1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 171及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled On the Importance of Social Responsibility. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. 1现在的年轻人都在关注如何过好自己的生活，不愿
2、意关注社会民生 2有人赞同这样的做法，有人觉得不应该如此 3你的看法 Section A （ A） The one with the lowest price. （ B） The one from a famous maker. （ C） The one that is on sale. （ D） He doesnt care about the price. （ A） A digital watch with the date and time. （ B） A digital watch with yellow gold plating. （ C） A mechanical watch wi
3、th a leather strap. （ D） A mechanical watch with a metal strap. （ A） The saleswoman writes words on the back of the watch for free. （ B） The man feels surprised that the shop can do him a special favor. （ C） The shop charges a little sum of money for this extra service. （ D） The saleswoman promises
4、to finish writing the words in no time. （ A） Difficult to satisfy and full of demands. （ B） Polite but reluctant to spend money. （ C） Considerate, and loving his mother. （ D） Good at shopping but careless about money. （ A） Her neighbors son comes home late and wakes up her kids at night. （ B） Her ne
5、ighbors often hold a party at home and make big noise. （ C） Her neighbors son keeps the radio in his car turned on all the night. （ D） Her neighbors have far too much pride and show unfriendliness. （ A） She is too weak to show her dissatisfaction. （ B） She is afraid of upsetting the relationship. （
6、C） Her family will move to a new place soon. （ D） Her communication skills are too poor. （ A） Give her neighbors a call and make her requests. （ B） Meet her neighbors and tell them her trouble. （ C） Report the incident to the police directly. （ D） Keep silent until she cant bear them any more. （ A）
7、Because she can do it more politely. （ B） Because she has been driven crazy. （ C） Because she should keep her kids asleep. （ D） Because she shouldnt wait for their apology. Section B （ A） Water might become clean and pure. （ B） People will live in a better environment. （ C） There will be no police t
8、o protect people. （ D） People need to spend more money on education. （ A） To build hospitals and schools. （ B） To build roads and railways. （ C） To train the police officers. （ D） To teach and train the citizens. （ A） Some people refuse to pay taxes. （ B） The rich people pay higher taxes. （ C） Every
9、 citizen has a duty to pay taxes. （ D） The taxes are used to make laws. （ A） They were the most terrible disaster on earth. （ B） They were warning signs of some big events. （ C） They were turnovers of the big dragons. （ D） They were punishment from an angry god. （ A） The surface of the earth is made
10、 up by 12 huge plates. （ B） The surface is the most important part of the earth. （ C） We can now tell where and when earthquakes will happen. （ D） Our earth is made up by some oceans and lands. （ A） It will have more earthquakes. （ B） It is becoming larger slowly. （ C） It is divided by a large plate
11、. （ D） It will become even deeper. （ A） It is the meeting point of the Pacific and the North American Plates. （ B） It runs a length of roughly 1906 kilometers through California. （ C） It is one of the longest and most active faults in the world. （ D） It once caused the largest earthquake in the worl
12、d. Section C （ A） They are now seen as the exclusive possession of the computer geeks. （ B） They used to be a way of keeping an online diary known by many people. （ C） They are regarded as an important way for people to get news and ideas. （ D） They can be seen everywhere now and people are very cra
13、zy about them. （ A） Blogs usually include more text and pictures. （ B） Blogs include the space for people to write feedbacks. （ C） Internet sites normally have no more than one page. （ D） Internet sites enable people to respond to what you write. （ A） The world of blog writers and blog readers. （ B）
14、 The blogs that are read by so many people. （ C） The atmosphere created by the blog writers. （ D） The atmosphere created by the blog readers. （ A） They may become an invincible power to influence people. （ B） They may not be as influential as the traditional mass media. （ C） They may determine the r
15、esult of the US presidential election. （ D） They may change peoples attitudes towards democracy. （ A） Denim jeans. （ B） Informal jeans. （ C） Jeans with zippers. （ D） Blue jeans. （ A） Because they were considered informal and casual. （ B） Because they became a symbol of youth rebellion. （ C） Because
16、they had the zipper down the front. （ D） Because they were not a wardrobe staple at the time. （ A） They were with the bib. （ B） They were quite loose. （ C） They showed the body. （ D） They were stone-washed. （ A） Return the bikes back to the same pick-up point. （ B） Use the bike for a short or long t
17、rip. （ C） Swipe their ordinary travel cards or citizen cards again. （ D） Give it a pay when using the bike for over 30 minutes. （ A） Raise the bike riders awareness of safety. （ B） Revise all the transportation laws in Seoul. （ C） Provide free insurance for the bike riders. （ D） Expand the length of
18、 the bike-only roads. （ A） Improved air condition and better health. （ B） Reduced traffic costs and the greater fitness. （ C） Less infrastructure demands and construction. （ D） More friendly communities and environment. Section A 26 After Susan Joyce was laid off, she was horrified to hear of two su
19、icides in her layoff group. Such cases may sound【 C1】 _, but being fired or laid off is undeniably one of lifes biggest blows and can lead to clinical depression, violence and alcohol【 C2】 _, and so forth. Even the fear of losing a job produces more doctor visits and health worries. Layoffs create a
20、 sense of hopelessness. Stress-related complaints such as insomnia(失眠 )and headaches tend to follow,【 C3】 _even after victims find new jobs, says University of Michigan psychologist Richard Price. Your health can【 C4】 _simply from fear of losing your job, says Sarah Burgard, a sociologist at the Uni
21、versity of Michigan. After【 C5】 _data from two large national surveys, she concluded that【 C6】 _job insecurity over a two-year period rivals the anxiety of a job loss or a major illness. Fears of poor job【 C7】 _may have similar consequences. When Swedish researchers asked 21-year-olds about their he
22、alth during a recession, they reported more problems than a comparison group during a【 C8】 _. If your stomach starts churning(翻腾 )when you hear bad economic news, Susan Joyce, who now runs a job-hunting Website, has some tips. Start a discreet search as soon as you see danger signs in your current p
23、osition. Prepare【 C9】 _by cutting costs and building up disaster funds. Get help if you or a loved one cant shake the blues. Watch for signs of depression: changes in eating and sleeping habits, significant changes in weight, loss of interest in some pleasures. And, if possible, make health insuranc
24、e a priority, as you may be more【 C10】 _to illness. A)deteriorate E)extreme I)abuse M)suffer B)analyzing F)lingering J)chronic N)vulnerable C)prospects G)occupations K)financially O)vanishing D)occasionally H)boom L)genuine 27 【 C1】 28 【 C2】 29 【 C3】 30 【 C4】 31 【 C5】 32 【 C6】 33 【 C7】 34 【 C8】 35 【
25、 C9】 36 【 C10】 Section B 36 States Experiment with Out-of-Classroom Learning AAt the end of August, most of Ohios teenagers will shake off their summertime blues, dust off their book bags, and head back to school. But others might be heading to an internship at a local newspaper or hitting the books
26、 for independent study. Some might even stay planted in front of the computer screen. BThats thanks to the states new credit flexibility program, which Ohio is launching for the upcoming academic year. The plan puts Ohio on the front lines of a transition away from a century-old pattern of equating
27、classroom time with learning. But while theres a broad consensus that that measure, the Carnegie Unit, is due for replacement, no such unanimity(全体一致 )exists about the design and prospects for plans like Ohios. While most stakeholders agree that its theoretically preferable to give students the chan
28、ce to personalize their education, it remains unclear how effective the alternatives are, how best to assess them, and whether todays teachers are equipped to administer them. C“Certainly the Carnegie Unit needs undermining,“ says Chester E. Finn Jr., president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a
29、Washington-based education think tank that also runs charter schools in Ohio. “Its far better to have a competency-based system in which some kind of an objective measure of whether you know anything or have learned anything is better. But by what standard will Ohio know thats been met?“ DThe Ohios
30、program will be among the most sweeping, but nearly half of the states now offer similar alternatives although in many cases thats nothing more than allowing students to test out of classes by demonstrating proficiency. A smaller but growing number of states, from Florida to New Jersey to Kentucky,
31、have begun allowing students to earn credit through internships, independent studies, and the like. Its a logical extension of the realization that simply being in a seat from bell to bell doesnt guarantee intellectual development. Students and their parents-are at least theoretically attracted to t
32、he idea of studying what they want, at the pace they want. ETeachers are on board, too. “It really will allow more meaningful experiences for students,“ says Sue Taylor, president of the Ohio Federation of Teachers, a teachers union that participated in designing the program. “Any time a student is
33、able to take the lead or take some charge of some aspect, that student is going to be more motivated and learn something at a deeper level.“ The motivation will extend to educators, she says: many teachers complain that the controversial No Child Left Behind law forced them to “teach to tests,“ prep
34、aring students to pass inflexible multiple-choice assessments, but the new rules should make room for more creativity. FOf course, creativity cant preclude quality. “The concern is that the advocates of personalization dont necessarily advocate between good personalization and bad personalization,“
35、says Rick Hess, director of education policy studies at the conservative American Enterprise Institute. “A lot of these internships end up being time wasters, being silly, being trivial.“ While individual schools have found success with flexible systems, its unclear how they will work when scaled up
36、 to apply to entire districts or states. Many states with provisions for internships and independent-study programs are “local control“ states, meaning that while the states Department of Education may allow high schools to give students options, the decision about what qualifies as a valid educatio
37、nal experience is left to local authorities. The bar could be set differently from city to city, school to school, or even teacher to teacher. Ohio, for example, hasnt offered solid guidelines to districts, although a spokesman says the state will collect data each year on how many students particip
38、ated and what program they chose in order to “inform Credit Flex statewide going forward.“ It wont conduct a formal audit(审计 ), though. GStarting alternatives wont be easy in a difficult fiscal(财政的 )environment. With states across the country desperately broke, even basic public services like school
39、s and police have been put on the chopping block. Hawaii, for instance, cut some school weeks to four days, giving students 17 Fridays off, in the last school year: the plan was massively unpopular. Even though Congress held a special session this week to pass a bill giving states $10 billion to kee
40、p teachers on the job, school districts are looking at lean times for years to come. The solution for superintendents and school boards will be to find ways to cut costs without slashing school days. HFloridas Credit Acceleration Program which expands previous options for accelerated graduation was
41、passed this year with the primary goal of allowing students who are ready to move to tougher courses to do so. But its also a handy way to save money, says Mary Jane Tappen, the states deputy chancellor of curriculum, instruction, and student services. Fewer students in desks mean cost savings. Virt
42、ual learning which an ever-larger number of states allow as an alternative to learning in bricks-and-mortar schools provides even greater economies of scale. The Florida Virtual School, an industry leader, has seen continuously increasing enrollment for both in-state and out-of-state students. Its G
43、lobal School the division that offers virtual classes to students outside of Florida on a fee model does almost all of its business with districts and states rather than on an individual student basis, says Andy Ross, the schools chief sales and marketing officer. Its helped to subsidize the taxpaye
44、r-supported in-state division of the Virtual School as well, covering its own costs and contributing some $2.5 million per year for research and development of software and teaching methods. IWhile educators say blends of traditional and virtual learning are ideal, all-virtual classes could create a
45、n opening for strapped states to save money by slashing the ranks of teachers they employ in traditional classrooms. “If the same virtual lesson recorded in Seattle can educate 8,000 kids in Ohio, how many teachers might not be needed that Ohio has historically employed?“ Finn asks. JTaylor, of the
46、teachers union, is concerned about budget cuts with the coming changes in Ohio. “There may be a few districts that are financially strapped in this climate who may see credit flexibility as a chance to see budget slashing, but if they do, obviously its going to be done at the cost of effective stude
47、nt learning,“ she warns. On the contrary, she thinks districts should hire more teachers, with some taking on more supervisory and advisory roles in overseeing credit-flexibility experiences. “If a teacher has 125 students in a day, its not going to be feasible for him to help to design and work wit
48、h each and every student,“ she says. KOf course, this may be irrelevant. In launching its plan, the Ohio Department of Education said a major reason for allowing districts to develop flexibility plans was that while many states provide flexibility, not many districts take advantage of it. Data colle
49、ction nationwide is hit or miss, so its tough to tell how many students use existing programs. Meanwhile, although anecdotal(轶事的 )evidence suggests parent and student interest in the new alternatives, no one is offering predictions about how many Ohio students might sign up for Credit Flex. If the nationwide example holds, the vast majority of students will decide that bricks-and-mortar schools are still the best way to get their mortarboards. 37 Its theoretical
