英语六级模拟卷二附答案

海量考试资源下载 快乐阅读网 WWW ZUOWENE COM 海量考试资源下载 快乐阅读网 WWW ZUOWENE COM 英语六级模拟卷二 附答案 英语六级模拟卷二 附答案 Part Reading Comprehension 35 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 centre Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage Perhaps all criminals should be required to carry cards which read Fragile handle with care It will never do theses days to go around referring to criminal as violent thugs You must refer to them politely as social misfits 不能适应社会的人 The professional killer who wouldn t think twice about using his club or knife to batter some harmless old lady to death in order to rob her of her meager life savings must never be given a dose of his own medicine He is in need of hospital treatment According to his misguided defenders society is to blame A wicked society breeds evil or so the argument goes When you listen to this kind of talk it makes you wonder why we aren t all criminals We have done away with the absurdly harsh laws of the nineteenth century and this is only right But surely enough is enough The most senseless piece of criminal legislation in Britain and a number of other countries has been the suspension of capital punishment The violent criminal has become a kind of hero figure in our time He is glorified on the screen he is pursued by the press and paid vast sum of money for his memories Newspapers which specialize in crime reporting enjoy enormous circulations and the publishers of trashy cops and robbers stories or murder mysteries have never had it so good When you read about the achievements of the great train robbers it makes you wonder whether you are reading about some glorious resistance movement The hardened criminal is cuddled and cosseted by the sociologists on the one hand and adored as a hero by the masses on the other It s no wonder he is a privileged person who expects and receives VIP treatment wherever he goes Capital punishment used to be a major deterrent It made the violent robber think twice before pulling the trigger It gave the cold blooded poisoner something to ponder about while he was shaking up or serving his arsenic cocktail It prevented unarmed policemen from being killed while pursuing their duty by killers armed with automatic weapons Above all it protected the most 海量考试资源下载 快乐阅读网 WWW ZUOWENE COM 海量考试资源下载 快乐阅读网 WWW ZUOWENE COM vulnerable members of society young children from brutal violence It is horrifying to think that the criminal can literally get away with murder We all know that life sentence does not mean what it says After ten years or so of good conduct the most desperate villain is free to return to society where he will live very comfortably thank you on the proceeds of his crime or he will go on committing offences until he is caught again People are always willing to hold liberal views at the expense of others It s always fashionable to pose as the defender of the under dog so long as you personally remain unaffected Did the defenders of crime one wonders in their desire for fair play consult the victims before they suspended capital punishment Hardly you see they couldn t because all the victims were dead 21 According to the passage which of the following is the author s opinion A All criminals should be required to carry cards read Fragile Handle with Care B Capital punishment is the only way to deter criminals C Society is to blame D All criminals need hospital treatment 22 The tone taken by the author towards these defenders of crime in the passage is A ironicalB criticalC agitatedD controversial 23 Capital punishment most probably means A life sentenceB severe punishmentC fineD sentence of death 24 Which of the following is true according to the passage A There has been a marked trend in society towards the humane treatment of less fortunate members B Everyone in society thinks it reasonable that all criminals should be punished C The author sympathizes with all criminals D Robbers usually think twice before shooting 25 What conclusion can be drawn from the passage 海量考试资源下载 快乐阅读网 WWW ZUOWENE COM 海量考试资源下载 快乐阅读网 WWW ZUOWENE COM A Professional killers should not be treated with humane treatment B The violent robbers should think twice before pulling the trigger C We should give the poisoner time to ponder about while he is shaking up or serving his arsenic cocktail D Severe punishment even death penalty should be given to criminals Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage For about three centuries we have been doing science trying science out using science for the construction of what we call modern civilization Every dispensable item of contemporary technology from canal locks to dial telephones to penicillin was pieced together from the analysis of data provided by one or another series of scientific experiments Three hundred years seems a long time for testing a new approach to human interliving long enough to settle back for critical appraisal of the scientific method maybe even long enough to vote on whether to go on with it or not There is an argument Voices have been raised in protest since the beginning rising in pitch and violence in the nineteenth century during the early stages of the industrial revolution summoning urgent crowds into the streets any day these days on the issue of nuclear energy Give it back say some of the voices it doesn t really work we ve tried it and it doesn t work go back three hundred years and start again on something else less chancy for the race of man The principle discoveries in this century taking all in all are the glimpses of the depth of our ignorance about nature Things that used to seem clear and rational matters of absolute certainty Newtonian mechanics for example have slipped through our fingers and we are left with a new set of gigantic puzzles cosmic uncertainties ambiguities some of the laws of physics are amended every few years some are canceled outright some undergo revised versions of legislative intent as if they were acts of Congress Just thirty years ago we call it a biological revolution when the fantastic geometry of the DNA molecule was exposed to public view and the linear language of genetics was decoded For a while things seemed simple and clear the cell was a neat little machine a mechanical device ready for taking to pieces and reassembling like a tiny watch But just in the last few years it has become almost unbelievably complex filled with strange parts whose functions are beyond today s imagining 海量考试资源下载 快乐阅读网 WWW ZUOWENE COM 海量考试资源下载 快乐阅读网 WWW ZUOWENE COM It is not just that there is more to do there is everything to do What lies ahead or what can lie ahead if the efforts in basic research are continued is much more than the conquest of human disease or the improvement of agricultural technology or the cultivation of nutrients in the sea As we learn more about fundamental processes of living things in general we will learn more about ourselves 26 What can t be inferred from the 1st paragraph A Scientific experiments in the past three hundred years have produced many valuable items B For three hundred years there have been people holding hostile attitude toward science C Modern civilization depends on science so man supports scientific progress unanimously D Three hundred years is not long enough to settle back critical appraisal of scientific method 27 The principle discovery in this century shows A man has overthrown Newton s laws of physics B man has solved a new set of gigantic puzzles C man has lost many scientific discoveries D man has given up some of the once accepted theories 28 Now scientists have found in the past few years A the exposure of DNA to the public is unnecessary B the tiny cell in DNA is a neat little machine C man knows nothing about DNA D man has much to learn about DNA 29 The writer s main purpose in writing the passage is to say that A science is just at its beginning B science has greatly improved man s life 海量考试资源下载 快乐阅读网 WWW ZUOWENE COM 海量考试资源下载 快乐阅读网 WWW ZUOWENE COM C science has made profound progress D science has done too little to human beings 30 The writer s attitude towards science is A criticalB approvingC neutralD regretful Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage The desire for achievement is one of life s great mysteries Social scientists have devoted lifetimes to studying the drives that spur us out of bed in the morning compel us to work or study hard and spark all manner of human endeavor Indeed a 1992 textbook actually documents 32 distinct theories of human motivation Given this diversity of thought it s easy to forget that for a half century American society has been dominated by the psychological school known as behaviorism or Skinnerian psychology Although behaviorism and its fundamental principle of positive reinforcement have long since lost their sway in academic circles the Skinnerian legacy remains powerful in every realm of trash out Do it and you can go to the movies Friday night Not in the mood for work Keep plugging away and you might get a bonus Not interest in calculus Strive for an A in the class and you will make the honor roll The theory may be bankrupt but incentives and rewards are so much a part of American culture that it s hard to imagine life without them Yet that s exactly what a growing group of researchers are advocating today A steady stream of research has found that rather than encouraging and diminishing performance our society is caught in a whopping paradox asserts Alfie Kohn author of the new book published by Rewards Houghton Mifflin which surveys recent research on the effectiveness of rewards We complain loudly about declining productivity the crisis of our school and the distorted values of our children But the very strategy we use to solve those problems damaging rewards like incentive plans and grade and candy bars in front of people is partly responsible for the fix we re in It s a tough argument to make in a culture that celebrates the spoils of success Yet study after study shows that people tend to perform worse to give up more easily and to lose interest more quickly when a reward is involved Children who are given treats for doing artwork for example lose for tutoring youngsters don t teach as enthusiastically as tutors offered nothing And chief executive officers who have been awarded long term incentive plans have often steered their companies toward lower returns 海量考试资源下载 快乐阅读网 WWW ZUOWENE COM 海量考试资源下载 快乐阅读网 WWW ZUOWENE COM 31 According to behaviorism all human actions A are based on stimulus and response B have no bearing on human drives C are supposed to be highly motivated D are of a great mystery 32 Behaviorism basically believes in A motivationB performanceC rewardsD human factors 33 From the passage it can be inferred that A rewards are highly effective in America B rewards are not much sought after in academic circles C rewards have long lost their appeal in American society D Americans are addicted to rewards 34 The children s behavior in the last paragraph A can be best explained be behaviorism B can be linked to Pavlov s dogs C shows that rewards may well kill desire D serve to provided evidence to behaviorism 35 Which of the following in support of the finding that people tend to perform worse when a reward is involved last paragraph A People are not used to being conditioned by prizes B Rewards like punishments are attempts to control behavior C Rewards are so indispensable to American cultures D The principle of positive reinforcement in not fully enforced Passage Four 海量考试资源下载 快乐阅读网 WWW ZUOWENE COM 海量考试资源下载 快乐阅读网 WWW ZUOWENE COM Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage In general our society is becoming one of giant enterprises directed by a bureaucratic 官僚主义的 management in which man becomes a small well oiled cog in the machinery The oiling is done with higher wages well ventilated factories and piped music and by psychologists and human relations experts yet all this oiling does not alter the fact that man has become power less that he does not wholeheartedly participate in his work and that he is bored with it In fact the blue and the white collar workers have become economic puppets who dance to the tune of automated machines and bureaucratic management The worker and employee are anxious not only because they might find themselves out of a job they are anxious also because they are unable to acquire any real satisfaction or interest in life They live and die without ever having confronted the fundamental realities of human existence as emotionally and intellectually independent and productive human beings Those higher up on the social ladder are no less anxious Their lives are no less empty than those of their subordinates They are even more insecure in some respects They are in a highly competitive race To be promoted or to fall behind is not a matter of salary but even more a matter of self respect When they apply for their first job they are tested for intelligence as well as for the tight mixture of submissiveness and independence From that moment on they are tested again and again by the psychologists for whom testing is a big business and by their superiors who judge their behavior sociability capacity to get along etc This constant need to prove that one is as good as or better than one s fellow competitor creates constant anxiety and stress the very causes of unhappiness and illness Am I suggesting that we should return to the preindustrial mode of production or to nineteenth century free enterprise capitalism Certainly not Problems are never solved by returning to a stage which one has already outgrown I suggest transforming our social from a bureaucratically managed industrialism in which maximal production and consumption are ends in themselves into a humanist industrialism in which man and full development of his potentialities those of and of reason are the aims of all social arrangements Production and consumption should serve only as means to this end and should be prevented from ruling man 36 By a well oiled cog in the machinery the author intends to render the idea that man is A a necessary part of the society though each individual s function is negligible 海量考试资源下载 快乐阅读网 WWW ZUOWENE COM 海量考试资源下载 快乐阅读网 WWW ZUOWENE COM B working in complete harmony with the rest of the society C an unimportant part in comparison with the rest of the society though functioning smoothly D a humble component of the society especially when working smoothly 37 The real cause of the anxiety of the workers and employees is that A they are likely to lose their jobs B they have no genuine satisfaction or interest in life C they are faced with the fundamental realities of human existence D they are deprived of their individuality and independence 38 From the passage we can infer that real happiness of life belongs to those A who are at the bottom of the society B who are higher up in their social status C who prove better than their fellow competitors D who could keep far away from this competitive world 39 To solve the present social problems the author suggests that we should A resort to the production mode of our ancestors B offer higher wages to the workers and employees C enable man to fully develop his potentialities D take the fundamental realities for granted 40 The author s attitude towards industrialism might best be summarized as one of A approval B dissatisfaction C suspicion D tolerance Part Vocabulary 20 minutes Directions There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part For each sentence there are four choices marked A B C and D Choose the ONE answer 海量考试资源下载 快乐阅读网 WWW ZUOWENE COM 海量考试资源下载 快乐阅读网 WWW ZUOWENE COM that best complete the sentence Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre 41 Since the most commonly accepted test is the TOEFL exam most institutions will expect a TOEFL score for admission A minimalB maximalC mimimumD maximum 42 It was believed that his death with the robbery of the bank downtown A accompaniedB coincidedC correlatedD conformed 43 Does Emerson find his career full and as a basketball player A conflictingB charmingC rewardingD awarding 44 The local government gave the first to education after the war A projectionB protectionC professionD priority 45 The professor his habit of getting up early in the morning to do writing all his life A projectionB retainedC retailedD revitalized 46 The news of our team winning the match was really and millions of people came out to celebrate the victory A overwhelmingB acceleratingC promptingD preceding 47 What the government should do urgently is to take actions to the economy A brookB blushC boostD brood 48 The explosion in the mine was by a careless miner who lit a match A triggeredB claimedC hamperedD protested 49 The mass newspaper depended significantly more on advertising than did their predecessors A revenuesB incomesC avenuesD outcomes 海量考试资源下载 快乐阅读网 WWW ZUOWENE COM 海量考试资源下载 快乐阅读网 WWW ZUOWENE COM 50 Some minerals are quite common others are regionally and still others are rare on the earth A attributedB distributedC contributedD scattered 51 The most successful way to solve the language problem while a foreign play is being performed is translation A instantaneousB spontaneousC simultaneousD homogeneous 52 The hostess in the contract that the rent should be paid in cash at the beginning of each month A assumedB submittedC exposedD specified 53 This year the number of accidents has that of last year A overtakenB overweighedC overcomeD overshadowed 54 You must yourself or they will continue to bully you so you will go on living in disgrace A assessB assertC ma