1、大学英语六级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 62 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 How to Broaden Our Knowledge? You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. 1在信息快速发展的今天，我们应该不断扩大自己的知识面 2具备宽广知识面的意
2、义 3为此，我们应该 Section A （ A） Outstanding teachers like Professor Johnson are rare. （ B） Professor Johnson has won a million dollars as an award. （ C） Professor Johnson is likely to get the benefits from the school. （ D） There are many teachers as good as Professor Johnson. （ A） It was misleading. （ B）
3、It was rather boring. （ C） It was enjoyable. （ D） It was just so-so. （ A） She has to change the time for the trip. （ B） She hasnt decided where to go next month. （ C） She cant afford the time for the trip. （ D） She will manage to leave this month. （ A） The apartment is better furnished. （ B） The wom
4、an prefers to live in a quiet place. （ C） Its less expensive to live in the new apartment. （ D） The womans roommate is hard to get along with. （ A） At home. （ B） In a telephone booth. （ C） At a meeting. （ D） In the hospital. （ A） Customer and salesperson. （ B） Teacher and student. （ C） Boss and secr
5、etary. （ D） Guest and waitress. （ A） He didnt buy anything while Tommy bought a lot. （ B） He got some medicine for his hurting foot. （ C） He twisted his foot and couldnt go shopping. （ D） He bought everything except the storybook. （ A） She didnt expect her daughter to sing so well. （ B） She sings be
6、tter than her daughter. （ C） She doesnt like her daughter singing. （ D） She herself probably doesnt have a good voice. （ A） They are held twice a year. （ B） They were first held in 1927. （ C） They are given for excellence in films. （ D） They are less desired than the Grammy Awards. （ A） By an anonym
7、ous ballot. （ B） By an open vote. （ C） By rigid rules. （ D） By their personal preference. （ A） One of the academy members. （ B） Creator of the Oscar statue. （ C） An Oscar winner. （ D） A nominee for the Oscar award. （ A） She had great interest in the history of the Oscars. （ B） She searched the infor
8、mation from the Internet. （ C） She took a course in the history of film. （ D） She majored in motion pictures. （ A） Give suggestions for revision. （ B） Write one for her. （ C） Point out grammatical errors in it. （ D） Cut some unnecessary materials. （ A） Law. （ B） Music. （ C） Geology. （ D） Biology. （
9、A） Look through her materials. （ B） Make preparation for the interview. （ C） Pay attention to the presentation. （ D） Add something to make herself stand out. Section B （ A） They believe the universe is unchanging. （ B） They accept the idea of an expanding universe. （ C） They think the stars attract
10、one another. （ D） They try to propose a new model. （ A） It is static. （ B） It is in motion. （ C） It cant be measured. （ D） Its getting bigger. （ A） Why stars are moving farther apart. （ B） Why stars attract each other. （ C） Why stars dont fall in towards each other. （ D） Why stars remain motionless.
11、 （ A） The impact of Halloween on children is underestimated. （ B） People used to celebrate new year at the end of October. （ C） Spirits come out when winter begins. （ D） Most parents and children are terrified by Halloween. （ A） To keep the ghosts happy. （ B） To avoid being recognized by ghosts. （ C
12、） To let the spirits roam among the living. （ D） To form their own customs. （ A） They should be carefully avoided. （ B） They are just like the store-bought skeleton figures. （ C） They should be kept on reminding all the time. （ D） They can be introduced to kids during Halloween. （ A） It strikes ever
13、y telephone indoors. （ B） It is a very dangerous force. （ C） It kills millions of Americans each year. （ D） It strikes the plumbers. （ A） Staying in bed. （ B） Staying off the telephone. （ C） Switching off the lights. （ D） Taking a shower. （ A） The materials for indoor plumbing have been improved. （
14、B） The houses recently built are much more solid. （ C） People wont go anywhere when lightning. （ D） People will stay away from plumbing. （ A） Call somebody for help. （ B） Stay away from your house. （ C） Recharge your cell phone. （ D） Turn off the appliances and electronics. Section C 26 Americans us
15、ually consider themselves a friendly people. Their friendships, however, tend to be shorter and more【 B1】 _than friendships among people from other【 B2】 _. It is not uncommon for Americans to have only one close friend during their lifetime. This attitude probably has something to do with American m
16、obility and the fact that Americans do not like to【 B3】 _other people. Because the United States is a highly active society, full of movement and change, people always seem to be on the go. In this highly changed atmosphere, Americans can sometimes seem impatient or【 B4】 _. They want to get to know
17、you as【 B5】 _as possible and then move on to something else. Sometimes, early on, they will ask you questions that you may feel are very personal. No insult is intended; the questions usually【 B6】 _their genuine interest or【 B7】_, and their impatience to get to the heart of the matter. And the same
18、goes for you. If you do not understand certain American behavior or you want to know more about them, do not【 B8】 _to ask them questions about themselves. Americans are usually eager to explain all about their country or anything “American“ in which you may be interested. So much so in fact that you
19、 may become【 B9】 _listening. It doesnt matter because Americans tend to be uncomfortable with silence during a conversation. They would rather talk about the weather or the latest sports scores, for example, than deal with silence. On the other hand, dont expect Americans to be【 B10】 _about internat
20、ional geography or world affairs, unless those subjects directly involve the United States. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 After Susan Joyce was laid off, she was horrified to hear of two suicides in her layoff group. Such case
21、s 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 sense of hopelessness. Stress-relate
22、d 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 University of Michigan. After【 C5】 _data
23、 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 health during a recession, they reporte
24、d 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 position. Prepare【 C9】 _by cutting cos
25、ts 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 insurance a priority, as you may be more【 C10
26、】 _to illness. A)deteriorate B)analyzing C)prospects D)occasionally E)extreme F)lingering G)occupations H)boom I)abuse J)chronic K)financially L)genuine M)suffer N)vulnerable O)vanishing 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 The Beaut
27、y Advantage AMost of us have heard the story of Debrahlee Lorenzana, the 33-year-old Queens, N.Y., woman who sued Citibank last month, claiming that she was fired from her desk job for being “too hot.“ But for all the talk about this womans motivesand whether or not she was indeed fired for her look
28、s theres one question nobody seems to want to ask: isnt it possible Lorenzanas looks got her the job in the first place? BNot all employers are that shallowbut its no secret we are a culture consumed by image. Economists have long recognized whats been dubbed the “beauty premium“the idea that pretty
29、 people, whatever their aspirations, tend to do better in, well, almost everything. Handsome men earn, on average, 5 percent more than their less-attractive counterparts(good-looking women earn 4 percent more); pretty people get more attention from teachers, bosses, and mentors; even babies stare lo
30、nger at good-looking faces(and we stare longer at good-looking babies). CA couple of decades ago, when the economy was thriving, we might have brushed off those statistics as superficial. But now, theres a growing bundle of research to show that our bias against the unattractiveour “beauty bias,“is
31、more pervasive than ever. And when it comes to the workplace, its looks, not merit, that all too often rule. DConsider the following: over his career, a good-looking man will make some $250,000 more than his least-attractive counterpart, according to economist Daniel Hamermesh; 13 percent of women,
32、according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, say theyd consider cosmetic surgery if it made them more competitive at work. Both points are disturbing, certainly. But in the current economy, when employers have more hiring options than ever, looks, it seems, arent just important; theyre cri
33、tical. Newsweek surveyed 202 corporate hiring managers, from human-resources staff to senior-level vice presidents, as well as 964 members of the public, only to confirm what no qualified(or unqualified)employee wants to admit: from hiring to office politics to promotions, even, looking good is no l
34、onger something we can dismiss as unimportant or vain. EFifty-seven percent of hiring managers told Newsweek that qualified but unattractive candidates are likely to have a harder time landing a job, while more than half advised spending as much time and money on “making sure they look attractive“ a
35、s on perfecting a resume. When it comes to women: 61 percent of managers said it would be an advantage for a woman to wear clothing showing off her figure at work. Asked to rank employee attributes in order of importance, meanwhile, managers placed looks above education: of nine character traits, it
36、 came in third, below experience and confidence but above “where a candidate went to school“. FDoes that mean you should drop out of Harvard and invest in a nose job? Probably not. But a state school might be just as marketable. “This is the new reality of the job market,“ says one New York recruite
37、r, who asked to have her name withheld because she advises job candidates for a living. “Its better to be average and good-looking than brilliant and unattractive.“ GBeauty is linked to confidence; and its a combination of looks and confidence that we often equate with smarts. Perhaps theres some ev
38、idence to that: if handsome kids get more attention from teachers, then, sure, maybe they do better in school and, ultimately, at work. But the more likely plot is what scientists dub the “halo(光圈 , 光晕 )effect“that, like a pack of untrained puppies, we are captivated by beauty, blindly ascribing int
39、elligent traits to go along with it. HThere are various forces to blame for much of this, from an economy that allows pickiness to a plastic-surgery industry that encourages superficial notions of beauty. In reality, its a meeting point of cultural forces that has left us clutching, desperately, to
40、an ever-evolving beauty ideal. Todays young workers were reared on the kind of reality TV and pop culture that screams, again and again, that everything is a candidate for upgrade. Weve watched bodies transformed on Extreme Makeover, faces taken apart and pieced back together on / Want a Famous Face
41、. We compare ourselves with the airbrushed images in advertisements and magazines, and read surveysthat confirm our worst fears. We are a culture more sexualized than ever, with technology thats made it easier than ever to “better“ ourselves, warping our standards for whats normal. Plastic surgery u
42、sed to be for the rich and famous; today weve leveled the playing field with cheap stupid jobs, and outpatient procedures you can get on your lunch break. Where that leads us is running to stand still: taught that good looks are no longer a gift but a ceaseless pursuit. IDeborah Rhode, a Stanford la
43、w professor and author of The Beauty Bias, is herself an interesting case study. During her term as chair of the American Bar Associations commission on working women, she was struck by how often the nations most powerful females were stranded in cab lines and late for meetings because, in heels, wa
44、lking any distance was out of the question. These were working, powerful, leading women, she writes. Why did they insist on wearing heels? Sure, some women just like heels. JBut there is also the reality that however hard men have itand, from an economic perspective, their “beauty premium“ is higher
45、, say economistswomen will always face a double bind, expected to conform to the beauty standards of the day, yet simultaneously condemned for doing so. Recruiters may think women like Lorenzana can get ahead for showing off their looks, but 47 percent also believe its possible for a woman to be pen
46、alized for being “too good-looking.“ Whether or not any of it pays off, theres something terribly wrong when 6-year-olds are using makeup, while their mothers spend the equivalent of a college education just keeping their faces intact. “All of this is happening against a background of more women in
47、the workplace, in all kinds of jobs, striving toward wage equality,“ says Harvard psychologist Nancy Etcoff. “So were surprisedbut we shouldnt behow this beauty curse continues to haunt us.“ KTo add an extra layer of complexity, theres the puzzling problem of aging in a culture where younger workers
48、 are more skillful, cheaper, and, well, nicer on the eyes. Eighty-four percent of managers told Newsweek they believe a qualified but visibly older candidate would make some employers hesitate, and while ageism affects men, too, its particularly tough for women. As Rhode puts it, silver hair and wri
49、nkled brows may make aging men look “distinguished,“ but aging women risk marginalization or scorn for their efforts to pass as young. “This double standard,“ Rhode writes, “leaves women not only perpetually worried about their appearance-but also worried about worrying.“ LThe quest for beauty may be a centuriesold charm, but in the present day the reality is ugly. Beauty has more influence th
