大学英语六级模拟题五及答案.doc

大学英语六级模拟题五及答案Part Section ADirections: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), B), 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: M: When shall we start our work, Jane?W: Tomorrow at 9 oclock. But we must work quickly, for we have to finish everything before 2 in the afternoon.Q: For how long can they work?You will read:A) 2 hours.B) 3 hours.C) 4 hours.D) 5 hours.From the conversation we know that the two are talking about some work they will start at 9 oclock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D)5 hours is the correct answer. You should choose D on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.Sample Answer A BC CD2KG-1*4/5D1. A) Because he reads too many books.B) To learn how to seperate the important from the unimportant.C) To be wellinformed.D) Because he always wastes his time.2. A) The food spoiled.B) The group was shameful.C) The weather was bad.D) The program director wanted to have it on another day.3. A) He wanted Mary to come, but she couldnt.B) He invited Mary to the party.C) He didnt invite Mary to the party.D) He didnt want to have a party because of business.4. A) No one knows how Mary gets to work.B) She doesnt think the record player works.C) She throws the old record away.D) Its surprising that Mary could repair the record player.5. A) 1215. B) 100.C) 110. D) 1230.6. A) The woman doesnt like orange juice.B) The woman didnt come to see Everett.C) The man was in a car crash this morning.D) The man broke the container of juice.7. A) $ 39. B) $ 35.C) $ 4. D) $ 5.8. A) Next year.B) Soon.C) When he finishes writing.D) After he visits her.9. A) Air plane. B) Bus.C) Subway. D) Car.10.A) A traffic guard. B) A sociologist.C) A student. D) A salesperson.Section BDirections: 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 one 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 OneQuestions 11 to 14 are based on the following passage: 11.A) He thought that he would either find a good job or he would be a thief.B) He said that he would become rich by way of robbing the bank.C) He said that he could rob the rich of their money.D) He might be rich if he worked harder.12.A) Because he had a letter of thanks.B) Because he feared that he might be killed if he refused.C) Because he gave him a demand note.D) Because he showed him a cheque payable at sight.13.A) The raid had been photographed by hidden cameras.B) Some watchman had seen the raid.C) The bank teller proved that Joe was the robber.D) Some monitors had been installed nearby.14.A) Funny. B) Clever. C) Brave. D) Stupid.Passage TwoQuestions 15 to 17 are based on the following passage: 15.A) How John Milton Wrote Paradise Lost.B) How John Milton Became a Poet.C) How John Milton Studied Latin.D) How John Milton Became Famous.16.A) It had a strange accent.B) It was difficult to understand.C) It had a strong Italian accent.D) It was easy to understand.17.A) He was wellknown in the world.B) He was very strange.C) He was clever and hard working.D) He was quick at Latin and poems.Passage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage: 18.A) Films provided more melodrama.B) Films provided longer programs.C) Films provided emotional appeal.D) Films provided greater spectacles.19.A) They were silent.B) They didnt tell a complete story.C) They were too expensive.D) They were too short.20.A) The world war .B) The fact that films were less expensive.C) The fact that films were silent.D) The fact that films were shorter. Part Reading Comprehension (20 minutes) Directions: There are 4 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 OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage: African elephants have been slaughtered at alarming rate over the past decade, largely because they are the primary source of the worlds ivory. Their population has been dwindled from 1.3 million in 1979 to just 625,000 today, and the rate of killing has been accelerating in recent years because many of the older, bigger tusked animals have already been destroyed. The poachers now must kill times as many elephants to get the same quantity of ivory, explained Curtis Bohlen, Senior vicepresident of the World Wildlife Fund.Though its record on the environment has been spotty so far,the government last week took the lead in a major conservation issue by imposing a ban on ivory imports into the US.The move came just four days after a consortium of conservation groups,including the World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation International,called for that kind of action, and it made the US the first nation to forbid imports of both raw and finished ivory.The ban,says Bohlen,sends avery clear message to the ivory poachers that the game is over. In the past African nations have resisted an ivory ban, but increasingly they realised that the decimation of the elephant herds poses a serious threat to their tourist business. Last month Tanzania and several other African countries called for an amendment to the 102nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species that would make the ivory trade illegal worldwide. The amendment is expected to be approved at an October meeting in Geneva and to go into effect next January. But between now and then, conversationists contend, poachers may go on a rampage, killing elephants wholesale, so nations should unilaterally forbid imports right away. The US government brought that argument, and by weeks end the twelvenation European Community had followed with its own ban.21.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A) African Elephants and the Ivory Trade.B) A Bid to Save the Elephant.C) The Poachers.D) Elephants In Danger.22.According to the passage, dwindle means _.A) decreaseB) enlargeC) weakenD) elimilate23.Since many of the older, bigger- tusked animals have already been destroyed, what did the poacher do?A) They gave up poaching.B) They killed more elephants to get the same quantity of ivory.C) To them, game is over.D) They realized it was illegal to slaughter elephants.24.Why did the African nations welcome an ivory ban?A) The rate of killing has been accelerating.B) The US government forbids imports of both raw and finished ivory.C) They realised that the killing of elephants is a serious threat to their tourist business.D) African people advocated an ivory ban.25.Whats the authors attitude?A) Subjective. B) Neutral.C) Possimistic. D) Active.Passage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage: In 58 million homes, the VCR has become nearly as much as the family car. But despite the VCRs advantages, video buffs complain about its limits. To duplicate prerecorded movies, for instance, requires two VCRs awkwardly cabled together. No wonder, then, that fans at Chicagos Consumer Electronics Show last week were excited by a new machine that eliminates the drawback. Moreover, its appearance was a triumph over wellwired opposition in Tokyo and Hollywood.The center of the excitement was the first dualdeck videotape recorder available to US consumers, the VCR2, made by the tiny Arizonabased GoVideo company.The VCR2 enables its users to make highquality duplicates of prerecorded tapes easily. It also lets viewers watch a tape while simultaneously recording off the air. GoVideo hopes to have a limited supply of the VCR2 in stores by Christmastime, priced at just under $1,000.But the machines move from freezeframe to fasterforward has not been easy. For starters, GoVideo could find no Japanese companies, which control manufacture of crucial VCR parts, willing to provide needed components. For another thing, US movie studios opposed the machine. So the company sued 15 Japanese and Korean makers, plus the Hollywood studios, claiming restrain of trade. Several manufactures have now settled with GoVideo, and Koreas Smsung, is tooling up to produce the VCR2. Meanwhile, Hollywood has modified its opposition because GoVideo agreed to install circuitry that will prevent the VCR2 from copying movies protected by antitheft coding. Still movie makers may see double for a while. Many of the films on store shelves, including hot new rentals like Coming to America and Crocodile Dundee , do not contain the coding.26.VCR has many advantages, but it also has its limits which lie in _.A) its not easy to duplicate prerecorded moviesB) it can not duplicate prerecorded moviesC) it can not be operated easilyD) it takes too long to duplicate prerecorded movies27.According to the passage, the suitable word which can replace drawback is _.A) breakthrough B) advantageC) barrier D) function28.Whats the advantages of VCR2?A) It can m