2011年英语六级考试模拟题(3)

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2011年英语六级考试模拟题(3)
　　六级作文：
　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic My Opinion on Campus Lectures. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:
　　1. 大学校园里的讲座丰富多彩
　　2. 听讲座的益处
　　3. 你对在大学校园里听讲座的评论
　　【范文】
　　My Opinion on Campus Lectures
　　In recent years, more and more lectures are being given on campus. They are organized either by the departments or by the students unions with an aim to improve the students quality both mentally and academically. These lectures are usually in series and on different topics, such as arts, life, economy, psychology and world issues.
　　Generally speaking, the advantages of good lectures are various. First they broaden the students knowledge horizon and cultivate interest in different fields. Second, they make the life of the students colorful and enjoyable.
　　With these merits, lectures are just complementary and subordinate to our school work. If students spend too much time attending lectures, their regular study will be affected and disturbed. So, in my opinion, the students should, on the one hand, do their class work and homework well first, on the other hand, set as more time as possible to attend good lectures which are helpful to our life and study.
　　六级阅读：
　　Is it possible to persuade mankind to live without war？ War is an ancient institution， which has existed for at least six thousand years. It was always bad and usually foolish， but in the past human race managed to live with it. Modern ingenuity has changed this. Either man will abolish war， or war will abolish man. For the present， it is nuclear weapons that cause the most serious danger， but bacteriological or chemical weapons may， before long， offer an even greater threat. If we succeed in abolishing nuclear weapons， our work will not be done. It will never be done until we have succeeded in abolishing war. To do this， we need to persuade mankind to look upon international questions in a new way， not as contests of force， in which the victory goes to the side which is most skillful in killing people， but by arbitration in accordance with agreed principles of law. It is not easy to change very old mental habits， but this is what must be attempted.
　　There are those who say that the adoption of this or that ideology would prevent war. I believe this to be a big error. All ideologies are based upon dogmatic statements that are， at best， doubtful， and at worst， totally false. Their adherents believe in them so fanatically that they are willing to go to war in support of them.
　　The movement of world opinion during the past few years has been very largely such as we can welcome. It has become a commonplace that nuclear war must be avoided. Of course very difficult problems remain in the world， but the spirit in which they are being approached is a better one than it was some years ago. It has begun to be thought， even by the powerful men who decide whether we shall live or die， that negotiations should reach agreements even if both sides do not find these agreements wholly satisfactory. It has begun to be understood that the important conflict nowadays is not between different countries， but between man and the atom bomb.
　　1.This passage implies that war is now ___.
　　A.worse than in the past.
　　B.as bad as in the past
　　C.not so dangerous as in the past
　　D.as necessary as in the past
　　2.In the sentence "To do this， we need to persuade mankind" （Para 1）， "this" refers to ___.
　　A.abolish war
　　B.improve weapons
　　C.solve international problems
　　D.live a peaceful life
　　3.From Paragraph 2 we learn that the author of the passage ___.
　　A.is an adherent of some modern ideologies.
　　B.does not think that adoption of any ideology could prevent war.
　　C.believe that the adoption of some ideology could prevent war.
　　D.does not doubt the truth of any ideologies.
　　4.According to the author， ___.
　　A.war is the only way to solve international disputes.
　　B.war will be less dangerous because of the improvement of weapons.
　　C.it is impossible for the people to live without war.
　　D.war must be abolished if man wants to survive.
　　5.The last paragraph suggests that ___.
　　A.international agreements can be reached more easily now.
　　B.man begins to realize the danger of nuclear war.
　　C.nuclear war will definitely not take place.
　　D.world opinion welcomes nuclear war
　　六级完型：
　　For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work
　　they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications,
　　not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In 1 a job
　　or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend 2 can mean the difference
　　between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are 3 readers.
　　Most of us develop poor reading 4 at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency 5 in the actual stuff of language itself-words. Taken individually, words
　　have 6 meaning until they are strung together into phrased, sentences and paragraphs.
　　7 , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads
　　one word at a time, often regressing to 8 words or passages. Regression, the tendency
　　to look back over 9 you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another
　　habit which 10 down the speed of reading is vocalization-sounding each word either
　　orally or mentally as 11 reads.
　　To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an
　　12 , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar
　　is set at a slightly faster rate 13 the reader finds comfortable, in order to
　　"stretch" him.The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, 14 word-by-word
　　reading, regression and subvocalization, practically impossible. At first 15 is
　　sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not
　　only read faster, 16 your comprehension will improve. Many people have found 17
　　reading skill drastically improved after some training. 18 Charlce Au, a business
　　manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute
　　19 the training, now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is delighted that
　　how he can 20 a lot more reading material in a short period of time.
　　1. A.applying B.doing C.offering D.getting
　　2. A.quickly B.easily C.roughly D.decidedly
　　3. A.good B.curious C.poor D.urgent
　　4. A.training B.habits C.situations D.custom
　　5. A.lies B.combines C.touches D.involves
　　6. A.some B. A lot C.little D.dull
　　7. A.Fortunately B.In fact C.Logically D.Unfortunately
　　8. A.reuse B.reread C.rewrite D.recite
　　9. A.what B.which C.that D.if
　　10. A.scales B.cuts C.slows D.measures
　　11. A.some one B.one C.he D.reader
　　12. A.accelerator B.actor C.amplifier D.observer
　　13. A.then B.as C.beyond D.than
　　14. A.enabling B.leading C.making D.indicating
　　15. A.meaning B.comprehension C.gist D.regression
　　16. A.but B.nor C.or D.for
　　17. A.our B.your C.their D.sucha
　　18. A.Look at B.Take C.Make D. Consider
　　19. A.for B.in C.after D.before
　　20. A.master B.go over C.present D.get through
　　答案解析
　　1.【答案】D
　　【解析】本句意思是"谁如果想谋得一份差事"。applying 需加for,意思是"申请"；B.doing
　　做；C.offering 提供此三项均不符题意， 只有D.getting(获得)适合。
　　2.【答案】A
　　【解析】本句意为"快速阅读与理解的能力，是关系到成败的关键所在"只有quickly 与原
　　意吻合。easily(容易地)；roughly (粗略地)； decidedly(果断地)均与原文内容不符。
　　3.【答案】C
　　【解析】英语中，阅读速度快的人称为good reader，反之，就是poor reader。根据上下
　　文的内容，多数人都属于poor reader，因此选poor(差的)。其它选项不妥。
　　4.【答案】B
　　【解析】此处的意思是"大多数人早期养成看书慢的习惯"因此选habits(习惯)。training
　　(训练，培训)；situations(形势)；custom(风俗习惯)。
　　5.【答案】A
　　【解析】此处说的是"主要的困难在于语言的自身要素，即单词"。combines 联合；touches
　　接触；involves 包括，这三项的词义与原文不符。而lies 与in 构成搭配，意为"在于"。
　　6.【答案】C
　　【解析】这里的意思是"如果单个地看这些字，它们并没有什么意义"。some 有点；A lot
　　许多；dull 单调的。此三项不合题意。只有little(很少)是否定词，合乎逻辑。
　　7.【答案】D
　　【解析】此句意为"作者对未受过阅读训练的人的不良习惯感到遗憾"。Fortunately 幸运
　　地；In fact 事实上；Logically 合乎逻辑地,均不妥。Unfortunately(不幸地)合乎句义。
　　8.【答案】B
　　【解析】此句意为"在阅读时经常重读(反复读)"因此，选reread 重读。reuse 再使用；
　　Rewrite 改写；recite 背诵。
　　9.【答案】A
　　【解析】此处所填的词既是look back over 的宾语，又是you have just read 的宾语，只
　　有what 能充当这种双重成分。
　　10.【答案】C
　　【解析】scales down 按比例减少；cuts down 削减；此两项不合题意。measures 不能与down 搭配。只有slow 与down 搭配的意思"放慢"，在此合适。
　　11.【答案】B
　　【解析】本段前文已经出现you，在此选one(泛指人们，我们，你)来代替you。some one
　　无此用法。如果用reader，前面应加定冠词。he 不能与该段逻辑一致。
　　12.【答案】A
　　【解析】此句意为"训练快速阅读所使用的工具必然与提高阅读速度有关"，因此选
　　accelerator (快读器)。actor 演员；amplifier 放大器；observer 观察者。
　　13.【答案】D
　　【解析】前面的faster 决定了应当选than，构成比较级。
　　14.【答案】C
　　【解析】此句意为"快速阅读器迫使你加快阅读速度，使你再也不能逐字阅读，回顾前文内
　　容或者默读"。enabling 相当于making possible；leading 引导；indicating 指出，表明。
　　都不合题意。只有making (使，使得)最合适。
　　15.【答案】B
　　【解析】这里的意思是"速读最初会影响理解"，所以选comprehension(理解力)。meaning
　　意义，意思，指词或词组表示的意义；gist 大意，要旨regression 回顾
　　16.【答案】A
　　【解析】与前半句中的not only 相呼应，构成句式"不仅……，而且……"，只有选but，
　　而nor；or 或for 均不能构成固定用法。
　　17.【答案】C
　　【解析】本句中的主语是第三人称复数，物主代词必然是their。
　　18.【答案】B
　　【解析】take 与后面的for instance 构成短语，意为："以……例"，其它三项不能构成搭
　　配。
　　19.【答案】D
　　【解析】这里提到受训之前与受训之后进行比较,对比，因此选before。
　　六级改错：
　　1.You have to practice speak English as much as possible ____1____
　　now since you are going to England next year.
　　2.Consider the great need for improving many aspects of the ___2___
　　global environment, one is surely justified in his concern
　　for the money and resources
　　3.At the beginning of 19th century working hours were from
　　sunrise to sunset, pay was awful, and working conditions being ____3___
　　poor and dangerous.
　　4.Today, the Mona Lisa looks rather somber, in dull shapes of
　　brown and yellow. This is due to a layer of varnish cover the ____4____
　　paint, which has yellowed over the years
　　5.We should avoid from those shallow people who are easily ____5_____
　　changed by adversities misfortune.
　　6.Taking together, these factors enabled the working class to exist ___6___
　　but allowed them no sense of security.
　　7.Between 1890 and 1920, for example, some 250,000
　　new residential lots were recorded within the borders
　　of Chicago, most of them locating in outlying areas. ___7____
　　8.Charles Deschanel stressed that the French economy
　　needed a larger share of the international market to
　　balance between its import and export trade. ____8____
　　9. Deciding how much discomfort and risk we are prepared to
　　put up with in the name of better health is a highly personal
　　matter, not a decision we should remain to doctors alone. ___9____
　　10. Television, it is often said, keeps one informing about current ___10___
　　events and the latest developments in science and politics.
　　参考答案及解析
　　1. speak-> speaking
　　practise后的宾语要用-ing形式。
　　2. Consider -> Considering
　　3. being -> were
　　4. cover -> covering
　　此处的cover用来修饰前面的名词a layer of varnish，可见应该使用非谓语动词形式。另外两者间是主动关系，故使用现在分词。
　　5. from -> avoid是及物动词，后面可以直接跟宾语。
　　6. Taking -> Taken
　　此处的非谓语动词take与主句主语these factors之间是被动关系。
　　7. locating -> located
　　most of them locating in outlying areas这句是独立主格结构，them指代的是residential lots，be located in表示"…坐落在…"，locate要用过去分词。
　　8. between -> balance作动作词时是及物动词，后面不用加介词，意思是"使…平衡"。
　　9. remain → leave?
　　remain：保持、仍然，是一个表示状态的动词，其用法和系动词"be"相似，后面所接成分一般是名词或形容词，作表语。leave是"留下，留给"的意思，是及物动词。leave sth.to sb：把某物留给某人。所以应把remain改成leave。
　　10. informing -> informed
　　本题中one指的是人，one与inform之间是被动关系，informed作的是宾语补足语。
　　Keep + sth /sb + a / v-ing / v-ed，宾语补足语是用现在分词还是过去分词取决于它与sth / sb之间是被动还是主动关系。
　　六级翻译：
　　1. As a world trade organization，___________（没有中国），WTO will find it hard to play its due role.
　　2. It _______________（他突然想到）that the son might have killed has father.
　　3. It is reported that the company _____________（人力、物力、财力都不足）.
　　4. ________________（我们刚把麦子割下来）than it began to rain.
　　5. As an old saying goes，"________________（相见时难别亦难）".
　　参考答案及解析:
　　1. without the participation of China
　　解析："没有中国"当然可以译为without China，但是若要补足全句的意思，必然是说"没有中国的参加"。根据上下文，"参加"两字暗含在原文的字里行间。译出暗含的意思，可以使英文表述更加明确，也更容易理解。全句意为：作为一个世界贸易组织，没有中国，它也很难发挥其应有的作用。
　　2. occurred to him suddenly
　　解析：本题在没有句首It的前提下，完全可以译成He suddenly thought out。正是由于句首的限制使得译文必须采用It occurs to sb. that，It strikes sb. that的结构，表示某人突然想到什么。
　　3. is short of manpower，materials and money
　　解析：本题考查对词义的准确把握。"人力、物力、财力"可以分别译为：labor，manpower/resource，materials/finance，money。Labor指的是劳工、劳力；resource指的是资源，它涵盖的范围很广，甚至也可以包括人力资源和财力资源。Finance强调资金、资本或金融。考生应当在比较后作出最佳选择。
　　4. No sooner had we got in the wheat
　　解析：本题考查虚拟语气的两个惯用句型：No sooner…than…；Hardly/Scarcely…when…。如：She had hardly got on the train when it started.（她刚一上火车，火车就开了。）要注意的是，两个句型都表示"一……就……"，主句通常用过去完成时态，从句用一般过去时态。如果表示否定的No sooner，Hardly/Scarcely放在句首，句子必须倒装。
　　5. It is unbearable to meet as well as to depart
　　解析：本题又涉及对俗语的翻译。这类翻译在上期第五题已经出现过一次。本句关键在于如何理解原文的"难"。Difficult是说需要相当大的努力或技巧的、艰难的、不容易做的事情。古语"相见时难别亦难"，是指久别的人特别盼望相聚，而相聚后有难忍行将分别的痛苦。因此，"难"是强调人的情感，用unbearable更贴切。