大学英语六级模拟 Model Test 1 (附答案可编辑))

Model Test 1
Part I Writing (30 minutes) （P.1）Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled College Students on the Job Market. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below.
1.当今大学生面临着严重的就业压力；
2.这一现象的产生有多方面的原因；
3.解决的办法。

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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 on Answer Sheet 1. 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.
For questions 5-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Stress （PP.1-3）
This may come as a surprise, but you need stress in your life. Leading stress management experts say that without stress would be dull and unexciting. Stress adds flavor, challenge, and opportunity to life. However, too much stress can seriously affect your physical and mental well-being. A major challenge in today’s stress-filled world is to make the stress in your life work for you instead of against you.
In today’s hectic, fast-paced world and with the blooming economy, stress is our constant companion. It comes from mental or emotional activity and physical activity. Too much emotional stress can result in physical illness, such as high blood pressure, ulcers, asthma, irritable colon, headaches, or even heart disease. On the other hand,
physical stress from work or exercise rarely causes such ailments. In fact, physical exercise can help you to relax and to handle your mental or emotional stress.
Hans Selye, M.D., a recognized expert in the field, has defined stress as a “nonspecific response of the body to a demand”. The key to reducing stress is learning how our bodies respond to those demands. When stress becomes prolonged or particularly frustrating, it can become harmful-causing distress or “bad stress”. Recognizing the early signs of distress and then doing something about them can make a significant difference in the quality of your life.
In order to use stress in a positive way and prevent it from becoming distress, you should be aware of your own reactions to stressful events. The body responds to stress by going through specific stages: (1) alarm, (2) resistance, (3) exhaustion. Muscles tense, blood pressure and heart rate rise, and adrenaline and other stress-triggered hormones that increase the level of alertness are released. If the stress-causing conditions continue, your body will need time to make repairs, if that happens, you eventually may develop a physical problem that is related to stress, such as migraine headaches, high blood pressure, backache, or insomnia. That’s why when stress occurs it’s important that you recognize and deal with it in a positive way. While it’s impossible to live completely free of stress and distress, it is possible to prevent some distress as well as to minimize is impact when it can’t be avoided. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services offers the following suggestions for ways to handle stress.
Try Physical Activity
When you’re nervous, angry or upset, try releasing the pressure through exercise or physical activity. Running, walking, playing tennis, or working in your garden are just some of the activities you might try. Physical exercise will relieve your anxiety and worry and help you relax. Your body and your mind will work together to ease the stress in your life.
Share Your Stress
It helps to talk with someone about your anxieties and worries. Perhaps a friend, family member, teacher, or counselor can help you achieve a more positive
perspective on what’s troubling you. It you feel your problem is serious, you might seek professional help from a psychologist, psychiatrist or social worker. Knowing when to ask for help is a positive step in avoiding more serious problems later.
Take Care of Yourself
You should make every effort to eat well and to get enough rest. If you’re irritable and tense from lack of sleep, or if you’re not eating properly, you’ll be more vulnerable to stressful situations. If stress repeatedly keeps you from sleeping, you should consult your doctor.
Make Time for Yourself
Schedule time for both work and reaction. Don’t forget, play can be just as important to your overall well-being as work. You need a break from your daily routine to just relax and have fun. Go window-shopping or work on a hobby. Allow yourself at least a half hour each day to do something you enjoy.
Make a List of the Things You Need to Do
Stress can result from disorganization and a feeling that “there’s so much to do, and not enough time”. Trying to take care of everything at once can be overwhelming, and as a result, you may not accomplish anything. Instead, make a list of everything you have to do, then do one thing at a time, checking off each task as it is completed. Give priority to the most important tasks and do those first.
Go Ahead and Cry
A good cry can be a healthy way to bring relief to your anxiety. It might even help you avoid headache or other physical consequence of anxiety and stress.
Create a Quiet Scene
You can’t always run away, but you can allow yourself a mental “get-away”. A quiet country scene painted mentally, or on canvas, can transport you from the tension of a stressful situation to a more relaxing frame of mind. You also can create a sense of peace and tranquility by reading a good book or listening to beautiful music.
Avoid Self-Medication
While you can use prescription or over-the-counter medications to relieve stress temporarily, they do not remove the conditions that caused the stress in the first place.
In fact, many medications may be habit-forming and also may reduce your efficiency, thus creating more stress than they eliminate. They should be taken only on the advice of your doctor.
Relax
The best strategy for reducing or avoiding stress altogether is to learn how to relax. Unfortunately, many people try to relax at the same pace that they lead the rest of their lives. That doesn't work. Instead, try tuning out your worries about time, productivity and "doing right". Here are several relaxation techniques you may find helpful:
--You should take a deep breath and exhale to help calm your mind, counter your body's natural stress reaction and improve your response.
--You should laugh. Many stress management experts advocate laughter as a relaxation technique for relieving tension.
--You should take a warm bath or shower. Whether you prefer bubble baths or long hot showers, this is an excellent way to relax after a stressful day.
--You should try progressive muscle relaxation. Individual contract and relax each muscle group of your body. Begin by tensing your toes for 10 seconds, then relax them for 20.Work all the way up your body, alternately tensing and relaxing, and finish with your facial muscles.
By learning the "art" of relaxation, you’ll find satisfaction in just "being", without trying or striving. Your focus on relaxation, enjoyment and health will reduce stress, anxiety and worry in your life. The result is, you will be calmer, healthier and happier.
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（P.3）
1．In today's stressful world, we should get control of the stress in our life rather than being forced by it. Y
2. According to the author, too much physical illness can lead to emotional stress. N
3. When stress becomes prolonged or particularly frustrating, it can become too harmful to cause distress or bad stress. Y
4. If the conditions which cause stress continue, your body will need time, usually,
three to five days, to make repairs. NG
5. Although it's impossible to live without stress and distress .
6. A more positive perspective on what's troubling you may be achieved with the help of .
7. Disorganization and a feeling that “there's so much to do, and not enough time”
can .
8. You can read a good book or listen to beautiful music .
9. is the best strategy for reducing or avoiding stress.
10. The reduction of stress, anxiety and worry in your life is .
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes) （P.4）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 with be asked about what was said. 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. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

11. A) Buy three good pairs. B) Buy one good pair.
C) Buy three cheap pairs. D) Buy one cheap pair.
12. A) To work in the flower beds. B) To hire a gardener.
C) To weed the garden. D) To clean the yard.
13. A) She has to change the time for the trip.
B) She hasn't decided where to go next month.
C) She can't afford the time for the trip.
D) She will manage to leave this month.
14. A) The man should work in a bank to earn money.
B) The man should try to borrow money from his friend.
C) The man should withdraw all his money from the bank.
D) The man should try to get a loan from a bank.
15. A) $342. B) $190. C) $171. D) $261.
16. A) Customer and salesman. B) Colleagues.
C) Employee and employer. D) Classmates.
17. A) A train departing from Skipton.
B) A timetable.
C) A map of London.
D) Pictures of the trains from London to Skipton.
18. A) She was in a rage. B) She was anxious.
C) She was confident. D) She was indifferent. Conversation One
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) Go to summer camp. B) Take a summer vacation.
C) Stay at home. D) Earn some money.
20. A) They hired someone to stay in their home.
B) They left their pets with their relatives.
C) They rented their house to a student.
D) They asked their secretaries to watch their home.
21. A) Walking the dog. B) Cutting the grass.
C) Taking care of the children. D) Feeding the fish.
22. A) They attend a house-sitter's party. B) They check a house-sitter's references.
C) They interview a house-sitter's friends. D) They look at a house-sitter's transcripts. Conversation Two （P.5）
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. A) On a bicycle trip. B) To a recycling center.
C) To a paper mill. D) On a business trip.
24. A) Reading cards, calendars and writing paper.
B) Art books and other high-quality printed matter.
C) Insulation for basements.
D) Imitation wood.
25. A) The quality of paper will improve. B) Paper prices will go down.
C) Garbage dumps will decrease in size. D) Trees will be saved. 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), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
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Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are-based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) It created more job opportunities.
B) It offered workers more chances for training.
C) It allowed workers to live far from their jobs.
D) It helped shorten the working hours.
27. A) The lack of qualified personnel. B) A decline in the number of customers.
C) Difficulty in finding suitable sites. D) Increases transportation costs.
28. A) Prices are lower in downtown stores.
B) Job opportunities are better there.
C) Highway commuting has become unpleasant.
D) Environmental pollution is no longer a problem.
Passage Two （P.6）
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. A) Because it is a means communication between people of different countries.
B) Because it is a means of communication between people of different professions.
C) Because it is the second language of all the people in the world.
D) Because it is compulsory subject on every school curriculum around the world.
30. A) British English. B) American English.
C) Majority English. D) Minority English.
31. A) Because they are minority English speakers.
B) Because they don't speak second language.
C) Because they English is not better than anyone else’s.
D) Because they lose control of English resources.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. A) Less than 30 minutes. B) From 30 t0 45 minutes.
C) At least 45 minutes. D) More than 30 minutes.
33. A) He should show respect for the interviewer.
B) He should show confidence for himself.
C) He should be dressed properly.
D) He should talk enthusiastically.
34. A) Speaking politely and emotionally.
B) Talking loudly to give a lasting impression.
C) Talking a lot about the job.
D) Speaking confidently but not aggressively.
35. A) Professional knowledge is a decisive factor in a job interview.
B) Finding a job is more difficult than one can imagine.
C) Self-confidence is more important for a job seeker.
D) A job seeker should create a good image during an interview.
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 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 main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
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（P.7）
Water projects in the United States gained a new principle in the 1930's. And during this time the nation suffered its worst economic 36 and the Great Plains region suffered its worst 37 in recorded history. As the economy sank into a deep depression and 38 rates increased, the political climate for direct federal government 39 in water projects improved. President Franklin Roosevelt's first 100 days in office brought a 40 of new laws to deal with the 41 economic depression.
The natural pattern of the Tennessee River was 42 by large spring flows that produced 43 floods and low summer flows that inhibited navigation 44 . To counter these natural obstacles, the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 created the Tennessee Valley Authority (TV A), a public agency with broad powers to promote development in the region including the authority to build dams and reservoirs and to generate and sell hydroelectric power. 45 . The TV A inherited the Wilson Dam, and by the beginning of the Second World War it had completed six additional multipurpose dams with power plants and locks for navigation. Investments in dams and hydropower facilities within the Tennessee Valley also received high priority during the war.
46 . The NIRA also gave the United States President unprecedented powers to initiate public works, including water projects.
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section A
Directions:In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2.
Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
A punctual person is in the habit of doing a thing at the proper time and is never
late in keeping an appointment.
The unpunctual man, on the other hand, never does what he has to do at the proper time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. There is an old saying which says, "Time flies never to be recalled." This is very true.
A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be obtained again. Time is more valuable than material things. In fact time is life itself, and unpunctual man is forever wasting and mismanaging his most valuable asset as well as others'. The unpunctual man is always complaining that he finds no time to answer letters, or return calls or make an appointment. But the man who really has a great deal to do is very careful of his time and seldom complains of want of it. He knows that he cannot get through his immense amount of work unless he faithfully keeps every appointment without the least delay and deals with every piece of work when it has to be attended promptly. Failure to be punctual in keeping one's appointments is a sign of disrespect toward others. If a person is invited to a dinner and arrives later than the appointed time, he keeps all the other guests waiting for him. This is a great impoliteness both towards the host and the other guests.
Friends sometimes grow cold towards each other, or even become enemies, because one of them has been neglectful of answering letters or keeping appointments.
Unpunctuality, moreover, is very harmful when it comes to one's duty, whether public or private. Imagine how it would be if those who are entrusted with important tasks failed to be at their proper place at the appointed time. A man who is known to be habitually unpunctual is never trusted by friends or fellow men. And the unpunctual man is a source of annoyance both to others and to himself.
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（P.8）
47. According to the passage, if a person cannot do things at a proper time, he will lose .
48. A punctual man will seldom complain that he finds no time to answer letters or return calls for he is very careful of .
49. If a person is unpunctual in keeping his appointment, he is showing towards
others.
50. Why some friends may become enemies according to the passage?
51. No one will trust a person who is known to be according to the passage.
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
With the possible exception of equal rights, perhaps the most controversial issue across the United States today is the death penalty. Many argue that it is an effective deterrent(威慑) to murder, while others maintain there is no convincing evidence that the death penalty reduces the number of murders.
The principal argument advanced by those opposed to the death penalty, basically, is that it is cruel and inhuman punishment, which is the mark of a brutal society, and finally that it is of questionable effectiveness as a deterrent to crime anyway.
In our opinion, the death penalty is a necessary evil. Throughout recorded history there have always been those extreme individuals in every society who were capable of terribly violent crimes such as murder. But some are more extreme than others.
For example, it is one thing to take the life of another in a fit of blind rage, but quite another to coldly plot and carry out the murder of one or more people in the style of a butcher. Thus, murder, like all other crimes, is a matter of relative degree. While it could be argued with some conviction that the criminal in the first instance should be merely isolated from society, such should not be the fate of the latter type murderer.
The value of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime may be open to debate.
But the overwhelming majority of citizens believe that the death penalty protects them. Their belief is reinforced by evidence which shows that the death penalty deters murder. For example; from 1954 to 1963, when the death penalty was consistently imposed in California, the' murder rate remained between three and four murders for each 100, 000 population. Since 1964 the death penalty has been imposed only once, and the murder rate has risen to 10.4 murders for each 100,000 population. The sharp climb in the state's murder rate, which began when executions stopped, is no coincidence. It is convincing evidence that the death penalty does deter many murderers. If the bill reestablishing the death penalty is vetoed, innocent people will be murdered— some whose lives may have been saved if the death penalty were in effect. This is literally a life or death matter. The lives of thousands of innocent people must be protected.
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（P.9）
52. The principal purpose of this passage is to .
A) speak for the majority B) initiate a veto
C) criticize the government D) argue for the value of the death penalty
53. The author's response to those who urge the death penalty for all is likely to be .
A) negative B) friendly C) supportive D) hostile
54. According to the Paragraph 4, it can be inferred that .
A) the death penalty is the most controversial issue in the United States today
B) the second type of murderers should be sentenced to death
C) the veto of the bill reestablishing the death penalty is of little importance
D) the value of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime is not to be debated
55. The passage attempts to establish a relationship between
A) the murder rate and the imposition of the death penalty
B) the effects of execution and the effects of isolation
C) the importance of equal rights and that of the death penalty
D) executions and murders
56. The author's attitude towards "death penalty" is .
A) opposing B) supporting C) neutral D) sarcastic
Passage Two
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
In general, our society is becoming one of giant enterprises directed by a bureaucratic management in which man becomes a small, well-oiled cog(齿轮的嵌齿) in the machinery. The oiling is done with higher wages, well-ventilated(通风良好的) factories and piped music, and by psychologists and "human-relations" experts; yet all this oiling does not alter the fact that man has become powerless, that he does not wholeheartedly participate in his work and that he is bored with it. In fact, the blue-and the white-collar workers have become economic puppets(木偶) who dance to the tune of automated machines and bureaucratic management.
The worker and employee are anxious, not only because they might find themselves out of a job; they are anxious also because they are unable to acquire any real satisfaction or interest in life. They live and die without ever having confronted the fundamental realities of human existence as emotionally and intellectually independent and productive human beings.
Those higher up on the social ladder are no less anxious. Their lives are no less empty than those of their subordinates(下属). They are even more insecure in some respects. They are in a highly competitive race. To be promoted or to fall behind is not a matter of salary but even more a matter of self-respect. When they apply for their first job, they are tested for intelligence as well as for the right mixture of submissiveness(服从) and independence. From that moment on they are tested again and again-by the psychologists, for whom testing is a big business, and by their superiors, who judge their behavior, sociability, capacity to get along, etc. This constant prove that one is as good as or better than one's fellow-competitor creates constant anxiety and stress, the very causes of unhappiness and illness.
Am I suggesting that we should return to the pre-industrial mode of production or to nineteenth-century "free enterprise" capitalism? Certainly not. Problems are never solved by returning to a stage which one has already outgrown. I suggest transforming our social system from a bureaucratically managed industrialism in
which maximal production and consumption are ends in themselves into a humanist industrialism in which man and full development of his potentialities—those of love and of reason—are the aims of all social arrangements. Production and consumption should serve only as means to this end, and should be prevented from ruling man.
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（P.10）
57. By "a well-oiled cog in the machinery" the author intends to say that man is .
A) a necessary part of the society though each individual's function is negligible
B) working in complete harmony with the rest of the society
C) an unimportant part in comparison with the rest of the society, though functioning smoothly
D) a humble component of the society, especially when working smoothly
58. The real cause of the anxiety of the workers and employees is that .
A) they are likely to lose their jobs
B) they have no genuine satisfaction or interest in life
C) they are faced with the fundamental realities of human existence
D) they are deprived of their individuality and independence
59. From the passage we can infer that real happiness of life belongs to those .
A) who are at the bottom of the society
B) who are higher up in their social status
C) who prove better that their fellow-competitors
D) who could keep far away from this competitive world
60. To solve the present social problems the author suggests that we should .
A) resort to the production mode of our ancestors
B) offer higher wages to the workers and employees
C) enable man to fully develop his potentialities
D) take the fundamental realities for granted
61. The author's attitude towards industrialism might best be summarized as one
of .
A) approval B) dissatisfaction C) suspicion D) tolerance
Part V Cloze (15 minutes) （P.11）Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank, there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
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In 1900, an American man could on
average expect to live until he was 45
years old. By 1940, that life-expectancy
number had jumped to 62 years, while for
women the average number increased
from 51 years to 66 years.
That 62 advance in public health was largely the result of the 63 of disease-fighting technologies like vaccines, antibiotics and improved sanitation.
A similar "very 64 moment" is at hand in public health, according to Thomas Goetz, 65 editor of Wired and author of a new book, "The Decision Tree: Taking Control of Your Health in the New Era of Personalized Medicine".
This time, the 66 revolution in public health, Mr. Goetz said in an interview on Friday, will be led by digital technologies that 67 people to live 62. A) unexpected B) rapid
C) unprecedented D) sudden
63.A)spread B) appearance
C)existence D) invention
64. A) exciting B) auspicious
C) interesting D) suspicious
65. A) executed B) enforced
C) endowed D) executive
66. A) potential B) conceived
C) perceived D) continuous
67. A) ensure B) promise
C) enable D) pretend
68. A) stage B) platform
C) front D) board
69. A) expensive B) available。