2010年6月大学英语六级考试模拟题

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　　It will hold thousands of plants in more than 150 species-wild onion and butterfly weed, sky-blue aster and buffalo grass-to provide data on what species adapt best. Small plants requiring shallow soil depths were chiefly selected.
　　57. The rooftop garden project ________.
　　[A] is common and popular in the country
　　[B] is a demonstration project and costs the city government 1.5 million dollars
　　[C] will make the ordinary cooling down of the city in summer unnecessary
　　[D] aims at getting people involved and understanding their impact on the environment
　　58. What can we learn about the City Hall?
　　[A] It was built ninety years ago and is the most outstanding feature in the center of the city.
　　[B] It is originally proper to build a garden on the top of the City Hall.
　　[C] The temperature on its top is a little bit lower than that on the street below.
　　[D] It is the first building in America to have a garden on it.
　　59. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
　　[A] Every year, Chicago spends about $ 4,000 on cooling the city.
　　[B] The design of the garden on the City Hall specially takes into consideration the weight the roof can stand.
　　[C] The Mayor urged the environmental department to look into rooftop gardens in Hamburg and build similar ones in America.
　　[D] Heat islands mainly refer to those dark-colored rooftops which receive and retain heat and will not easily release the heat.
　　60. Why should the rooftop garden be built on the top of City Hall other than on any other buildings?
　　[A] Because the City Hall is large.
　　[B] Because the mayor had urged the environmental department to do so.
　　[C] Because it can make people understand their impact on environment better through a public building.
　　[D] Because the experts just want to make the City Hall a convenient laboratory.
　　61. The word "substantially" (Line 2, Para. 5) most likely means ________.
　　[A] a little bit    [B] in fact    [C] materially    [D] considerably


　　Part V Error Correction (15 minutes)
　　Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word. put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the blank.
　　Example:
　　Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our periods. 1. time/times/period
            
            

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　　Many of the arguments having used for the study of literature 2. ____/____
　　as a school subject are valid for ∧ study of television. 3. ____the____

　　Language learning begins with listening. Individual
　　children vary greatly in the amount of listening they do after 62. ________
　　they start speaking, and late starters are often long listeners.
　　Most children will "obey" spoken instructions some time
　　before they can speak, though the word obey is hardly
　　accurate like a description of the eager and delighted 63. ________
　　cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can
　　speak, many children will ask questions in gesture and by 64. ________
　　making questioning noises. Any attempt to trace the
　　development from the noises babies make to their first
　　spoken words lead to considerable difficulties. It is agreed 65. ________
　　they enjoy making noises, and that during the first 66. ________
　　few months one or two noise sort themselves out as 67. ________
　　particular indicative of delight, distress, sociability, and so 68. ________
　　on. But since these can be said to show the baby's intention to 69. ________
　　communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of
　　language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they
　　play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they
　　are able to add new sounds to their repertoire. This
　　self-imitation leads on to deliberate imitation of sounds
　　making or words spoken to them by other people. The 70. ________
　　problem then arises as to the point which one can say that 71. ________
　　these imitations can be considered as speech.


　Part VI Translation (5 minutes)
　　Directions: Complete the following sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
　　72. It turned out that getting fired from that company ________________________ (对我来说是发生在我身上的最棒的事情).
　　73. It is necessary that ________________________ (马上把他送到医院).
　　74. Make a list each day of all that you are grateful for, ________________________ (这样你就能每天都注意到从别人那里得到了什么).
　　75. His silence suggested that ________________________ (他赞成我的决定，并决定执行那个计划).
　　76. Only with combined efforts, ________________________ (我们才能期望我们的国家有新的面貌).
　　2010年6月大学英语六级考试全真预测试卷六答案详解
　　Part I Writing
　　Salary or Interest
　　Upon graduation, virtually all college students will confront the problem of choosing their careers. It is truly a tough choice. Students’ opinions differ greatly on this issue. Some hold that priority should be given to their interest in the job, but others take the attitude that salary is the most critical factor influencing their career choices.
            
            

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　　As for myself, I prefer the latter view. A well-paid job exerts a tremendous fascination on a great number of people, with no exception to me. Although it might be impossible to measure the value of one’s job in terms of money, salary counts most when I choose my future career. In my view, our career choices largely depend on how and where we have been brought up. I come from a poor urban family and my parents are both laid-off workers. In order to finance my tuition, they have been working hard over the past four years. As the only son in my family, I have to shoulder the burden of supporting my family.
　　In short, salary is the first consideration in my choice of career.


　Part II Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)
　　1. Y 根据题干中的信息词age-old desire定位到原文第一段，可知美国围家地理新闻整理了近期历史上让人印象深刻的恶作剧，这些谎言欺骗的是那些易受骗的、轻易信任他人的人，用以满足有些人想要捉弄他人的想法，故该句表述正确。
　　2. NG 根据题干中的信息词Internet hoaxes定位到第一个小标题，可知互联网促进了恶作剧的增多，该部分接着介绍了通过电子邮件骗人的把戏，但并没有表明电子邮件恶作剧是惟一的网络恶作剧形式。
　　3. N 根据题干中的信息词Dihydrogen monoxide定位到第二个小标题，由该标题下的第二段可知，所谓的一氧化二氢其实就是H¬2O，也就是水。而关于水被用做工业溶剂的说法是吓唬人的，故该句表述错误。
　　4. N 根据题干中的信息词Dihydrogen monoxide定位到第二个小标题，再由corrosion and rusting定位到该标题下的倒数第二段，可知爱开玩笑的人还将加速腐蚀和生锈、严重烧伤、吸入致死等其他危险和一氧化二氢联系起来，结合前文提到的一氧化二氢就是水可知，这些不过是哄弄人的说法，故该句表述错误。
　　5. several newsgroup readers。根据题干中的信息词Alabama changed the value of Pi定位到第三个小标题，再由forwarded the article定位到该标题下第四段，可知有些新闻读者将文章发给朋友，还将其登在其他新闻版块中。再结合上下文可知，正是这些新闻读者的做法导致了那条虚假新闻的大肆传播。
　　6. newspapers，radio，and television。根据题干中的信息词traditional media outlets定位到第四个小标题，可知在互联网出现之前，甚至是现在，报纸、广播和电视这类传统媒体有时也会捉弄公众，由此可得答案。
　　7. much about the rest of Europe。根据题干中的信息词Swiss spaghetti harvest定位到第五个小标题，该部分最后一段提到，Boese表示，英国人不太了解欧洲其他国家。再结合上文可知，这正是许多英国人相信瑞士的意大利面条大丰收的原因。
　　8. the national debt。根据题干中的信息词Taco Bell Corporation和Liberty Bell定位到第六个小标题，再由Irvine定位到该标题下的第一段，可知一项公告报道Taco Bell公司买下了自由钟，并要将其挪到加利福尼亚的欧文市，该公司表示移动该钟是为了帮助缓解国家债务，由此可得答案。
            
            

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9. extraterrestrial communications。根据题干中的信息词crop circles定位到倒数第二个小标题，再由UFOs定位到该标题下的倒数第二段，可知有些人认为麦田圈是现代艺术最伟大的作品，也有人确信那是外太空通信的迹象或不明飞行物的着陆地。
　　10. stars。根据题干中的信息词Apollo program和pictures transmitted from the moon定位到最后一个小标题下的第二段，可知有人认为阿波罗计划是在摄影棚里拍摄出来的，他们指出，从月球传回的画面上并没有星星，这应该就是他们怀疑登月真实性的部分原因。