2009年12月英语六级模拟试卷及解析之四

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　　62. A) which            B) what              C) who              D) whom
　　63. A) describe         B) talk about        C) designate        D) indicate
　　64. A) Consequently     B) In contrast       C) However          D) Besides
　　65. A) economical       B) economic          C) thrift           D) economized
　　66. A) properly         B) possibly          C) probably         D) potentially
　　67. A) in               B) on                C) at               D) beyond
　　68. A) largely          B) widely            C) generally        D) extensively
　　69. A) constitutes      B) comprises         C) composes         D) consists
　　70. A) worked           B) made              C) taken            D) brought
　　71. A) However          B) Because           C) Hence            D) In addition
　　72. A) understood       B) considered        C) known            D) thought
　　73. A) Therefore        B) Yet               C) In contrast      D) So
　　74. A) series           B) body              C) set              D) range
　　75. A) for              B) as                C) to               D) among
            
            

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　　76. A) decreased        B) diminished        C) increasing       D) increased
　　77. A) made             B) coined            C) produced         D) formed
　　78. A) related          B) addressing        C) confined         D) connected
　　79. A) is               B) are               C) was              D) were
　　80. A) associated       B) known             C) acquainted       D) connected
　　81. A) though           B) when              C) as               D) since
　　Part Ⅵ  Translation (5 minutes)
　　82. We are always advised that ______________________(从书本汲取知识的最有效办法是在页边空白处做有见地笔记)。
　　83. In this information age, ______________________(人们的流动性比任何时候都大，这也许就是为什么移动电话十分普及的原因)。
　　84. We are told that ______________________(老师在评价一篇文章并打分时，可能是根据总体印象而不是根据仔细的分析)。
　　85. It is common sense that ______________________(几乎每个孩子都曾梦想去太空旅游，体会一下在失重环境下生活的样子
　　86. The journalist got promoted ______________________(因为他设法抓住了一个机会，独家采访了总统并上了头条)。

参考答案(4)

　　Part I   Sample Writing
　　An Eye-witness Account of a Traffic Accident
　　Yesterday afternoon, I happened to witness a terrible traffic accident on my way home from school. It was 5:30 p. m. , I was riding my favorite Giant back home. When I got to the last crossing on the Golden Lion Street, the red light was on. So I applied the brakes, along with a long queue of vehicles waiting to pass。
　　Just at that moment, a heavy-load truck with earth roared forward at my side and bumped against a private Accord of Honda traveling eastbound. As a result, the windshield of the lorry was broken into pieces and its driver got fatally wounded on the head on the steering wheel. The driver of the Accord and his girlfriend, the only passenger in the car, only got minor injuries, but his car lost its rear axel and two wheels and was totally dead。
            
            

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　　As for the cause of the accident, I think the driver of the lorry should be held responsible: the light was red then; he should have stopped and waited. It was he who had broken the traffic regulations. In addition, the bad weather was part of the cause. It was drizzling then, and the road was quite slippery. Finally, drunk driving was probably an important factor. As the police discovered on the spot; there was a heavy alcoholic smell on the dead body of the lorry driver。
　　Part Ⅱ  Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
　　1. Y     2. N     3. NG     4. N
　　5. the hours of the night
　　6. maintaining accuracy
　　7. accurate and reliable
　　8. demands of modern technology
　　9. the atomic clock
　　10. natural means
　　Part Ⅲ  Listening Comprehension
　　Section A
　　11--15    CDAAB     16--20    CCADD       21--25    CBDAB
　　Section B
　　26--30    DBCAB      31--35    CBCAD
　　Section C
　　36. president            37. twenty-one       38. delegates         39. election
　　40. banned             41. honesty          42. illegal           43. accusations
　　44. The American government charged five people in connection with these gifts
　　45. The new president has been active in the Olympics since he was a young man
　　46. Those games were highly successful
　　Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
　　Section A
　　47. 30
　　48. underestimates
　　49. Any zoo that is a member of a zoo federation or association。
　　50. caliber/ criterion/ standard
　　51. Disbelieving. / Skeptical. /Doubtful。
　　Section B
　　52--56     CBAAD     57--61     CBCAD
　　Part V Cloze
　　62--66    ACDAA     67--71    BBDAC   72--76    ABBCD   77--81    BCDCA
　　Part Ⅵ  Translation
　　82. one of the most effective means of absorbing knowledge from a book is to make intelligent notes in the margins
　　83. people are more mobile than ever before and perhaps this is why mobile phones have become so popular
            
            

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　　84. a teacher may evaluate and grade an essay on the basis of his general impression rather than on a detailed analysis
　　85. virtually every child has dreamed of traveling in space and experiencing what it would be like to live in a gravity-free environment
　　86. because he managed to get an exclusive interview with the president and published as the front page headline
　　试题解答(4)
　　Part Ⅱ  Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
　　1. 由“Clocks”部分第一、二句“At best, historians know that 5,000 6,000 years ago, great civilizations in the Middle East and North Africa started to examine forms of clock-making instead of working with only the monthly and annual calendar.., but it has been suggested that the intention was to maximize time available to achieve more as the size of the population grew。” 可见中东和北非的一些民族在五六千年前就开始研制钟表了。由于人口的增长，研制一定的时间段用于工作”是正确的。因此，答案为YES。
　　2. 由“Sun Clocks”部分最后一段“Another ancient Egyptian ‘shadow clock’ or ‘sundial’ has been discovered to have been in use around 1500 BC, which allowed the measuring of the passage of ‘hours’... For it to work successfully then at midday or noon, the device had to be
　　turned 180 degrees to measure the afternoon hours。”可见要想测量下午的时间，必须在正午将没备旋转180度。因此，我们可以断定这种计时器还不能做到连续、自动测量时间，必须在中午时手动旋转设备180度。故此题答案为NO。
　　3.由“Water Clocks”部分第一句“‘Water clocks’were among the earliest time keeping devices that didn't use the observation of the celestial bodies to calculate the passage O{time。”可见水钟是不靠观察天体来测量时间的最早的设备之一。但文章并没有进一步提供信息说它是否是第一个这样的计时设备。因此信息不充分，本题判断为NOT GIVEN。
　　4.由“Mechanical Clocks”部分第一段“In 1656，‘Christian Huygens'(Dutch scientist)， made the first ‘Pendulum clock’....‘Galileo Galilei' is credited，in most historical books，for inventing the pendulum as early as 1582，but his design was not built before his death。”可以看出，大多数历史教科书认为Galileo Galilei是第一位早在1582年就设计出摆钟的人，但直到他去世也没有制作出摆钟。第一个摆钟是荷兰科学家Christian Huygens制作出来的。故此句答案为NO。
　　5.由“Water Clocks”部分第三句“Most of these clocks were used to determine the hours of the night，but may have also been used during daylight。”可见水钟主要用于夜间计时。故本题答案为“the hours of the night”。
　　6.由“Mechanical Clocks”部分第三、四句“Huygens’clock，when built，had an error of‘less than only one minute a day.’This was a massive leap in the development of maintaining accuracy， as this had previously never been achieved。”可见这个钟的误差每天不到一分钟。这在计时准确性的发展史上，是巨大的飞跃。因此，本题的正确答案是“maintaining accuracy”。
            
            

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　　7.由“Quartz Clocks”部分第二段第一句“Quartz clocks continue to dominate the market because of the accuracy and reliability of the performance，also being inexpensive to produce on mass scale。”可见由于其准确和稳定，也由于其成本低，适于大规模生产，石英钟将继续占有市场的主导地位。故此题正确答案为“accurate and reliable”。
　　8.由“Atomic Clocks”部分第四段第三、四句“Transportation，financial markets，communication， manufacturing，electric power and many other technologies have become dependent on super- accurate clocks.Scientific research and the demands of modern technology continue to drive our search for ever more accuracy。”可见是科学研究和现代技术的要求驱使我们不断探寻日益精确的计时方法。故本题答案为“demands of modern technology”。
　　9.由“Atomic Clocks”部分第三段最后一句“From the‘Macrocosm’，or‘Planetary Alignment’， to the‘Microcosm’，or‘Atomic Frequency’，the cesium now maintains accuracy with a degree of error to about‘one-millionth of a second per year’。”可见随着技术的发展，原子钟已经可以达到一年误差大约一百万分之一秒。比起前面的钟表不知道精确了多少倍。故本题答案为“the atomic clock”。
　　10.由“Something to Remember”部分第一段“The only thing that should be remembered during all this technological development is that we should never lose the ability to tell the time approximately by natural means and the powers of deduction without requiring crutches to lean on”可见无论计时技术如何发展，我们不能失去通过自然手段判定大概时间的基本能力。故本题答案为“natural means”。


　　Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension (听力原文在光盘中)
　　Tape Script of Listening Comprehension
　　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 will 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 Sheet 2 with a single line through the center。
　　11.   M: I think the whole class is going on the field trip next Friday。
　　W: I'm not so sure, not everyone has paid the transportation fee。
　　Q: What does the woman imply?
　　12.   W: I'm taking John to that fancy new restaurant tonight。
　　M: You can't go like that. You'd better change。
　　Q: What does the man advice?
　　13.    M: How did your talk with Harry go?
　　W: It never really got off the ground。
            
            

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　　Q: What does the woman imply?
　　14.   M: Helen, don't forget to take out your umbrella。
　　W: Oh, it's just overcast。
　　Q: What does Helen mean?
　　15.   M: Have you seen this postcard from Rohm? He's in Florida。
　　W: Oh, so he was able to get time off from work。
　　Q: What had the woman assumed about Rohm?
　　16.   M: Darling, how do you feel about moving to San Francisco? It’s so cold here。
　　W: I couldn’t agree with you more. And the children will have more fun。
　　Q: What are they discussing?
　　17.    W: Paul, we haven’t gone out for over a month. Let’s go somewhere this evening。
　　M: Fine. Where would you like to go? Look in the newspaper to get information about the movies or the theater。
　　Q: What does the man ask the woman to do?
　　18.     W: I’ve been studying all the time, but I still can’t see any improvement in my grades。
　　M: Maybe instead of studying in your dorm, you’d better go to some place where there are fewer distractions。
　　Q: What does the man advise the woman to do?
　　Now you’ll hear two long conversations。
　　Conversation One
　　W:     Good morning. Can I help you?
　　M:     Yes please. I would like to have some information about the .. erm.. the course at Swan School。
　　W:     Is that a summer course you’re interested in?
　　M:     Yes, please。
　　W:     OK. Well, we have…erm…short intensive full-time courses during the summer。
　　M:     mm-mm. I would want to know the length of one course。
　　W:     Yes. Each course lasts for three weeks。
　　M:     How many hours per week, please?
　　W:     Well, it’s about twenty-three hours a week. Usually four and a half days each week。
　　M:     You must have a lot of students in the class, haven’t you?
　　W:     We have a lot of students in the school but in the classes only about between 12 and 14 students。
　　M:     12 and 14. Could you please give me the dates of the first and the second course?
　　W:     Yes, certainly. The first course begins on 3 July and lasts until 20 July and the second course is from 24 July until 10 August。
　　M:     What about the fees per course?
　　W:     Yes, each …each course costs ￡150 plus VAT, which is 15 percent, and a ￡5 registration fee。
　　M:     And deposit, please?
　　W:     Yes, for each course we need a deposit of ￡20 and the ￡5 registration fee。
            
            

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　　M:     Oh thank you. Do we have to find our...our own accommodation?
　　W:     No, we can do that for you. We have a lady who arranges the accommodation for you with Oxford families。
　　M:     How much does it cost?
　　W:     Well, you can choose to have bed and breakfast only which is ￡20 a week, or bed, breakfast and dinner which is about ￡27 a week。
　　M:     ￡27. Thank you very much。
　　W:     You’re welcome。
　　Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard。
　　19.    Where did the conversation take place?
　　20.    How long is the course?
　　21.    When will the second course start?
　　22. What kind of accommodation is available?
　　Conversation Two
　　W:    Hi, Scott, have you heard about Diana recently?
　　M:    No, I haven't talked to her for a couple of months. How are things going with her?
　　W:    Well, she is OK. She only had a little accident last week in her new car。
　　M:    Oh, It’s too bad! Was anybody hurt? Was there much damage?
　　W:    No, it was really a small accident and everybody was fine. It was the other driver's fault。
　　M:    Well, that's good. By the way, is she still going out with David?
　　W:    Haven't you heard yet? They're getting married!
　　M:    You are kidding!
　　W:    She said he gave her a ring on her birthday。
　　M:    My! How romantic! When is the big day?
　　W:    This October。
　　M:    Will it be a church wedding or a civil one?
　　W:    Diana is a catholic. So, there will be a church wedding。
　　M:    Good. No doubt, she will be very beautiful in her wedding gown。
　　W:    Surely, and she’s invited me to be her maid of honor。
　　M:    Did you promise her?
　　W:    Yes, I did. It'll be my first time。
　　M:    Whom did David ask to be his best man?
　　W:    He told me that you would be his best choice。
　　M:    Me? My God! It’s also my first time。
　　W:    You don’t want to do that?
　　M:    Yes. I do. Now, I must have a talk with him. See you。
　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard。
　　23. What happened to Diana last week?
　　24. What happened on Diana’s birthday?
　　25. Why will Diana’s wedding be a church one?
            
            

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      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 center。
　　Passage One
　　The American Civil War began on April 12, 1861 in South Carolina. The war took more than 600,000 lives, destroyed property valued at $5 billion and brought freedom to 4 million black slaves。
　　In November, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th President of the United States. Since Lincoln had become well known throughout the country for his anti-slavery views, his election caused a panic among the slave owners in the South. Early in February, 1861, seven states that seceded from the Union formed the Confederate States of America, with Jefferson Davis as President. So shortly after Lincoln had taken office, it was decided by his Cabinet that the Union was to be kept by force。
　　The war went on for 4 bitter years, with ups and downs on both sides. In manpower, wealth, and resources, the North was much stronger. The south, however, had better generals and a better military position. So, the first two years of the Civil war went badly for the North. It was not until the summer of 1863 that the Union troops began to win decisive victories on the battlefields. On July 1, 1863, the Confederates met the Union army at the little town of Gettysburg in southern Pennsylvania. After three days of fighting, the southern forces weakened and were forced to retreat. The Battle of Gettysburg has been called the turning point of the war. Finally the Confederate army had to surrender, ending the war in May, 1865. As a result of the war, slavery was abolished and the Union was kept。
　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard。
　　26. How much property was destroyed in the war?
　　27. Why did the election of Lincoln cause a panic among the slave owners?
　　28. What is regarded as the turning point of the war?
　　Passage Two
　　During World War II, Great Britain and the United States tried to deal with the problem of an international agreement on money. The two countries tried to set up a formal system that everyone would use to exchange money between countries. The system they set up is usually called the Bretton Woods System. The system got this name from the town in New Hampshire in the United States where the international agreement was signed. The Bretton Woods Agreement was signed in 1944. When it was signed, it seemed to be a good system。
　　The Bretton Woods Agreement had two main parts. The first part concerned exchange rates. All of the countries that signed the agreement promised to regulate their exchange rates. The countries promised not to change their exchange rates too often. This was a very important part of the agreement. It helped to stabilize the international finance system. The second part of the Bretton Woods Agreement concerned a currency fund. The fund was supposed to help countries that needed currency. All the countries contributed some of their currency to the fund. They could borrow the necessary currency from the fund. This helped all of the member countries to do business with each other. This second part of the agreement was called the International Monetary Fund。
            
            

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　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard。
　　29. How did the Bretton Woods System get its name?
　　30. What did countries that signed the agreement promise to do?
　　31. Who contributed money to the International Monetary Fund?
　　Passage Three
　　A good way to see the USA is by car. Americans love their automobiles and in the past fifty years they have developed a vast network of roads and freeways to help them reach their destinations。
　　As few visitors have their own cars, renting one is the next best thing. You will need a valid driver's license and either international credit cards, or a deposit。
　　You should start out with a working knowledge of the road. Regulations vary from state to state and this can be very confusing to a newcomer. For example, in some states it is legal to turn right at a red light if there is no approaching traffic, while in other states you will be fined for this action. Throughout the country it is forbidden to pass a school bus when it has stopped to let off children。
　　The size of the country may startle you at first and you may be surprised at the spectacular physical beauty. When the first pioneers began to expand west into the wildness, the natural resources of the land seemed inexhaustible. Nearly 1,000 million acres of land was covered by virgin forest. Much of this was burnt off for farmland and it soon became apparent that the government would have to take action or the natural beauty of the land would be lost forever。
　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard。
　　32. What is not needed for a visitor to rent a car?
　　33. What is forbidden when one is driving in America?
　　34. What may startle you at first when traveling in America by car?
　　35. Why would the government have to take some actions?
　　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。
　　The International Olympic Committee chose a doctor from Belgium as its president. Jacques Rogge will serve at least eight years. He replaced Juan Antonio Samaranch of Spain who served as president for twenty-one years。
　　Doctor Rogge received support from more than half the delegates in a second vote during a meeting in Moscow. He has worked for many years with the International Olympic Committee. He is fifty-nine years old。
            
            

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　　Observers called the election of Doctor Rogge a move to reform the worldwide sports organization. The new president says he will place great importance on preventing Olympic competitors from using banned drugs. Experts say his long record of honesty may help the Olympics recover from charges of illegal actions.
　　The accusations are linked to the winter games of 2002. Ten Olympic Committee members reportedly accepted gifts and large amounts of money to choose Salt Lake City to hold the events. The American government charged five people in connection with these gifts. Earlier this week, a federal judge dismissed four of fifteen charges against two men who led Salt Lake City's campaign to get the Olympics. The judge also postponed their trial。
　　The new president has been active in the Olympics since he was a young man. Jacques Rogge is a champion sailor who competed in three Olympic sailing events, the last in 1976. He has been a member of the International Olympic Committee for ten years. Doctor Rogge had a major responsibility for plans for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Those games were highly successful。
　　Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
　　Section A
　　47.由第二段第一句“Zoos were originally created as places of entertainment，and their suggested involvement with conservation didn't seriously arise until about 30 years ago.。.”可知正确答案为“30”。
　　48.从第三段第二句“This is probably the document's first failing，as I believe that 10，000 is a serious underestimate of the total number of places masquerading as zoological establishments。”中可以看出，作者认为文件的第一个缺点是大大低估了全世界动物园的数目。明目繁多但实质是动物园的机构远远多于一万这个数目。可见此处要填的词是意为“低估”的动词。因此，正确答案为“underestimates”。
　　49.第四段作者谈到选择参与保护项目的核心动物园的标准时提到“One would assume that the caliber of these institutions would have been carefully examined，but it appears that the criterion for inclusion on this select list might merely be that the zoo is a member of a zoo federation or association。”，实际上列入候选的唯一标准可能是：该动物园是动物园联盟或者动物园协会的成员。故该题可以答为“Any zoo that is a member of a zoo federation or association。”。
　　50.由第四段第二句和第三句“One would as some that the caliber of these institutions would have been carefully examined，but it appears that the criterion for inclusion on this select list might merely be that the zoo is a member of a zoo federation or association.This might be a good starting point，working On the premise that members must meet certain standards，but again the facts don't support the theory。”可见人们都以为参与保护项目的动物园应该按照标准 (caliber)严格筛选，但没想到例如候选的唯一标准(criterion)可能只是该动物园是动物园协会或者联盟的成员。如果这些协会的成员达到一定的标准(standards)也就罢了，但事实并非如此。两句话中“标准”三次出现。可见作者认为WZCS的第二个缺点是在挑选参与保护项目的动物园时，没有严格的标准。因此，此题要填的词为文中所出现的“caliber/criterion/ standard”中的任何一个。