do something for one year. I thought doing a teaching qualification would be interesting and might
4、 be quite useful. I“m convinced that nothing else I might have done would have given me so much pleasure and satisfaction, or fitted in so well with family life. B. When I retire, in just a few years time, I can look back on a career which made a positive difference to the lives of thousands of chil
5、dren. Few other career choices can be so rewarding, so if you have a love of your subject and want the opportunity to pass that on then teaching can be a great career. C. Anyone going into teaching now will be used to teaching to formal work schemes and observation. I think it has raised standards i
6、n the profession but personally I feel the loss in the classroom. I“ve got the confidence of 30 years experience. I“ve seen new approaches come and go (and sometimes even identical “new ideas“ come and go more than once). D. For me, it“s the passion for your subject and interest in the success of yo
7、ur students that matters more than how all the acronyms (首字母缩略词) add up. This is what will make you a good teacher. There“s still room for individuals but you have to have the confidence and passion for your subject to make it work. E. The major challenge in teaching is time. There“s not enough of i
8、t. It“s hard if you“re working full time to cope with the marking and feel that you have enough time to do your job properly. I“ve worked part time ever since I had children. I officially work three days a weektrot on my two days off I always work, it probably all adds up to what counts as a full we
9、ek“s work in most other jobs but the pay isn“t bad so you can work part time and then the job really does fit in with family life. There are shortcuts to save time, and if had to work part time I“d have to use them. But working part time gives me the luxury to be a critical marker. It can take two h
10、ours to mark a 3,000 word A level essay, so if you have 16 pupils that“s 32 hours of marking in one week for just one class. F. One of the benefits of being a part-time teacher is that I do have time to mark properly. Sometimes my feedback is almost as long as their essay but I really want the kids
11、to do well. One of the best things about teaching is you get to raise children“s aspirations, and to make a difference in their lives. You get visits and emails from your old students to prove it! It“s great to make the difference, and, as they say, it does make it all worthwhile. G. The core of tea
12、ching is the subject and the pupils. We have a lot of NQTs and PGCE students coming to our school and sometimes I must admit to being disappointed when students don“t know their subjects that well. I had an NQT who was teaching Animal Farm and asked me “What“s Marxism?“and she“d got a first in her d
13、egree so it just goes to show that government initiatives to try and attract those with firsts aren“t necessarily going work. H. However, lots of people drop out of teaching after a couple of years, it is an exhausting job. So my advice to those just starting out is: I. Don“t lose your sense of prop
14、ortion over things that happen in the classroom or in an observation that doesn“t go well. As long as in the bigger picture of things you are connecting with kids and the subjectthen don“t get frustrated. Even after 30 years of teaching everyone has fearful days in teaching, when you think: “Can I r
15、eally do this?“ You“ve got to keep positive; it“s only a problem if you get more bad days than good days. J. Make sure teaching doesn“t overwhelm you. You have to develop strategies especially if you are teaching a subject which requires a lot of marking. So plan things well. Get your pupils to do p
16、eer marking, which really can work. If you know you just can“t handle any more marking in a particular week, get pupils to write a speech and then perform it in the next class. You“ve got to think ahead about times of maximum workload and plan accordinglyask your more experienced colleagues for advi
17、ce. K. You“ve got to keep your sense of humour, which is a great way of relieving a situation. I know I became a better teacher when I became a parent. I realised that kids can be so unpleasant sometimes, even your own kids. They don“t mean it; they“re just being kids. It doesn“t mean they hate you
18、or hate your lessons. When you“re a new teacher coming into teaching, especially if you are young, you think of the students as almost your adversaries (对手), until you“ve got to defeat them. But you“ve got to be careful what you say. You can“t belittle them too much or you can really harm them. L. L
19、ove your subject. If you are going to succeed in secondary school teaching, you must love your subject. The kids really know if you do or don“t. M. You have to know your students are individuals, they learn in different ways. You have to be sensitive to that. N. You can“t just teach a formula. 1 do
20、worry about the difference between lip service to what the government say it“s supposed to be like and what it“s really like. I do hate the untruthfulness of that and the gulf seems to widen more and more. It feels like what matters most is what“s tested. The trouble is nothing that is really worthw
21、hile, the love of learning, connection with literature, having empathythese are the things that really make a difference to someone“s life but of course they can“t be tested. Young teachers have to be careful not to get lost in formulas and initiatives. A more experienced teacher will have confidenc
22、e to respond to kids and to talk about an issue that“s raised in class that“s not on the plan. The children will learn so much from that but there“s no box to tick.（分数：71.00）(1).Keeping sense of humor rather than belittling your students can help relieve a situation.（分数：7.10）(2).Teachers should not
23、teach to a formula because what cannot be tested may really matter to a student“s life.（分数：7.10）(3).For the author, the main challenge in teaching is that there“s no enough time.（分数：7.10）(4).For teachers faced with a lot of marking, one strategy is to get pupils involved in peer marking.（分数：7.10）(5)
24、.When dealing with things that happen in the classroom, teachers are advised to decide priorities.（分数：7.10）(6).Working part time enables the author to mark students“ assignments properly.（分数：7.10）(7).The author believes she has received most satisfaction from teaching as a career.（分数：7.10）(8).Studen
25、ts can tell whether a teacher loves his subject or not.（分数：7.10）(9).The author thinks that teaching to formal work schemes and observation can make a loss in the classroom.（分数：7.10）(10).According to the author, passion for a subject and interest in students“ success will make a good teacher.（分数：7.10
26、）四、Section B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：71.00)WASHINGTON (AP)While small, older buildings might not make for an impressive skyline, they may be better for cities than massive, gleaming office towers, according to a study released Thursday. Neighbourhoods and commercial areas with a mix of
27、older, smaller buildings make for more vibrant, walkable communities with more businesses, nightlife and cultural outlets than massive newer buildings, according to the National Trust for Historic Preservation“s study. Researchers examined block-by-block data from Seattle, San Francisco and Washingt
28、on in part for their hot real estate markets and development pressures. The analysis found that corridors with smaller, older buildings generally perform better for the local economy than areas with newer buildings that might stretch an entire block. Older buildings become magnets for young people a
29、nd retirees alike, researchers said. They draw more shops, restaurants, entertainment venues, small businesses owned by women and minorities, and jobs. On a per-square-foot basis, small building corridors have a larger concentration of jobs, businesses and creative sector jobs than downtown skyscrap
30、ers. In Seattle, commercial areas with smaller, more age-diverse buildings have 36.8 percent more jobs per square foot than areas with newer, larger buildings. Historic corridors in these cities are often active from morning to night, said lead researcher Michael Powe, an urban planner with the Nati
31、onal Trust“s Preservation Green Lab. In DC, these areas draw more non-chain, local businesses. In San Francisco, they generate more jobs based in small businesses. Still, after evaluating business districts based on 47 economic, social and environmental metrics, Powe said he was surprised to see the
32、 data clearly demonstrate what preservationists thought to be true. “People want to be where there“s an interesting and exciting mix of the old and new,“ he said. “Now we have all this data to back up what I think preservationists and planners have sort of known for decades.“ The study examined such
33、 historic neighbourhoods as San Francisco“s rapidly changing Mid-Market, where Twitter moved its headquarters; Seattle“s Capitol Hill and Chinatown International District; and Washington“s Barracks Row and H Street corridor where a streetcar line has been built. Many high performing areas in the stu
34、dy have commercial corridors that were originally built up in the 20th century streetcar era. National Trust President Stephanie Meeks said the group hopes developers and city planners will consider the data. “There is a lot of economic capability in older and smaller buildings and in historic distr
35、icts that“s often overlooked,“ she said. “We hear from time to time, “well, it“s just easier to tear it down and to start over,“ Meeks said. “So we feel compelled to put the strongest argument forward that it“s worth the effort to invest in these places, not just from a cultural standpoint but from
36、an economic standpoint.“（分数：71.00）(1).Compared with gleaming skyscrapers, small and historic buildings _.（分数：14.20）A.shall be overlooked in the process of economic developmentB.seems less attractive visually but more suitable for citiesC.are used to be carriers of impressive skylineD.draw less enter
37、prises and nightclubs(2).What does the analysis reveal?（分数：14.20）A.Newer buildings contribute much more to the local economy.B.Blocks with newer buildings have hot real estate markets.C.New buildings are usually equivalent to vibrant social life.D.Blocks covering with historic corridors are crucial
38、to local economy.(3).According to the passage, why are older buildings attractive to young people?（分数：14.20）A.They own many businesses and can thus offer more job opportunities to them.B.Their cultural outlets and age-diverse buildings are magnets for young people.C.The cost of living is much lower
39、than downtown skyscrapers.D.They can enjoy a more relaxed life and a variety of nightlife.(4).What can be inferred about those preservationists?（分数：14.20）A.What they have perceived about the smaller and older buildings is proved to be outdated.B.They insist that the corridors with older buildings ha
40、ve essential economic significance.C.They advocate the city plan that the older corridors shall be replaced by modern buildings.D.They admit that the corridors built in the early days possess important cultural status.(5).According to Meeks, why is it urgent to launch an initiative?（分数：14.20）A.Becau
41、se the historic districts hinder local economic development.B.Because the older buildings are not secure and can be easily pulled down.C.Because developers may attempt to destroy the older buildings.D.Because the historic corridors stand for the past times to the local citizens.六、Passage Two(总题数：1，分
42、数：71.00)Google recently introduced a new service that adds social-networking features to its popular Gmail system. The service is called Buzz, and within hours of its release, people were howling about privacy issuesbecause, in its original form, Buzz showed everyone the list of people you e-mail mo
43、st frequently. Even people who weren“t cheating on their spouses or secretly applying for new jobs found this a little unnerving. Google backtracked and changed the software, and apologized for the misstep, claiming that, it just never occurred to us that people might get upset. “The public reaction
44、 was something we did not anticipate. But we“ve reacted very quickly to people“s unhappiness,“ says Bradley Horowitz, vice president for product management at Google. Same goes for Facebook. In December, Facebook rolled out a new set of privacy settings. A spokesman says the move was intended to “em
45、power people“ by giving them more “ granular (颗粒)“ control over their personal information. But many viewed the changes as a sneaky attempt to push members to expose more information about themselvespartly because its default settings had lots of data, like your photo, city, gender, and information
46、about your family and relationships, set up to be shared with everyone on the Internet. (Sure, you could change those settings, but it was still creepy.) Facebook“s spokesman says the open settings reflect “shifting social norms around privacy.“ Five years after Facebook was founded, he says, “we“ve
47、 noticed that people are not only sharing more information but also are becoming more comfortable about sharing more information with more people.“ Nevertheless, the changes prompted 10 consumer groups to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission. What“s happening is that our privacy has be
48、come a kind of currency. It“s what we use to pay for online services. Google charges nothing for Gmail; instead, it reads your e-mail and sends you advertisements based on keywords in your private messages. The genius of Google, Facebook, and others is that they“ve created services that are so usefu
49、l or entertaining that people will give up some privacy in order to use them. Now the trick is to get people to give up morein effect, to keep raising the price of the service. These companies will never stop trying to chip away at our information. Their entire business model is based on the notion of “monetizing“ our privacy. To succeed they must slowly change the notion of privacy itselfthe “social norm,“ as Facebook puts itso that what we“re giving up doesn“t seem so valuable. Then
