六级模拟卷（二）PartIWriting(30 minutes)Directions:Suppose you are asked to give advice on whether students should take a year off before enteringcollege or go directly into college.Write an essay to state your opinion.You should write at least150 words butno more than 200 words.Listening Comprehension(30 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,you will hear three news reports.At the end of each news report,you will hear two orthree questions.Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,youmust choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letteron Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions I to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.A)The woman is a professor.B)The woman is the Dean's assistant.C)The man is a senior student.D)The man is in big trouble.2.A)His qualification for graduation.B)The old curriculum requirements.C)His credits of optional courses.D)The reason for changing the curriculum.3.A)It has nothing to do with the man's major.B)It is worthwhile to take the course.C)It is too difficult for the man to pass.D)It is a new course added to the curriculum.4.A)Ask for professional advice from his seminar.B)Take one or two seminars before graduation.C)Turn to his teacher for filling instruction.D)Talk to someone from the Dean's office.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5.A)The weather condition of an airport.C)The efficiency of an airport tower.B)The flow control of an airport.D)The number of planes at an airport.6.A)He might not use the free-trip voucher during the next flight.初见素B)He might not get the cash the airline promised to pay.C)He might not get on board even with confirmed reservation.D)He might not be guaranteed a seat on the next flight in advance.7.A)Because airline's computer systems sell tickets randomly.B)Because airline clerks promote less popular flights.C)Because people are encouraged by their fellows.D)Because people are attracted by the lower price.8.A)Choose big airports.B)Do not take luggage.C)Carry no more than two bags.D)Take only carry-on luggageSection BDirections:In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the end of each conversation,you will hearfour questions.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you第1页must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C),and D).Then mark the corresponding letteron Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.9.A)It advocates tilling the fields before planting.B)It is a long-held farming practice.C)It is economical.D)It requires less manpower.10.A)They perfectly go with the law of nature.B)They promote planting the same crop every year.C)They can make the soil become damaged.D)They can keep the soil full of nutrition.11.A)It is not meant to be harvested.B)It needs little fertilizer.C)It can keep the main crop warm.D)It can be harvested in off-season.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.12.A)A second or two at most.B)Two seconds or three at most.C)Four seconds at most.D)Eight seconds at most.13.A)Englishmen began to feel unsettled when a silence in talk stretched to 8.2 seconds.B)Englishmen began to feel unsettled when a silence in talk stretched to 4 seconds.C)Japanese people can bear the longest silence in talk in the world.D)Japanese people cannot bear long silences in business conferences.14.A)Colonial Americans was a place of different peoples in history.B)Americans are eager to build mutual understanding quickly.C)Colonial Americans needed to clear the differences among them.D)Americans lack the patience to wait for others to ponder.15.A)With people you have not met before.B)With people having the same culture background.C)With people having the same interestD)With people you are familiar withSection CDirections:In this section,you will hear three recordings of lectures or followed by three or four questions.Therecordings will be played only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the fourchoices marked A),B),C),D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single linethrough the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16.A)They are the smallest satellites.B)They are made by college students.C)They are powered by water.D)They are backed by NASA.17.A)From a former Cornell University professor.B)From a science program on television.C)From a competition held by Comell University.D)From a former NASA's chief technologist.18.A)Using pictures of the sun,Earth and the moon to compare their positions and size.B)Using a special GPS system to fix the spacecraft's position in the space.C)Using the moon,sun and stars to fix the spacecraft's position in the space.D)Using remote operation system to direct the spacecraft to move in the right direction.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.19.A)Healthy eating.B)Diet-related diseases.C)Eating disorders.D)Food-heath relationship第2页20.A)It is causing more deaths around the world than tobacco.B)It is more prominent in developing countries.C)It includes two kinds of disease:heart disease and type 1 diabetes.D)It can be cured now by some specific medicine.21.A)They are targeting at young people.C)They can cure some skin problems.B)They can lead to eating disorders.D)They are persuasive to older people22.A)Patients should not abandon using drugs.C)Morale and heath are connected.B)Patients should eat light food.D)Food and health are connected.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.23.A)Some of them are living in the wild in Hawaii.B)None of them live in the wild.C)They are the most valuable species of crows.D)They live in deep holes on the rock.24.A)They use their nails as tools.C)They are born to use tools.B)They use their tongues as tools.D)They are trained to use tools.25.A)They can use their claws as tools.CyTheir claws are like human thumbs.B)They have straight beaks.D)Their beaks are short but hard.PartⅢReading Comprehension(40 minutesSectionADirections:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blankfrom a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefully beforemaking your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter foreach item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in thebank more than once.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.A new study from researchers in Europe claims that the average IQ in Westem nations dropped by astaggering 14.1 points over the past century."We tested the 26that the Victorians were cleverer than modem populations using high-qualityinstruments,namely measures of simple visual reaction time in a meta-analytic study,"the researchers wrote in thestudy,which was published online in the joumal Intelligence on Thursday."Simple reaction time measurescorredlate 27 with measures of general intelligence and are considered elementary measures of 28."The results might surprise some.Especially if the researchers were simply measuring visual response timesAfter all,in a digital world constantly 29 for our attention,it would seem people generally respond morequickly to visual stimuli.However,the results appear to indicate something different.The Victorian era ran roughly from 1837 to 1901,30 with the reign of England's Queen Victoria.SomeThe results were measured using data from 1889 to 2004 and were analyzed by Michael A.Woodley in Brussels.So why has there been such a32 drop?As UPI notes,previous research studies have found that women ofhigher intelligence tend to have fewer children on average,meaning that population growth may be driven bythose with a lower IQ.And over time,the abundance of less intelligent 33 would affect the overall IQ average.findings strongly indicate that with35 to general intelligence the Victorians were substantially cleverer thanmodern Western populations,"the study says.第3页