最新预测：英语六级新题型试卷（四）

part writing (30 minutes)
directions: for this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of starting career in a big city or small town？you should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:
1. university graduates are facing fierce competition hunting jobs in big cities.
2. many small towns and rural areas need graduates with technique and knowledge.
3. where are you going to start your career? why?

part i listening comprehension (20 minutes)
section a
directions: in this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. at the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. after each question there will be a pause. during the pause, you must read the four choices marked a),c) and d), and decide which is the best answer. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.
example: you will hear:
you will read:
a) at the office.
b) in a waiting room.
c) at the airport.
d) in a restaurant.
from the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. this is most likely to have taken place at the office. therefore, a)“at the office”is the best answer. you should choose [a] on the answer sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.
sample answer [a][b][c][d]
1. a) it will eventually be replaced by the internet.
b) it now has more readers than ever before.
c) it stimulates people’s desire for learning.
d) it will be hooked onto the internet.
2. a) she is a successful writer of children’s books.
b) she owes her success to her grade school teacher.
c) she has set an example for mothers with children.
d) she tends to exaggerate so as to arouse children’s curiosity.
3. a) lack of democracy dampens people’s interest in reading.
b) reading contributes a great deal to creativity.
c) reading builds up democratic values.
d) much pleasure can be derived from reading.
4. a) the spring is warm because of the greenhouse effect.
b) people tend to forget about correct weather forecasts.
c) there is a 50-50 chance of rain.
d) long-term weather forecasts tend to be unreliable.
5. a) all drugs have side effects.
b) many fat people have digestive problems.
c) the woman is trying to lose weight by drugs.
d) there is no efficient way of weight control.
6. a) the man does not eat chicken.
b) the woman has some dietary restrictions.
c) the man wants to change the menu.
d) the woman is responsible for food arrangements.
7. a) the man is going to make a phone call.
b) things are very expensive here due to inflation.
c) the man thinks the charge for a phone call is very low.
d) long distance calls at a pay phone cost 50 cents a minute.
8. a) mrs. jones is fat.
b) the boy never tells lies.
c) the woman is a liar.
d) it is hard to tell truth from falsehood.
9. a) he does not have to be good academically.
b) he must be good at uniting people.
c) he should have specific plans for school activities.
d) he must not fall short of the expectations of the class.
10. a) she works very hard.
b) she won’t be back until next monday.
c) she is flying to vermont to ski.
d) she is newly married.

section b
directions: in this section you will hear one long dialogue. at the end of the dialogue, you will hear some questions. both the dialogue 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 the answer sheet with a single line through the center.
11. a) they are very hospitable.
b) they have a great appetite.
c) they drink a lot of tea.
d) they feel it rude to accept things offered.
12. a) he should ask for a second helping.
b) he should eat all the food offered him by the host.
c) he should refuse the first two offers of food.
d) he should tell the host the food is fantastic
13. a) he should refuse the first time he is offered food.
b) he should refuse the second time he is offered food.
c) he should tell the host that he is full.
d) he should leave some food on his plate.
14. a) they will insist that you eat more.
b) they will believe that you are full.
c) they will think that you are rude.
d) they will offer you a second helping.

section c
directions: in this section you will hear two 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 the answer sheet with a single line through the center.
passage one
questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.
15. a) men lie more often than women.
b) women lie more often than man.
c) men and women lie in different ways.
d) people who tell lies are unpopular.
16. a) they found themselves lying to appear competent.
b) they found themselves lying to appear likeable.
c) they found themselves lying much more than they had thought.
d) they found themselves surprised at the way they lied to each other.
17. a) children tend to lie more than adults.
b) children are confused as to whether they should always tell the truth.
c) children will model their behavior on their parents.
d) children won’t pretend to like a birthday present they don’t really like.
passage two
questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18. a) he worked very hard.
b) he didn’t like school at all.
c) he was very naughty.
d) he was very fond of reading.
19. a) hollywood pictures.
b) the books he read when he was young.
c) the varied experiences he had as young man.
d) the human spirit.
20. a) his books are full of adventure.
b) his books are full of imagination.
c) he encourages observation and care about the world around us.
d) he combines science with fiction in creating his powerful stories

part Ⅱ reading comprehension (35 minutes)
directions: there are4 passages in this part. each passage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements. for each of them there are four choices markeda), b), c)and d). you should decide on the best choice and mark thecorresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through thecenter.

passage 1
the great bulk of expert opinion is thatowing a gun undermines rather than increases safety: the function ofdiscouraging burglars or other criminals is more than offset by otherfactors. first come the suicides: in 1986,18,153 people shot themselvesto death. no one on knows how many might have lived if they had beenunable to pick up a gun and how many might have merely chosen othermeans to end their lives. but surely the presence of a loaded gun in abureau drawer must have tempted many, particular teens, to yield to ablack depression that might have lifted had the means to carry out thedark wish not been so readily available.

then come theaccidental shootings, many by foolish guys who never bother to learnhow to handle their weapons. more heartbreaking are the frequentincidents of children picking up their parents’ guns and finding out inthe most disastrous way that they are not toys; for example, aneight-year-old boy who shot his six-year-old sister dead last week infairfax. then there are the quarrels between spouses, between parentsand their children, between neighbors and friends that suddenly turnfatal because one or both can pick up a gun. police commonly estimatethat if a household gun is ever used at all, it is six times as likelyto be fired at a member of the family or a friend as at an intruder.(it is even more likely, says dr. carl bell, a chicago psychiatrist,that the gun will be stolen; gun are prime targets for burglars becausethey can be easily and profitably sold to other criminals.)and finally,in the relatively rare shoot-outs between householders and burglarsthat do occur, it might easily be the burglar who proves more skilledin handling his guns and the householder who winds up in morgue（停尸房）.

addingall types of deaths together, mercy and houk, researchers from theatlanta-based centers for disease control, point out that “during thelast two years, the number of people who died of injuries inflicted byfirearms in the united states exceeded the number of casualties duringthe entire 8.5-year viet nam conflict.” mercy and houk judged that“injury from firearms is a public-health problem whose toll isunacceptable.”

another group of researchers presented evidencethat lax u.s. gun laws might be to blame. the team, headed by emergencyroom surgeon john henry sloan, studied a pair of cities just 140 milesapart: seattle and vancouver. the two cities had similar unemploymentrates, household incomes, law-enforcement policies and even favorite tvshows. two differences: in canada, handgun ownership is tightlyrestricted; in washington state, guns are more easily purchased. andbetween 1980 and 1986 seattle had 388 homicides, vs. 204 vancouver.
21. according to most experts, possessing a gun ________.
a) can not guarantee your safety
b) does more than assure you safety
c) leads to more suicides
d) can only frighten thieves
22. “to carry out the dark wish” in the last sentence of the first paragraph means _________.
a) killing oneself
b) shooting others
c) yielding to depression
d) picking up a gun
23. which of the following statements is not true?
a) many children become the victims of playing guns
b) a household gun is more likely to aim at a familiar person
c) accidental shootings often happen when people are quarrelling
d) a gun at home is very likely to be taken away by burglars
24. the word “lax” in the first sentence of the last paragraph most probably means________.
a) different
b) unrestricted
c) funny
d) not strict
25. the author cites the two cities as an example to demonstrate that ________.
a) what matters is to carry out the gun laws
b) all states must have the same gun laws
c) gun ownership must be strictly restricted
d) gun laws have little effect

passage 2
eversince darwin’s theory of evolution, biologists have assumed thatenvironments teeming with complex forms of life served as the nurseriesof evolution. but two recent papers in science magazine have turnedthat notion on its head. last month some biologists reported that inthe ocean it is the relatively barren areas that serve as “evolutionarycrucibles(熔炉),” not regions with great diversity of species. otherresearchers announced this summer that the arctic, not the rain forest,spawned many plants and animals that later migrated to north america.says john sepkoski of the university of chicago, “harsh environmentsmay be producing the major changes in the history of life.”
these“changes” do not result merely in a longer tail or a bigger claw for anexisting species but, rather, in dramatic leaps up the evolutionaryladder — a rare innovation that comes along once in a million years. inthe arctic, reports leo hickey of yale university, the innovations ranto forms never before seen on earth. by dating fossils from manygeologic layers, he concluded that large grazing animals first appearedin the arctic and migrated to temperate places a couple of millionyears or so later. among plants, species of redwood and birchoriginated in polar regions some 18 millions years before they showedup in the south. examining fossils as old as 570 million years,chicago’s sepkoski found that shell-less, soft-bodied creatures weresuddenly replaced by trilobites（三叶虫）, then by the more advancedclam-like animals. these changes, he notes, “first become common nearshore.” that surprised him — an environment with as few species asexist in the near shore, and with such a poor record of producing newspecies, seems an unlikely place for biological innovation. but whenjablonski dated fossils of 100 million years ago, he found that duringthis era, too, the near shore spawned biological breakthroughs — moresophisticated sea creatures that move and find food in ocean sedimentsinstead of passively filtering whatever floats by.
the findingsare too new to apply to human evolution, but at first glance they seemto fit the facts. anthropologists believe that our ancestors becamefully human only after they left their secure life in the trees for theharsh world of savanna(plain without trees). there, the demandingconditions triggered that most human of traits, the large brain, andthe most profound evolutionary step of all was taken.
26. two recent papers in science magazine claim to have found evidence which contradicts the traditional notion that _______.
a) relatively harsh environments are the nurseries of evolution
b) evolution occurred in regions with biological diversity
c) new forms of life come into being in near-shore areas
d) species of birch and redwood originated in the south
27. according to leo hickey of yale university, which of the following may have spawned more advanced species of land animals?
a) the barren ocean floor
b) the arctic
c) the rain forest
d) temperate zones
28. the word “innovations” in the second paragraph means ________.
a) new theory b) new phenomenon c) changes d) new inventions
29. how would anthropologists take the new findings?
a) they would look at them dubiously
b) they would eagerly apply them to the study of human evolution
c) they would challenge them, though at first glance they tend to look at them favorably
d) they would most probably think the new findings fit well into their theory
30. which of the following may be an appropriate title of the passage ?
a) darwin’s theory modified
b) how animals evolve
c) evolution in hard places
d) where did large sea animals originate

passage 3
a classic series of experiments to determine theeffects of overpopulation on communities of rats was conducted by apsychologist, john calhoun. in each experiment, an equal number of maleand female adult rats were placed in an enclosure. the rat populationswere allowed to increase. calhoun knew from experience approximatelyhow many rats could live in the enclosures without experiencing stressdue to overcrowding. he allowed the population to increase toapproximately twice this number. then he stabilized the population byremoving offspring that were not dependent on their mothers. at the endof the experiments, calhoun was able to conclude that overcrowdingcauses a breakdown in the normal social relationships among rats, akind of social disease. the rats in the experiments did not follow thesame patterns of behavior as rats would in a community withoutovercrowding.
the females in the rat population were the mostseriously affected by the high population density. for example, motherssometimes abandoned their pups, and, without their mothers’ care, thepups died. the experiments verified that in overpopulated communities,mother rats do not behave normally. their behavior may be considereddiseased, pathological (病理学的).
the dominant males in the ratpopulation were the least affected by over population. each of thesestrong males claimed an area of the enclosure as his own. therefore,these individuals did not experience the overcrowding in the same wayas the other rats did. however, dominant males did behavepathologically at times. their antisocial behavior consisted of attackson weaker male, female, and immature rats. this deviant behavior showedthat even though the dominant males had enough living space, they toowere affected by the general overcrowding.
non-dominant males inthe experimental rat communities also exhibited deviant socialbehavior. some withdrew completely, avoiding contact with other rats.other non-dominant males were hyperactive, chasing other rats andfighting each other.
the behavior of the rat population hasparallels in human behavior. people in densely populated areas exhibitdeviant behavior similar to that of the rats in calhoun''s experiments.in large urban areas, such as new york city, london, and cairo, thereare abandoned children. there are cruel, powerful individuals, both menand women. there are also people who withdraw and people who becomehyperactive. is the principal cause of these disorders overpopulation?calhoun''s experiments suggest that it might be. in any ease, socialscientists and city planners have been influenced by the results ofthis series of experiments.
31. calhoun stabilized the rat population ____.
a) when it was double the number that could live in the enclosure without stress
b) by removing young rats
c) so that there was a constant number of adult rats in the enclosure
d) all of the above are correct
32. which of the following inferences can not be made from the first paragraph?
a) calhoun’s experiment is still considered important today.
b) overpopulation causes pathological behavior in rat populations.
c) stress does not occur in rat communities unless there is overcrowding.
d) calhoun had experimented with rats before.
33. according to the passage, which of the following is not true?
a) dominant males had adequate living space.
b) dominant males were not as seriously affected by overcrowding as the other rats.
c) dominant males attacked weaker rats.
d) the strongest males are always able to adapt to bad conditions.
34. the author implies that the behavior of the dominant male rats is sometimes parallel with
that of _____.
a) cruel, powerful people
b) people who abandon their children
c) hyperactive people
d) people who would like to keep to themselves.
35. the main point of this passage is that _______.
a) although rats are affected by overcrowding, people are not
b) overcrowding may be an important cause of social pathology
c) the social behavior of rats is seriously affected by overcrowding
d) calhoun''s experiments have influenced many people

passage 4
inthe past, concern about a man-made warming of the earth hasconcentrated on the arctic because the antarctic is much colder and hasa much thicker ice sheet. but the weather experts are now paying moreattention to west antarctic, which may be affected by only a fewdegrees of warming: in other words, by a warming on the scale that willpossibly take place in the next fifty years from the burning of fuels.
satellitepictures show that large areas of antarctic ice are alreadydisappearing. the evidence available suggests that a warming has takenplace. this fits the theory that carbon dioxide warm the earth.
however,most of the fuel is burnt in the northern hemisphere, wheretemperatures seem to be falling. scientists conclude, therefore, thatup to now natural influences on the weather have exceeded those causedby man. the question is: which natural cause has most effect on theweather?
one possibility is the variable behavior of the sun.astronomers at one research station have studied the hot spots and“cold” spots (that is, the relatively less hot spots) on the sun. asthe sun rotated, every 27.5 days, it presents hotter or “colder” facesto the earth, and different aspects to different parts of the earth.this seems to have a considerable effect on the distribution of theearth’s atmospheric pressure, and consequently on wind circulation. thesun is also variable over a long term: its heat output goes up and downin cycles, the latest trend being downward.
scientists are nowfinding mutual relations between models of solar-weather interactionsand the actual climate over many thousands of years, including the lastice age. the problem is that the models are predicting that the worldshould be entering a new ice age and it is not. one way of solving thistheoretical difficulty is to assume a delay of thousands of years whilethe solar effects overcome the inertia of the earth’s climate. if thisis right, the warming effect of carbon dioxide might thus be serving asa useful counter-balance to the sun’s diminishing heat.
36. experts used to believe that the chief reason for global warming is______.
a) that most fuel is consumed in the northern hemisphere
b) human activities
c) natural influences and carbon dioxide
d) the solar energy
37. the article is written to illustrate ______.
a) the greenhouse effect
b) the solar effects on the earth
c) the models of solar-weather interactions
d) the factors responsible for the global climate
38. in spite of the greater consumption of fuel in the northern hemisphere, temperatures seem to be falling. this is_____.
a) possibly because of the melting of the ice caps in the poles
b) mainly because the levels of carbon dioxide are rising
c) partly due to the variations of the output of solar energy
d) because the sun presents its “colder” face to the earth
39. on the basis of the models, scientists are of the opinion that ______.
a) the climate of the world should be becoming cooler
b) it’ll take thousands of years for the inertia of the earth’s climate to take effect
c) the man-made warming effect helps to increase the solar effects
d) the new ice age will be delayed by the greenhouse effect
40. if the assumption about the delay of a new ice age is correct _______.
a) the increased levels of carbon dioxide will warm up the earth even more quickly
b) the greenhouse effect will work to the advantage of the earth
c) the best way to overcome the cooling effect will be to burn more fuels
d) ice will soon cover the northern hemisphere

part Ⅲ vocabulary (20 minutes)
directions：there are 30incomplete sentences in this part. for each sentence there are fourchoices marked a), b),c)and d).choose the one answer that bestcompletes the sentence. then mark the corresponding letter on theanswer sheet with a single line through the centre.
41. i am on the of retirement, and i believe paul would be happy to take my place.
a) verge b) border c) edge d) basis
42. kate’s_____arrived every night to take her out for the evening.
a) participant b) escort c) colleague d)delegation
43. reluctant to see her mother, she outside for the school after everyone else had gone home.
a) hindered b) hinted c) lingered d) clustered
44. the local officials_____their difficulties to apply for more funds from the government.
a) broadened b) extended c) magnified d) strengthened
45. it was sad that the movie_____in a departure of the couple.
a) culminated b) deleted c) decorated d) accumulated
46. half a century’s ago, it’s difficult to_____of traveling to the moon.
a) conclude b) condemn c) contend d) conceive
47. they think it caught fire because a chemical reaction caused_____combustion.
a) reluctant b) willing c) instant d) spontaneous
48. she still has_____very hearing, though she is eighty years old.
a) vigorous b) exact c) acute d) vivid
49.you may not have heard of the_____poet, but he is very original andcreative and i believe he will become well-known someday.
a) obscure b) vague c) vicious d) prominent
50. your explanation sounds_____, but i’m not sure i believe it. can you give me some evidence?
a) plausible b) vague c) irrational d) ambiguous
51. we never_____any unrealistic fancies about those desperate criminals.
a) treasure b) value c) grab d) cherish
52. the river was_____by the setting sun, making a picturesque scene.
a) modified b) radiated c) enlightened d) illuminated
53. i felt rather_____after all that beer the previous night, so i stayed in the bed for the whole day.
a) fertile b) versatile c) fragile d) sturdy
54. if you want to go to the concert, you’ll have to make a _____, or there will be no tickets.
a) conservation b) reservation c) preservation d) observation
55. our new director is much younger than his_____, who is already 50 years old.
a) successor b) precedent c) predecessor d) offspring
56. the government has given a_____that it will halt the bombing, but we still see the explosion here and there.
a) endeavor b) priority c) prominence d) pledge
57. a_____of interest in the matter came into her eyes but soon extinguished.
a) glitter b) fraction c) dazzle d) gleam
58. wearing plain clothes, the king_____with the people in the streets.
a) integrated b) mingled c) associated d) collaborated
59. this supermarket has an excellent_____for fair dealing.
a) fame b) popularity c) reputation d) impression
60. we hope there will be a peaceful_____to the new system.
a) transmission b) transition c) transaction d) transformation
61. a good president should the interest of his people with his own prosperity.
a) identify b) exemplify c) qualify d) signify
62. henry adams felt so hungry that he ordered a double_____of fish.
a) part b) piece c) section d) portion
63. the tourists through the fog, trying to read what was engraved on the gravestone shakespeare had chosen for himself.
a) glanced b) glimpsed c) peered d) peeped
64. the discovery of new oil fields in various parts of the country filled the government with
hope.
a) eternal b) infinite c) ceaseless d) delicate
65. undergraduate students have no_____to the rare books in the school library.
a) access b) entrance c) way d) admission
66. the olympic games_____in 776 bc in olympia, a small town in greece.
a) originated b) stemmed c) derived d) descended
67. more often than not, it is difficult to_____the exact meaning of a chinese idiom in english.
a) exchange b) transfer c) convey d) convert
68.a man who has_____is a man of moral principle who cannot be false tohis own standards or to his conception of his responsibilities.
a) integrity b) ambition c) anxiety d) popularity
69. it would matters if fewer people had to be consulted.
a) facilitate b) fascinate c) hinder d) retard
70. he was_____only by his wish to help me, and expected nothing in return.
a) activated b) advocated c) dominated d) motivated

part iv error correction (15 minutes)
directions：this part consists of a short passage. in this passage, there arealtogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. you may have tochange a word, add a word or delete a word. mark out the mistakes andput the corrections in the blanks provided. if you change a word, crossit out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. if youadd a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write themissing word in the blank. if you delete a word, cross it out and put aslash (/) in the blank.
example:
television is rapidly becoming the literature of our periods. 1. time/times/period
many of the arguments having used for the study of literature 2. /
as a school subject are valid for∧study of television. 3. the

when we speak of a human need, we mean something
which is unnecessary to life, something we can live with. 1. _____
food is a human need. we will starve to death if there 2. _____
were no food on earth; but even if we have plenty of food,
but of the wrong kind, our bodies will have problem from
lack of the right food. this is known for malnutrition(营 3. _____
养不良）。
in countries where are not developed, man’s food 4._____
needs are the same like in the most advanced societies. we 5. _____
all need food and could live a good life on very few types of
food. people in very developed countries eat only the kinds 6. _____
of food which can be grown near their homes, whereas
people in developed countries eat foods which are often
grown many thousands of miles away form their homes.
people in undeveloped countries are happy with less
different kinds of foods than people in very developed ones
are, so we can say that despite the needs of the two kinds 7._____
of people are the same, their wants are different. people in
very developed countries eat many different types of
meat---they could live by only one, but they would be very 8. _____
unhappy because every time what they ate was the same.
even such special food as chicken would be less fun to 9. _____
eat if you had them every day. but we can’t just live on
meat-we need other kinds of food like bread, rice, and
vegetables which are no more necessary to our bodies. 10._____

参考答案
听力
1-5 baadc 6-10 dcabd
11-15 acdbc 16-20 cbdcc

阅读
21-30 aacdc abcdc
31-40 badab bdcab

词汇
41-45 abcca 46-50 ddcaa
51-55 ddcbc 56-60 ddbcb
61-65 adcba 66-70 acaad

改错
71．unnecessary -----necessary
72．will----would
73．for---as
74．where---which/that
75．like---as
76．developed ----undeveloped
77．despite---although/though
78．by---on
79．/
80．more---less

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