1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 771及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Starbucks Presence in the Palace Museum. You should write at least 150 words, and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below: 1有些人认为 “星巴克进故宫 ”是一种 “挑战传统
2、文化 ”“崇洋媚外 ”的表现，主张将星巴克赶出故宫 2另一些人认为 “星巴克进故宫 ”是一种 “中西文化相互融合 ”的正常表现，可以接受 3你的看法 Starbucks Presence in the Palace Museum 二、 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
3、 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. 2 A Brief Introduction of Mark Twa
4、in Twain, Mark, pseudonym(笔名 )of Samuel Langhorne Clemens(1835-1910), American writer and humorist, whose best work is characterized by broad, often irreverent(不敬的 )humor or biting social satire. Twains writing is also known for realism of place and language, memorable characters, and hatred of hypo
5、crisy and oppression. Early Years Born in Florida, Missouri, Clemens moved with his family to Hannibal, Missouri, a port on the Mississippi River, when he was four years old. There he received a public school education. After the death of his father in 1847, Clemens was apprenticed to two Hannibal p
6、rimers, and in 1851 he began setting type for and contributing sketches to his brother Orions Hannibal Journal. Subsequently he worked as a printer in Keokuk, Iowa; New York City; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and other cities. Later Clemens was a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River until the Ame
7、rican Civil War (1861-1865) brought an end to travel on the river. In 1861 Clemens served briefly as a volunteer soldier in the Confederate cavalry. Later that year he accompanied his brother to the newly created Nevada Territory, where he tried his hand at silver mining. In 1862 he became a reporte
8、r on the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nevada, and in 1863 he began signing his articles with the pseudonym Mark Twain, a Mississippi River phrase meaning “two fathoms deep.“ After moving to San Francisco, California, in 1864, Twain met American writers Artemus Ward and Bret Harte, who en
9、couraged him in his work. In 1865 Twain reworked a tale he had heard in the California gold fields, and within months the author and the story, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,“ had become national sensations. Years of Maturity In 1867 Twain lectured in New York City, and in the sam
10、e year he visited Europe and Palestine. He wrote of these travels in The Innocents Abroad (1869), a book exaggerating those aspects of European culture that impress American tourists. In 1870 he married Olivia Langdon. After living briefly in Buffalo, New York, the couple moved to Hartford, Connecti
11、cut. Much of Twains best work was written in the 1870s and 1880s in Hartford or during the summers at Quarry Farm, near Elmira, New York. Roughing It (1872) recounts his early adventures as a miner and journalist; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) celebrates boyhood in a town on the Mississippi Ri
12、ver; A Tramp Abroad (1880) describes a walking trip through the Black Forest of Germany and the Swiss Alps; The Prince and the Pauper (1882), a childrens book, focuses on switched identities in Tudor England; Life on the Mississippi (1883) combines an autobiographical account of his experiences as a
13、 river pilot with a visit to the Mississippi nearly two decades after he left it; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court (1889) satirizes oppression in feudal England. About His Masterpiece The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), the sequel to Tom Sawyer, is considered Twains masterpiece. The
14、 book is the story of the title character, known as Huck, a boy who flees his father by rafting down the Mississippi River with a runaway slave, Jim. The pails adventures show Huck(and the reader)the cruelty of which men and women are capable. Another theme of the novel is the conflict between Hucks
15、 feelings of friendship with Jim, who is one of the few people he can trust, and his knowledge that be is breaking the laws of the time by helping Jim escape. Huckleberry Finn, which is al most entirely narrated from Hucks point of view, is noted for its authentic language and for its deep commitmen
16、t to free dom. Hucks adventures also provide the reader with a panorama of American life along the Mississippi before the Civil War. Twains skill in capturing the rhythms of that life help make the book one of the masterpieces of American literature. Turning Point In 1884 Twain formed the firm Charl
17、es L. Webster and Company to publish his and other writers works, notably Personal Memoirs(two volumes, 1885-1886)by American general and president Ulysses S. Grant A disastrous investment in an automatic typesetting machine led to the firms bankruptcy in 1894. A successful worldwide lecture tour an
18、d the book based on those travels, Fallowing the Equator(1897), paid off Twains debts. Twains work during the 1890s and the 1900s is marked by growing pessimism and bitterness-the result of his business reverses and, later, the deaths of his wife and two daughters. Significant works of this period a
19、re Puddinhead Wilson (1894), a novel set in the South before the Civil War that criticizes racism by focusing on mistaken racial identifies, and Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (1896), a sentimental biography. Twains other later writings include short stories, the best known of which are “The
20、Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg“ (1899) and “The War Prayer“ (1905); philosophical, social, and political essays; the manuscript of “The Mysterious Stranger,“ an uncompleted piece that was published posthumously in 1916; and autobiographical dictations. His Influence Twains work was inspired by the un
21、conventional West, and the popularity of his work marked the end of the domination of American Literature by New England writers. He is justly renowned as a humorist but was not always appreciated by the writers of his time as anything more than that. Successive generations of writers, however, reco
22、gnized the role that Twain played in creating a truly American literature. He portrayed uniquely American subjects in a humorous and colloquial, yet poetic, language. his success in creating this plain hut evocative language precipitated the end of American reverence for British and European culture
23、 and for the more formal language associated with those traditions. His adherence to American themes, settings, and language set him apart from many other novelists of the day and had a powerful effect on such later American writers as Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner, both of whom pointed to T
24、wain as an inspiration for their own writing. Later Years In Twains later years he wrote less, but be became a celebrity, frequently speaking out on public issues. He also came to be known for the white linen suit he always wore when making public appearances. Twain received an honorary doctorate fr
25、om the University of Oxford in 1907. When he died be left an uncompleted autobiography, which was eventually edited by his secretary, Albert Bigelow Paine, and published in 1924. In 1990 the first half of a handwritten manuscript of Huckleberry Finn was discovered in Hollywood, California. After a s
26、eries of legal battles over ownership, the portion, which included previously unpublished material, was reunited with its second half, which had been housed at the Buffalo and Erie County (New York) Public Library, in 1992. A revised edition of Huckleberry Finn including the unpublished material was
27、 released in 1996. 2 Mark Twains good education is mainly the foundation for his works. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 We dont know the exact number of Mark Twains works. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Writers of Mark Twains time does net see him as highly as the later writers do. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 Mark Twa
28、in got his fame by the work “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County“. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Mark Twain actually means _. 7 Mark Twain got married when he was _ years old. 8 Because of his failure, on business and the death of his family members, his works are marked by _. 9 Mark Twains Ma
29、sterpiece is _. 10 Mark Twains language style is _. 11 In Mark Twains later years, what he mainly did was _. Section A Directions: 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.
30、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. （ A） She hasnt called the travel agency yet. （ B） The man may have to reschedule hi
31、s trip. （ C） She doesnt know when her semester ends. （ D） The man should take his vacation somewhere else. （ A） Colins speech was more interesting than any other speakers. （ B） Colins speech was dull because it was too lengthy and tedious. （ C） Colins speech wasnt very good but he will do better nex
32、t time. （ D） Colins speech was good considering the difficulty of addressing so many audience. （ A） Decide for himself what is best. （ B） Communicate his career hopes. （ C） Stop hindering his own progress. （ D） Look for another career. （ A） He plans to sell the books to a collector. （ B） The old boo
33、ks are worth a lot to collectors. （ C） He wont sell the books until he has read them. （ D） The books probably arent worth much in terms of money. （ A） Brett wont try to get revenge. （ B） Brett wont be angry anymore. （ C） Brett will not always be so busy. （ D） Brett will have forgotten the womans wor
34、ds. （ A） The furniture is too heavy to move into the room. （ B） She thought the furniture would be more expensive. （ C） She doesnt remember how much the furniture cost. （ D） She is still thinking about the furniture bought as a bargain. （ A） Find a hotel nearby again in a few days. （ B） Accommodate
35、his parents in his dormitory. （ C） Ask his parents not come until he finds a proper hotel. （ D） Phone a hotel farther from the campus for a reservation. （ A） They have to finish it quickly. （ B） They have to use what they have. （ C） They have to work hard and do their best. （ D） They must redo the p
36、roject and hope it improves. （ A） Lawyer. （ B） Supervisor. （ C） Accountant. （ D） Legal secretary. （ A） Twice her present salary. （ B） Ten dollars more per week. （ C） The same as Snodgrass, Ellington and Pitts. （ D） Ten dollars more per week than Snodgrass, Ellington and Pitts. （ A） She feels her val
37、ue wasnt appreciated. （ B） She wants a more interesting job. （ C） Shes tired of working. （ D） She wants more money. （ A） A class assignment. （ B） A journalism class. （ C） The womans job. （ D） The mans work experience. （ A） Choosing journalism as a career. （ B） Peoples reactions to a school play. （ C
38、） How to take good photographs. （ D） The experiences of the director of a school play. （ A） News writer. （ B） Director of a play. （ C） Photographer. （ D） Newspaper editor. （ A） Make copies of her article. （ B） Write an essay for a literature class. （ C） Take the man to a play. （ D） Introduce the man
39、 to her coworkers. Section B Directions: 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,
40、B, C and D. （ A） Its near the Mexico City. （ B） Its in Guatemala. （ C） Its stretched from the plains of central Mexico to the mountains of Guatemala. （ D） Its in America. （ A） It has become a clumsy giant. （ B） The city has suffered from long-time famine. （ C） There was epidemic disease that time. （
41、 D） It has been set on fire. （ A） Teotihuacan, once the home of 200,000 people, was the center of a large empire. （ B） Many archaeologists are fascinated by the ruins of a pre-Columbia city called Teotihuacan. （ C） Teotihuacan, once a major metropolitan area, was destroyed by an invasion. （ D） A sti
42、ll unsolved mystery is why the people of Teotihuacan suddenly abandoned their city. （ A） How to drive a car. （ B） How to get a driving license in America. （ C） Traffic laws and safety rules in America. （ D） The age requirement for driving a car. （ A） You must be at least 16 to start the courses. （ B
43、） You need to take a hearing test. （ C） You learn to drive in the classroom. （ D） You can drive only when another person is in the car. （ A） When you complete classroom instruction. （ B） The federal government, set the rules for getting a license. （ C） You need to take a test to get a license. （ D）
44、A Learners Permit is not a certificate ensuring you to drive. （ A） The process of that debate was so nervous and painful. （ B） The debate was too heated to judge who was the winner. （ C） The judge didnt hold fair and objective attitude to each team. （ D） The room was so hot that he couldnt perform w
45、ell. （ A） By making the audiences feel enlightened and think a lot. （ B） By making the listeners learn what you want to convey. （ C） By making the speaker popular among people of all ages and all ranks. （ D） By convincing the audiences to change their former minds. （ A） Read more and try to paraphra
46、se. （ B） Read several times in front of a mirror. （ C） Recite while distraction happens. （ D） Recite when we are in high spirits. （ A） They may stand up and leave the auditorium. （ B） They may not care about the speech. （ C） They may send their complaints to the speech organisers. （ D） They may not
47、be interested in the speaker. Section C Directions: 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
48、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 36 When soccer officials in the United States learned their nation was
49、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 worlds 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 t
