[外语类试卷]大学英语六级模拟试卷269及答案与解析.doc
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1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 269及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition based on the following line graph that shows the changes of the attendance in the readding room. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below in
2、 Chinese with the title College Reading Room Phenomenon.1. 描述图表中的两个循环 (cycle)所反映的问题。 2分析引起该变化的原因。 3你的结论。College Reading Room Phenomenon 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 t
3、he questions attached 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. 1 Flirt With
4、Suicide The life of David Woods was the stuff of an Australian boys dream. He played professional rugby league football in a country that treats athletes as, idols. At 29, he had a loving family, a girlfriend, a 3-month-old baby, plenty of money, everything to live for. And for inexplicable reasons,
5、 nothing to live for. On New Years Eve, Woods called his mother to announce that he had signed a new contract with his team, Golden Coast, recalls his elder brother, Tony. The next morning, he ran a hose from the exhaust pipe to the window of his Mitsubishi sedan (轿车 ) and gasses himself. His family
6、 still has no idea why. The death of David Woods came as a wake-up call to Australia, which is often voted as the ideal place to bring up kids. But the sun, the beaches and the sporting culture are the cheery backdrop to a disturbing trend: young Australian men are now killing themselves at the rate
7、 of one a day-triple the rate of 30 years ago. Though most Australians arent particularly suicidal, their boys are. In 1990 suicide surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death among males aged 15 to 24. Fun-loving Australia is now far worse off than Asian nations known for strict disciplin
8、e. The yearly suicide rate for young Australian males is 2.5 times higher than in Japan, Hong Kong, or Singapore. Possible Causes for Suicide Why boys? A nation of wide-open spaces and rugged individualism, Australia still idolizes the film star Gary Cooper model of masculinity: the strong, silent t
9、ype who never complains, who always gets the job done. In recent years schools and social institutions have concentrated on creating new opportunities for equality for girls-while leaving troubled boys with the classic command of the Australian father: pull yourself together. Its past time to take a
10、 much closer look at the lives of young men, some researchers argue. “People think, My kids arent doing drugs, my kids are safe at home,“ says psychiatrist John Tiller of Melbourne University, who studied 148 suicides and 206 attempts in the state of Victoria. “They are wrong.“ The Haywards, a comfo
11、rtably well-off family in Wyong, north of Sydney, figured they were dealing with the normal problems of troubled teenhood. Their son Mark had put up a poster of rock star Kurt Cobain, a 1994 suicide victim, along with a Cobain quote: “I hate myself and I want to die.“ “From the age of 12, Mark had h
12、is ups and downs-mood swings, depression and low self-esteem,“ says his father. The Haywards sent Mark to various counselors, none of whom warned that he had suicidal tendencies. By last year Mark was 19, fighting bouts (回合 ) of unemployment and a drug problem. He tried church, struggling to do the
13、right thing. Last September he dropped out a detoxification (戒毒 ) program, and apologized to his parents. “Ive let you down again.“ A few days later, his mother found Marks body in bush-land near their home. In retrospect, Mark Haywards struggles were far from uncommon. The number of suicides tends
14、to keep pace with the unemployment rate, which for Australians between 15 and 19 has risen from 19 percent in 1978, the first year data were collected, to 28 percent last year. Suicide is especially high among the most marginal: young Aboriginal (土著的 ) men, isolated by poverty, alcoholism and racism
15、. As in other developed countries, Australian families have grown less cohesive in recent years, putting young men out into the world at an earlier age. Those who kill themselves often think “itll make it easier for the parents by not being there“. The deeper mystery is why the universal anguish of
16、growing up should have such particularly devastating effects in Australia. One answer is that the country allows easier access to guns than most other developed Asian countries. (One exception is neighboring New Zealand, where guns are as easy to find, and the suicide rate among young people is wors
17、e.) Australian boys tend to end their lives violently by shooting or hanging. Girls, by contrast, often take an overdose of drugs, and are more ofen rescued. Efforts to Tackle Suicide Problem Educators now hope to teach adults to recognize youths troubled by suicidal depression. That is no easy task
18、 in a society that generally avoids introspection (反省 ). “Good services do exist in Australia,“ says child psychiatrist Marie Bashir, but “the Australian philosophy is: pull your socks up. Get but and play some sports.“ To get Australias attention, psychiatrist Tiller wants the government to sponsor
19、 a shock advertising campaign, similar to one that portrays the pain and guilt felt by survivors in drunk-driving accidents. The ads should make people aware of the threat, and urge them to get help for young people at risk. The rising death toll has just begun to force suicide onto the nations poli
20、tical agenda. Suicide now takes more lives than murder or AIDS. Brendan Nelson, a physician and backbencher in Parliament, recently called for the creation of a National Office for Young People to report to the prime minister on youth concerns. Slowly, Australians are overcoming the old fear of talk
21、ing openly about a problem that has long been considered taboo. “We have one young person every day ending his life and possibly another four who are not reported as suicides but are killing themselves,“ says Clyde Begg of the Australian Community Research Organization. “Now, if we dont talk about t
22、hat, we are neglecting our duties.“ Tony Woods is talking now, but he wasnt always. The brother of the football player who gassed himself to death, Woods says he tried to take his own life at the age of 17 by slashing his wrists with a carving knife after breaking up with a girlfriend. Woods has mad
23、e it his own mission to warn other boys that they may find themselves on the same dangerous path taken by his brother, David. Among other things, he plans to bring professional football players into schools to urge boys to seek counseling for their personal problems. “Boys cant communicate what they
24、 feel,“ says Woods. “They are socialized to be hard, tough, independent men who dont show their feelings. We need to tell them: Youre worthwhile. Seek help. We need to teach boys to express themselves. We need to pick them up at 5 years old to prevent a problem in 15 years.“ It is the kind of simple
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