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年六级英语考试最新模拟试题及答案
directions
：
part one listening
prehension (20 minutes)(
略
)
part two
reading prehension (35
minutes)
directions:
there are 4 reading passages in this part.
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 the answer sheet with
a
single line through the center.
passage 1
good sense is the most equitably distributed thing
in the
world, for each man considers
himself so well provided with
it that
even those who are most difficult to satisfy in
everything else do not usually wish to
have more of it than
the y have
already. it is not likely that everyone is
mistaken in this; it shows, rather,
that the ability to
judge rightly and
separate the true from the false, which
is essentially what is called good
sense or reason, is by
nature equal in
all men, and thus that our opinions differ
not because some men are better endowed
with reason than
others, but only
because we direct our thoughts along
different paths, and do not consider
the same things, for
it is not enough
to have a good mind: what is most
important is to apply it rightly. the
greatest souls are
cap able of the
greatest vices; and those who walk very
slowly can advance much further, if
they always keep to the
direct road,
than those who run and go astray.
for my part, i have never presumed my
mind to be more
perfect than average in
an y way; i have, in fact, often
wished
that my thoughts were as quick, or my imagination
as
precise and distinct, or my memory
as capacious or prompt,
as those of
some other men. and i know of no other
qualities than these which make for the
perfection of the
mind; for as to
reason, or good sense, in as much as it
alone makes us men and distinguishes us
from the beasts, i
am quite willing to
believe that it is whole and entire in
each of us, and to follow in the mon
opinion of the
philosophers who say
that there are differences of more or
less only among the aidents, and not
among the forms, or
natures, of the
individuals of a single species.
21. aording to the author, the three
elements that prise
our mind are_____.
a tenacity of thought,
capacious memory, quickness of
mind
b precise of wit, ease of
conscience, quickness of
thought
c quickness of wit, ease
of conscience, quickness of
thought
d promptness of memory,
distinctness of imagination,
quickness
of thought
22. the basic
idea of the first paragraph may be stated
as follows .
a all persons have an equal portion of good will
when
they are born
b great souls are capable of great
evil
c good sense, in
terms of its distribution among persons,
may be called co mmon sense
d good sense is the mark
of the truly good person
23. about himself, the author states that ______.
a he had always sensed
his mental superiority over most
persons
b his
awareness of his mental superiority over others
was
something that g rew slowly with
experience
c he actually
regards his own mental faculties as
inferior in many ways to those of the
great majority of
persons
d he has never had the feeling that
his mind was more
than average in any
way
24. the author
claims that what sets human beings apart
from beasts is_____.
a a sense of organization bined with
the ability to
create
b the ability to adapt to the
surroundings
c a sense
of reason coupled with a strong sense of
practicality
d a sense of reason
25.
aording to the author the ability to distinguish
between the true and the false is
_____.
a endowed by nature to all creatures
b endowed in equal
measure to all persons
c
more heavily present in some persons than in
others
d an unnatural,
cultivated trait in all persons
passage 2
prices determine how resources are to be used.
they are
also the means by which
products and services that are in
limited supply are rationed among
buyers. the price system
of the united
states is a very plex work posed of the
prices of all the products bought and
sold in the economy
as well as those of
a myriad of services, including labor,
professional transportation, and public
utility services.
the
interrelationships of all these prices make up the
“
system
”
of prices. the price of any particular product or
service is linked to a broad,
plicated system of prices in
which
everything seems to depend more or less upon
everything else.
if one were to ask a group of
randomly selected
individuals to define
“
price,
”
many would reply that
price is an
amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller
of a product of service or, in other
words, that price is
the money value of
a product of service as agreed upon in a
market transaction. this definition is,
of course, valid as
far as it goes. for
a plete understanding of a price in any
particular transaction, much more than
the amount of money
involved must be
known. both the buyer and the seller
should be familiar with not only the
money amount, but with
the amount and
quality of the product or service to be
exchange d, the time and place at which
the exchange will
take place and
payment will be made, the form of money to
be used, the credit terms and discounts
that supply t o the
transaction,
guarantees on the product or service, delivery
terms, return privileges, and other
factors. in other
words, both buyer and
seller should be fully aware of all
the
factors that prise the total
“
package
”
being
exchanged for the asked-for amount of
money in order that
they may evaluate a
given price.
26. what is
the best title for the passage?
a the inherent weaknesses of the
price system.
b the
plexities of the price system.
c credit terms in transactions.
d resource allocation and
the public sector.
27.
aording to the passage, the price system is
related
primarily to_____.
a labor and education
b transportation and insurance
c utilities and repairs
d products and services
28. aording to the
passage, which of the following is not
a factor in the plete
understanding of price?
a instructions that e with a product.
b the quantity of a
product.
c the quality
of a product.
d
warrenties that cover a product.
29. in the last sentence of the
passage,
to_____ .
a return privileges
b all the factors
c buyer and seller
they
”
refers
“
d money
30. the paragraph following the
passage most likely
discusses_____ .
a unusual ways to
advertise products
b
types of payment plans for service
c theories about how products affect
different levels of
society
d how certain elements of
a price
“
package
”
influence
its market value passage 3
in the past oysters were raised in
much the same way as
dirt farmers
raised tomatoes
—
by
transplanting them. first,
farmers
selected the oyster bed, cleared the bottom of old
shells and other debris , and then
scattered clean shells
about. next they
“
planted
”
< br> fertilized oyster eggs, which
within two or three weeks hatched into
larvae. the larvae
drifted until they
attached themselves to the clean shells
on the bottom. there they remained and
in time grew into
baby oysters called
seed or spat . the spat grew larger by
drawing in seawater from which they
derived microscopic
particles of food.
before long, farmers gathered the baby
oysters, transplanted them in other
waters to speed up
their growth, and
then transplanted them once more into
another body of water to fatten t hem
up.
until recently the
supply of wild oysters and those
crudely farmed were more than enough to
satisfy people's
needs. but today the
delectable seafood is no longer
available in abundance. the problem has
bee so serious that
some oyster bed s
have vanished entirely.
fortunately, as far back as the early 1900's
marine
biologists realized that if new
measures were not taken,
oysters would
bee extinct or at best a luxury food. so they
set up well equipped hatcheries and
went to work. but they
did not have the
proper equipment or the skill to handle
the eggs. they did not know when, what,
and how to feed the
larvae. and they
knew little about the predators t hat
attacked and ate baby oysters by the
millions. they failed,
but they
doggedly kept at it. finally, in the 1940's a
significant breakthrough was made.
the marine biologists
discovered that by raising the
temperature of the water, t hey could
induce oysters to
spawn not only in the
summer but also in the fall, winter,
and spring. later they developed a
technique for feeding
the larva e and
rearing them to spat. going still further,
they sueeded in breeding new s trains
that were resistant
to diseases, grew
faster and larger, and flourished in
water of different salinities and
temperatures. in
addition, the
cultivated oysters tasted better!
31. which of the following would be
the best title for
the passage?
a the threatened
extinction of marine life
b the cultivation of oysters
c the discoveries made by marine
biologists
d the
varieties of wild oysters
32. in the passage, which of the following is not
mentioned as a stage of a n oyster's
life?
a debris
b egg
c larvae
d
spat
33. aording to the
passage, which of the following words
best describes t he efforts of the
marine biologists working
with oysters?
a
persistent.
b
intermittent.
c
traditional.
d
fruitless.
34. in the
passage, the author mentions that the new
strains of oyster are______ .
a cheaper
b shaped differently
c better textured
d healthier
35. which of the following best describes the
organization of the passage?
a step by step
description of the evolution of marine
biology.
b
discussion of chronological events concerning
oyster
production.
c random presentation of facts about
oysters.
d description
of oyster production at different
geographic locations.
passage 4
chemistry did not emerge as a science until after
the
scientific revolution in t he
seventeenth century and then
only
rather slowly and laboriously. but chemical
knowledge
is as old as history, being
almost entirely concerned with
the
practical arts of living. cooking is essentially a
chemical process; so is the melting of
metals and the
administration of drugs
and potions. this basic chemical
know
ledge, which was applied in most cases as a rule
of
thumb, was nevertheless dependent on
previous experiment.
it also served to
stimulate a fundamental curiosity about
the processes themselves. new
information was always being
gained as
artisans improved techniques to gain better
results.
the
development of a scientific approach to chemistry
was, however, hampered by several
factors. the most serious
problem was
the vast range of material available and the
consequent difficulty of organizing it
into some system. in
addition, there
were social and in ___ectual difficulties,
chemistry is nothing if not practical;
those who practice
it must use their
hands, they must have a certain practical
flair. yet in many ancient
civilizations, practical tasks
were
primarily the province of a slave population. the
thinker or philosopher stood apart from
this mundane world,
where the practical
arts appeared to lack any in ___ectual
content or interest.
the final problem for early chemical
science was the
element of secrecy.
experts in specific trades had
developed their own techniques and
guarded their knowledge
to prevent
others from stealing their livelihood. another
factor that contributed to secrecy was
the esoteric nature
of the knowledge of
alchemists, who were trying to
transform base metals into gold or were
concerned with the
hunt for t he elixir
that would bestow the blessing of
eternal life. in one sense, the second
of these was the
more serious
impediment because the records of the chemical
processes that early alchemists had
discovered were often
written down in
symbolic language in ___igible to very few
or in symbols that were purposely
obscure.
36. what is the
passage mainly about?
a
the scientific revolution in the seventeenth
century
b reasons that
chemistry developed slowly as a science
c the practical aspects
of chemistry
d
difficulties of organizing knowledge
systematically
37.
aording to the passage, how did knowledge about
chemical processes in crease before
the seventeenth century?
a philosophers devised
theories about chemical
properties.
b a special symbolic
language was developed.
c experience led workers to revise their
techniques.
d experts
shared their discoveries with the public.
38. the word
“
hampered
meaning
to_____ .
a recognized
b determined
c solved
d
hindered
39. the word
“
it
the following?
a problem
b material
c difficulty
d system
40. which of the
following statements best explains why
“
the second of the se was
the more
serious
impediment
a chemical
knowledge was limited to a small number of
people.
b the
symbolic language used was very imprecise.
c very few new
discoveries were made by alchemists.
d the records of the chemical
processes were not based on
experiments.
part iii vocabulary (20 minutes)
directions: there are 30 inplete
sentences in this part.
for each
sentence there are four choices marked a), b),
c
）
and
d
）
. choose the one that best
pletes the sentence. then
mark the
corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a
single line through the center.
41. united states
citizens are now enjoying better dental
health, as shown by the declining
_____of tooth decay.
a ourrence
b treatment
c consequence
d
misfortune
42. since any
answer was likely to cause embarrassment to
his party, the politician tried to
_____the question.
a evade
b delude
c
seclude
d invade
43. prof robert durig's
reputation has been greatly
_____by the
suess of his new published
book
“
living in
the paradise
a heightened
b enlarged
c multiplied
d enhanced
44. the chair
was a moveable wonder, he loved the feeling
of power and strength it gave him
for so little_____ .
a efforts
b challenge
c exertion
d exchange
45. she was _____her
brains to remember the man's time,
but
her bad mem ory failed her.
a hitting
b
beating
c racking
d exhausting
46. he is trying to take out a
_____for his newly
designed airplane en
gines.
a loan
b precaution
c patent
d
propaganda
47. the
people put up their right hands to _____that they
agree with th e speaker.
a signify
b
attain
c express
d undertake
48. any electric products sold in
this famous department
store will be
_____for one year.
a
protected
b guaranteed
c ensured
d assured
49. reading became difficult for the old lady, so
the
optician _____her a pair of glasses
to