1、大学英语六级分类模拟题 490 及答案解析(总分：166.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Writing(总题数：1，分数：35.00)1.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark “A sense of humour is a major defence against minor troubles.“ You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write
2、at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. （分数：35.00）_二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Section A(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Ways to Fight Rising Food PricesA. Food, clothing and shelter generally top the list of basic human needs. While shopping at a discount store instead of the mall generally takes ca
3、re of the clothing issue, and living in a small apartment instead of a McMansion can address your housing situation, rising world food prices can lead to some significant challenges in the food department. Everything from rising transportation costs to the development of biofuels pushes up the cost
4、of food and put a pinch on consumers“ wallets. B. While the need to cat isn“t something you can avoid, you can take steps to keep the costs in check. Eat at home C. Dining out is expensive. Just about any nutritious meal that you buy in a formal restaurant can be made at home for a fraction of the p
5、rice. Even good coffee is cheaper to make if you do it yourself. Fast food is excluded from the category, as high-calorie, lowquality food can be a bargain price, but the impact on your long-term health overrides the benefit of short-term savings. Shop with a plan D. If you stumble around the grocer
6、y store and fill your cart with everything that catches your eye, chances are you will spend a lot more money than you need to. To minimize your cash outlay (支出), prepare a shopping list before you leave home. Plan your meals for the week ahead, and make careful note of what you need to buy in order
7、 to prepare those meals. Once the list is made, purchase only the items on the list, and avoid impulse buys. Eat before you shop E. When you are hungry and you walk into a building full of food, you“re likely to fill your cart with unnecessary and expensive purchases that appeal to your taste buds.
8、To keep your costs down, eat first and shop on a full stomach. Put on blinders F. Grocery stores are designed to make you go through a maze to get to the most basic items in the hope that you will make a few impulse buys along the way. If you keep to your planned list, you won“t be tempted when you
9、get forced down the junk food aisle to get at the milk. Because most necessities and basic cooking items are found along the outside edge of the store, start there and work your way around the perimeter and step into the maze only to grab any leftover items on your list. Avoid prepared foods G. Our
10、fast-paced society encourages convenience, and grocery stores have capitalized on this trend. Ready-made meals arc easy to buy, but they come with a premium price tag. Instead of putting that rotisserie chicken and macaroni salad in your cart, buy the ingredients and prepare the meal yourself. The s
11、ame concept applies to frozen entres, baked goods and any other foods that have been prepared in some way for added convenience. Buy in bulk H. Bulk buying can save you a significant amount of money. Pay attention to the prices and pick up the family-size package if the per-unit cost is lower and yo
12、u have a place to store it. Shopping at big-box bulk retailers like Sam“s Club and Costco can also save on your bill if you shop there frequently enough to cover the cost of membership, but pay careful attention to your spending habits. The big boxes arc often no bargain compared with sale prices an
13、d coupon savings at other stores. In addition, they may encourage you to buy more than you need, driving up your grocery bill. Use store reward cards I. If the store you visit most frequently has a reward card, be sure to sign up. In some cases, stores raise their prices when they offer reward cards
14、, and without the card your bill will certainly be higher. If the reward card offers other benefits, such as a ham for the holidays or a discount on gasoline, be sure to maximize your benefits by paying attention to the cutoff dates on such offers and cashing in your points before they expire. Use c
15、oupons J. Coupons provide an easy way to save money. Clip them and cash them in, paying particular attention to stores that double the value of manufacturers“ coupons. A number of websites also offer coupons exclusively, and they are a great place to search for discounts on the items you have on you
16、r list. If you frequent the websites of your favorite brands, they will often offer discounts to their faithful customers. A few minutes of surfing online can make a big difference at the register. Buy locally K. Locally grown or produced food is often available at a lower price because you don“t pa
17、y for long transportation costs. Farmers markets, fairs and the local aisle at your grocery store are all game for deals on tasty and fresh food. Look down L. Stores often place the most-expensive items at eye level. To find less-expensive items, look down. Also, by searching the area around brand-n
18、ame foods, you can often find a cheaper generic (没有商标的) alternative. Generic label products are often nearly identical to name-brand goods (in fact, they“re often produced in the same factory), so don“t pay for packaging when what you really want is the food inside. Compare prices and stores M. Some
19、 consumers often have trouble calculating the per-unit cost in their heads, but it“s something that gets a lot easier with practice. You can even carry a calculator. Looking at the brands and comparing prices is an easy way to shave a few cents off most purchases. The store that features the lowest
20、average prices in your area is often the best place for routine shopping, but the higher-priced competitor may run sales on specific items that beat the cost at your most frequented venue. Watch for these sales and take advantage of them when possible. Watch “best before“ and “sell by“ dates N. As t
21、he sell-by or best-before date approaches, you are virtually guaranteed a discount. For example, grocery stores lower prices as meat ages. Ask the butcher when the meats get marked down. Most stores have a fairly regular schedule that you can learn and follow. When you get a good deal, stock your fr
22、eezer so you can avoid buying when the price is high. And if you plan on freezing the food, “best before“ dates shouldn“t worry you; the product will stay fine until you thaw and cook it. Substitute recipe items O. If you have a higher-priced item that recurs in your favourite recipes, it may be tim
23、e to shake up your taste buds. Often a lower-priced alternative can be found. For instance, if you consistently bake with olive oil and you see that the price has skyrocketed, a simple switch to applesauce can make for a cheap and low-fat substitute in many recipes.（分数：71.00）(1).According to the pas
24、sage, generic products are cheaper than brand products.（分数：7.10）(2).Compared with home-made food, fast food is bad for your health in the long run.（分数：7.10）(3).According to the passage, shopping at Sam“s Club and Costco could lead to unnecessary buys.（分数：7.10）(4).If consumers buy the food near its b
25、est-before date, usually they can get a discount.（分数：7.10）(5).The author suggests consumers to make a shopping list and keep to it to avoid impulse buys in the shop.（分数：7.10）(6).When preparing food, olive oil can be substituted by applesauce which is both low-priced and low-fat.（分数：7.10）(7).The cost
26、 of food is related to many social factors.（分数：7.10）(8).People are advised to pay attention to and take advantage of sales on specific items run by some high-priced stores.（分数：7.10）(9).Ready-made meals offered by grocery stores are higher than usual ones.（分数：7.10）(10).To maximize the benefits of sto
27、re reward cards, people should exchange their points when they are still valid.（分数：7.10）四、Section B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：20.00)More and more gadgets seek to replicate the sorts of things your mother used to needle you about: getting exercise, eating more slowly or brushing your teeth
28、. Now one company has decided to embrace that imageit has named its product “Mother“. The device, from a firm called Sense, caught my eye at a press preview for the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, in part because of its unique design. It looks like a cross between WALL-E“s girlfriend EV
29、E and Russian nesting dolls. Mother has slightly creepy glowing eyesbut surely has your best interest at heart? Mother“s potential use is intriguing: Each Mother unit talks wirelessly to a set of smaller tracking devices, dubbed cookies, which can sense motion and temperature. You can put cookies on
30、 things and peopleon your body to gather data about how much you walk, on your coffee machine to track many espressos you drink, on your front door to track whenever it is opened, on your toothbrush to see how often and how long you brush.and so forth. Whenever the cookies get close to the Mother un
31、it, they wirelessly send back their data to the Internet. The company says users of Mother, which is supposed to start shipping in the spring, will be able look at all their information at once, or drill down on certain topics. And if something is really important, you can have an alert sent to your
32、 phone when a sensor detects a change. So what does all that data do for you? That“s a question that bedevils many Interact of Things gadgets on display here at CES. Mother“s makers say the data she tracks can help you gain peace of mind by answering specific questions in your life, such as, “Am I d
33、rinking enough water?“ or, “Did somebody open my secret drawer?“ Lots of companies want to connect parts of your body, home and life to the Interneta trend called the “Internet of Things“. Mother“s maker, Raft Haladjian, told me he thinks having separate devices for all these things is too expensive
34、 and too cumbersome because they can“t talk to each other. “There are not so many needs that are worth $200“ for a distinct Interact-connected device, he said. Mother, which costs $222 for a base unit and four cookies, is designed to be repurposed as new challenges or needs spring to mind, he said.
35、It“s kind of like a mobile device that can run an ever-changing array of apps. Where did the name come from? “We need a device that does all sort of things,“ Haladjian said. “The metaphor that matched this noble caring figure is the mother. She is not a nurse, a gardener or a copshe is everything at
36、 the same time.“（分数：20.00）(1).What can we infer from the first paragraph?（分数：4.00）A.The company that produces “Mother“ is better than others.B.The electronic devices today are more and more humanized.C.“Mother“ can do everything what your mothers can.D.“Mother“ must be more caring than other similar
37、 devices.(2).What is the relationship between “dubbed cookies“ and “mother“?（分数：4.00）A.“Dubbed cookies“ can sense motion and temperature of things or people.B.“Dubbed cookies“ can be put on things and people.C.“Dubbed cookies“ are a set of smaller tracking devices.D.“Dubbed cookies“ can help “mother
38、“ collect data and unit talks wirelessly.(3).What are the disadvantages of “Things of Internet“ according to Raft Haladjian?（分数：4.00）A.Different things can“t communicate with each other.B.They are too expensive and without utility.C.The safety of them can“t be ensured.D.They may threaten people“s pr
39、ivacy.(4).Which of the following is not the design goal of “mother“?（分数：4.00）A.To answer the questions suddenly appeared in users“ mind.B.To meet users“ needs anywhere and anytime.C.To fulfil users“ ever-changing requirements.D.To attract more users by its name“Mother“.(5).The best title of the pass
40、age may be _.（分数：4.00）A.A New “Mother“ to Digitally Nag YouB.A New Electronic Device Come into BeingC.“Mother“ is Better than Other DevicesD.“Mother“ is to Care for You六、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Historians can trace the foundations of plastic surgery as far back as about 2,600 years ago to ancient
41、 India where facial surgery were carried out. The techniques were recorded in the early Hindu texts and were used primarily on soldiers injured during conflict. The birth of cosmetic reconstructive surgery truly occurred many hundreds of years later, and over the past ten years plastic surgery has b
42、ecome very popular with more and more people refusing to grow old gracefully. It is however not limited to young women considering the fact eating disorders are on the rise among young men; men and women alike are interested in cosmetic surgery and it even gains popularity in mainstream culture. It
43、seems that no longer are people judged on their abilities alone but on their appearance, and more and more of people are choosing to go under the knife in an effort to shape themselves into an objective and arbitrary ideal beauty. The “image“ of beauty portrayed by the media is usually related to th
44、e objectives, young, very slim, and most often white. Having a body weight of 15% below normal for one“s height, age and weight is considered ideal. In other words people should be anorexic to meet the media“s image of beauty. The message is that only their imposed image of beauty is acceptable, and
45、 those who are larger, shorter, thicker, or browner are not. This ideal image and weight, however, is unattainable for 99% of women. Ironically, most images of models appearing on magazines have been airbrushed to perfection to attain that “perfect“ image of beauty. Sadly, for many people, the quest
46、 for beauty has turned into an all-out obsession. Unsurprisingly, the newfound obsession is a convenient marketing tool because 99% of the female population is not satisfied with their appearance and therefore will be more likely to buy slimming, cosmetics or turn to plastic surgery. The dieting ind
47、ustry makes an incredible $33 billion a year. The industry uses media to keep people thinking that they should maintain the slender or even skinny shape. This image of beauty is simply unattainable and the desire for it will never be met so the demand for the industry will never decrease. And the ve
48、ry industries that profit from fueling inadequacy, a feeling of not being good enough, will continue to prosper.（分数：20.00）(1).Plastic surgery was mainly provided for _ at first.（分数：4.00）A.kingsB.queensC.injured soldiersD.historians(2).The word “mainstream“ (Line 5, Para.2) is closest in meaning to _
49、.（分数：4.00）A.dominatedB.worldwideC.standardD.maternal(3).What is the ideal image of beauty in the perspective of the mass media according to the passage?（分数：4.00）A.Tall, strong and white.B.Elegant, healthy and white.C.Short, thick and brown.D.Young, slim and white.(4).What is the author“s attitude to the ideal image of beauty portrayed by media?（分数：4.00）A.Positive.B.Neutral.C.Not clear.D.Negative.(5).Why the mass media portrayed the ideal image in such way according to the passage?
