大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷434

大学英语六级改革适用(阅读)模拟试

卷434

一、仔细阅读(本题共20题，每题7.0分，共20分。)

We'vegotitallwrong,saysCarlosSlim,theMexicantelecomstycoonandworld's

second-richestman:weshouldbeworkingonlythreedaysaweek.Attendingabusiness

conferenceinParaguay.Mr.Slimsaiditwastimefora"radicaloverhaul"ofpeople's

workinglives.Insteadofbeingabletoretireat50or60.hesays,wcshouldworkuntil

wcarcolder-buttakemoretimeoffaswcdoso.*'Pcoplcarcgoingtohavetoworkfor

moreyears,untiltheyare70or75,andjustworkthreedaysaweek-perhaps11hoursa

day,"hetoldtheconference,accordingtoPnewsagency."Withthreework

daysaweek,wewouldhavemoretimetorelaxforqualityoflife.Havingfour

days(off)wouldbeveryimportanttogeneratenewentertainmentactivitiesandother

waysofbeingoccupied."The74-year-oldself-mademagnatebelievesthatsuchamove

wouldgenerateahealthierandmoreproductivelabourforce,whiletacklingfinancial

challengeslinked(olongevity.Heisputtinghismoneywherehismouthis.InhisTelmex

fixed-linephonecompanyinMexico,whereworkersonacollectivelabourcontractwho

joinedthecompanyintheirlateteensareeligibletoretirebeforetheyare50,hehas

institutedavoluntaryschemeallowingsuchworkerstokeepworking,onfullpay,but

theyonlyneedtoworkfourdaysaweek.Mr.SlimstunnedtheMexicanbusinessworld

thismonthwithplanstobreakuphisAmericaMovilempire,sellingaboutafifthofits

assets,inordertoavoidregulatorysanctions.Hiscompaniesdominate80percentofthe

fixed-lineand70percentofthemobilemarketsinMexico-aboveanew50percent

threshold.Themagnateisakeenstrategistandphilanthropist,whohasoftensaidwhathe

likestodobestistothink.Hehascultivatedinterestsoutsidethecorporateworld:his

passionforRodinsculptureandartcollectingisevidentintheSoumayamuseumin

MexicoCitydedicatedtohislatewife.Anotherofhisdeep-heldbeliefsisthateducation

shouldberethought.He(oldtheconferenceinParaguaythatitshould"notbeboring,but

shouldbefun"andshould(eachpeople"nottomemorizebuttoreason;not(o

domesticatebuttotrain".Healsocalledfbrmorevocationaltraining.Mr.Slim,whoisat

(heageof74already,meanwhile,appearstohavenoplanstoretire."Lookatwhohe

respects:the(Mexican)bankerManuelEspinosaYglesiaswassomethingofamentor,and

hewasstillworkinginhislate80s,*'saidAndrewPaxman,aBritishhistorianwhois

writingabookaboutMr.Slim.

1、Whichisnotthereasono:havingfourdaysoffaweekbeingveryimportant

accordingtoMr.Slim?

A、Peoplewillhavemoretimetorelaxandachievequalityoflife.

B、Peoplecangeneratenewentertainmentactivitiesinthesparetime.

C、Peoplewillhavetimetothinkaboutotherwaysofbeingoccupied.

D^Peoplewillbehappyandmorewillingtogotowork.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：细节题o根据题干中的“havingfourdaysoff'aweek"和“veryimportant^^

可定位至第二段末句“'Withthreeworkdaysaweek,wewouldhavemoretimeto

relax；forqualityoflife.Havingfourdays[off]wouldbeveryimportanttogenerate

newentertainmentactivitiesandotherwaysofbeingoccupied.由此可知，一周休

息四天有利于提高生活质量，有利于创造新的娱乐活动以及消磨时间的新方法。

A、B、C三项均符合文意，故选择D。

2、WhichofthefollowingisnottheadvantageofworkingthreedaysaweekinMr.

Slim'sopinion?

A^Themovecangenerateahealthierlabourforce.

B、Thelabourwillbemoreproductive.

C、Peoplewillremainhappyifso.

D、Itwilltacklefinancialchallengeslinkedtolongevity.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：细节题。根据题干中的“theadvantageofworkingthreedaysaweek”可

定位至第二段中“The74-year-oldself-mademagnatebelievesthatsuchamovewould

generateahealthierandmoreproductivelabourforce,whiletacklingfinancial

challengeslinkedtolongevity.A^B>D均包含在该句中，C项文章并未提及，

故选择Co

3、ThesearetheidentitiesofMr.Slimexcept.

A、heisamagnate

B、heisadiplomatist

C、heisastrategist

D^heisaphilanthropist

标准答案：B

知识点解析：细节题。关于斯利姆先生的身份，文章第二段明确提到“The74-year-

oldself-mademagnate”（这位白手起家的74岁富豪），故A项符合他的身份，再根据

“Themagnateisakeenstrategistandphilanthropist”可知，斯利姆先生是一位决策家

和慈善家，则C、D项符合，而B项“他是一位外交家”，文章并未提到，故不符合

他的身份。

4、WhatisMr.Slim'sdeep-beliefineducation?

A、Todomesticate,tomemorizeandtotrain.

B、Tobefun,toreasonandtomemorize.

C、Tobefun,tomemorizeandtotrain.

D、Tobefun,toreasonandiotrain.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：细节题。根据题干中的“Mr.SlirrTsdeep-beliefineducation”可定位至

文章第四段，根据前两句Anotherofhisdeep-heldbeliefsisthateducationshouldhe

rethought.HetoldtheconferenceinParaguaythatitshould'notbeboring,butshould

befun^andshouldteachpeoplet€nottomemorizebuttoreason；nottodomesticatebutto

train".可知，斯利姆先生认为教育“不应该是无聊的，而应该是有趣的“，应该教

会人们“推理而不是记忆；应该是一种训练而不是驯养”。D项符合文意。

5、Thebesttitleofthepassagemaybe.

A、CarlosSlimCallsforaThrcc-dayWorkingWeek

B、PeopleFavouraThree-dayWorkingWeek

C、WorkingThreeDaysaWeekiswithadvantages

D^WorkingThreeDaysaWeekWillbeImplemented

标准答案；A

知识点解析：主旨题。本文主要讲述了墨西哥电信业大亨、全球第二大富豪卡洛

斯・斯利姆(CarlosSlim)提倡一周只工作三天，接着阐述了这样工作的好处，以及他

自己所做的努力。A项意为“卡洛斯・斯利姆提倡一周工作三天“，能够完整概括本

文的主旨大意。B、C项太片面，D项文中未提到。

Oftenheardpeoplecomplainabout,whynotmyface,whysobadweathertoday,whydo

Iliveinsuchapoorfamily,whyGodtoldme...whyshouldwecomplainaboutit

complainedthatit?Lifewasnotallthebest,lifewasnotperfect,onthecontrary,theups

anddowns,istheroutine.Donotcomplain,everyone'slifewillnotbeeasy,butprecisely

becauseofthesetwistsandturnsinfoldingwave,acquiredacolourfullife.Ifwecan

oftenlookattheissuefromanotherangle,youmighteasilyfindthelifeisstillvery

exciting.Youcan'tchangetheface,smile,whydon'tyouthinkaboutindulgence;you

can'tchangetheweather,whydon'tyouchangethemood?Asthesayinggoes:afterthe

storm.Thesameistrueoflife,aftertrainingcanoftenmakelifewonderful.China,a

writercametotheUnitedStates,hesawafloweroftheoldladyisalwaysveryhappy,

verystrange.Hewouldpickaflowerasked:"Whyareyoualwayssohappy?"Replied

(heoldlady.Anditmadethewriterstandinamazement."ThatJesuswascrucifiedisthe

world'sdarkestday,threedayslater(oEasier.Allthetroubletowaitforthreedaysas

longastherightnotlovanishintothinair?"Writerfor(heoldladyansweredandmoved

anoldladycouldlookatthisfreeandeasylife,couldseesothoroughly(olife.King

inventors—Edisonfilamentdoinordertofindthebestmaterialshavebeendonea1,000

experimentmanytimesandfailed.Havealaughathisneighbour:"DoyouKnowtodo

1,000experimentshavefailedmanytimes?"Edisonsaid:"Iamnotfoundmorethan

1.000kindsofinappropriatematerialfilamentsoit?"Edisonfailedtolookatfrom

anotherangle,heisquitesurethatitcanbethemostsuitablematerials,isprecisely

becauseofthisself-confidence,theyareabletomakeunremittingefforts,finally

successful.Peopletolovelife,lovelife,tohaveself-confidcnce,itisnecessarytomake

unremittingeffortstowardsthetarget,likeAiQingsaid,"Evenifwcarcacandle,wax

shouldbedrybeforethetorchashestears;eventhoughweareamatchshouldbeatthe

crucialmomentthereisarayoflight,"ifso,willthemeaningofourlives,ourliveswill

beabletoissueastrangeglory。Finally,Ihadtoremindyouthatinthefaceofsetbacks,

donotcomplainaboutitcomplainedthattheold,andtolearnhowtotransform(heissue

ofperspective,sothatlifeisnotsusceptibleto"rain"byknockout.

6、Whatisthemainideaoftlicfirstparagraph?

A^Peopleareaccustomedtocomplaininglife.

B、Peoplearenotsatisfiedwiththeirlives.

C、Lifeisnotperfectanddon'tcomplain.

D、Thelifeofeverybodyismiserable.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：主旨题。文章第一段讲到作者自己经常听到别人抱怨，作者认为生.活

本来就不是十全十美，进而引出话题：对待生活的态度一不要抱怨。选项中，C

项“生活并不完美，不要抱怨”与原文文意最为贴切，因此选择C。

7、Whichisthesynonymof"twistsandturns"(Line5,Para.1)?

A^Repetitions.

B、Misery.

C、Complaints.

D^Setbacks.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：语义题。文章开头讲到生活并不完美，有很多起起伏伏，生活并非一

帆风顺，“twistsandturns”所在句与前半句用but连接，构成转折关系，因而，

“twistsandtums”与一帆风顺意思相反，选项中，只有D项“setbacks(挫折，波折)”

与“一帆风顺”意思相反。

8.Whatistherelationshipbetweenthesecondparagraphandthethirdparagraph?

A^Thetwoparagraphsareparalleling.

B、Thethirdparagraphistheillustrationofthepriorone.

C^Causeandeffect.

D^Comparisonandcontrast.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：推断题。本题考查对文章内在逻辑的理解。文章第二段主要内容为：

换个角度来看问题，你可能会很容易发现自己的人生照样很精彩。接着作者在第三

段引用了两个事例来证明换个角度看问题的重要性。因此.第三段为第二段提供了

例证。

9、Whatdoestheoldlady'ssayinginparagraph3mean?

A、Goodluckwillcomethreedayslater.

B、Timecanappeaseallofv/ound.

C、Lookingatissuesfromanotheranglewillmakeyouhappy.

D、Peopleshouldbehopefultothefuture.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：推断题。第三段中，老太太说：“耶稣被钉在十字架上是全世界最黑

暗的一天，可三天后就是复活节。一切的烦恼只要等待三天不就烟消云散了吗?”，

而第三段为第二段提供了例证，即换个角度看问题就可以活得精彩。因此，老太太

这番话竟为：换个角度看问题便可豁然开朗。C项符合。

10、Whatis(heauthor'sattitudetowardslife?

A^Positive.

B、Indifferent.

C、Pessimistic.

D、Radical.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：态度题。作者在文章开头讲到，生活并不完美，不要抱怨，换个角度

看问题生活依旧精彩，接着作者引用了两个事例来证明换角度看问题的重要性。最

后倡导人们要热爱生活，热爱生命。由此可判断，作者对于生活的态度是积极乐观

的。

NBAcentreJasonCollinsrecentlyannouncedhewasgayinacoverstoryforSports

Illustrated.Inotherwords,he"cameoutofthecloset."Thisexpressionforrevealing

one'shomosexualitymayseemnatural.Beingintheclosetimplieshidingfromthe

outsideworld,andtheactofcomingoutofitimpliesthewilltostophiding.Butthough

theclosethaslongbeenametaphorforprivacyorsecrecy,itsusewithreferenceto

homosexualityisrelativelyrecent.AccordingtoGeorgeChauncey'scomprehensive

historyofmoderngayculture,GayNewYork,theclosetmetaphorwasnotusedbygay

peopleuntilthe1960s.Beforethen,itdoesn'tappearanywhere"intherecordsofthegay

movementorinthenovels,diaries,orlettersofgaymenandlesbians.'*"Comingout,"

however,haslongbeenusedinthegaycommunity,butitfirstmeantsomethingdifferent

thanitdoesnow."Agayman'scomingoutoriginallyreferredtohisbeingformally

presentedtothelargestcollectivemanifestationofprewargaysociety,theenormousdrag

ballsthatwerepatternedonthedebutanteandmasqueradeballsofthedominantculture

andwereregularlyheldinNewYork,Chicago,NewOrleans,Baltimore,andother

cities."Thephrase"comingout"didnotrefertocomingoutofhiding,buttojoininginto

asocietyofpeers.Thephrasewasborrowedfromtheworldofdebutanteballs,where

youngwomen"cameout"inbeingofficiallyintroducedtosociety.Thegaydebutante

ballswereamatterofpublicrecordandoftencoveredinthenewspaper,so"comingout"

withingaysocietyoftenmeantrevealingyoursexualorientationinthewidersocietyas

well,butthephrasedidn'tnecessarilycarrytheimplicationthatifyouhadn'tyetcome

out,youwerekeepingitasecret.Therewereothermetaphorsfortheactofhidingor

revealinghomosexuality.Gaypeoplecould"wearamask"or"takeoffthemask".Aman

could"wearhishairup"or"lethishairdown",or"drophairpins"thatwouldonlybe

recognizedbyothergaymen.Itisunclearexactlywhengaypeoplestartedusingthe

closetmetaphor,but"itmayhavebeenusedinitiallybecausemanymenwhoremained'

covert'thoughtoftheirhomosexualityasasortof,skeletoninthecloset'.nItmayalso

havecomefromoutsiderswhoviewedi(thatway.Itseemsihai"comingoutofthe

closet"wasbornasamixtureoftwometaphors:adebutanteproudlysteppingintothe

armsofacommunityandashockingsecretbeingkeptinhiding.Nowthecommunityis

(hewidercommunity,andthesecretisnolongershocking."Comingout"isauseful

phrase,butitneednotimplyacloset.

11、Whydid"comeoutofthecloset"seemsnaturalwhenreferstorevealingone's

homosexuality?

A、BecausehomosexualcouplesliveinaplacenamedCloset.

B、Becauseboththeclosetandhomosexualitymeanprivacy.

C、BecauseJasonCollinshasrefrainedfromNBA.

D、Becausepeoplealwaysuse"closet"torefertohomosexuality.

标准答案：B

知识点解析:推断题。根据题干中的“'comeoutofthecloset'seemnatural”可定位至

第一段“Beingintheclosetimplieshidingfromtheoutsideworld,and(heactof

comingoutofitimpliesthewilltostophiding.”由此可知，"柜"和“同性恋"有共同点

——将秘密隐藏起来，也就是它们都代表着隐私，而“III柜''便是将秘密公开，因

此，用“出柜”来形容同性恋公开看起来很白然。

12>Whichofthefollowingstatementabout"comingout"isTrue?

A、Closetisalwaysthemetaphorofhomosexuality.

B、Theoriginalmeaningofthephraseistherevealingofhomosexuality.

C、Thephrasewasborrowedfromtheworldofdebutanteballs.

D、Thephrase"comingout"onlyreferstocomingoutofhiding.

标准答案：C\

知识点解析：细节题。A项意为，“柜，一直是同性恋的隐喻”，这与第二段“…the

closetmetaphorwasnotusedbygaypeopleuntilthe1960s.‘‘相矛盾，因此错误；B选

项意为，“小柜'最初的意思是公开同性恋”，这与第三段“Agayman'scomingout

originallyreferredtohisbeingformallypresentedtothelargestcollectivemanifestation

ofprewargaysociety,"不相符；C龙项意为“，出柜，一词是从上流女子舞会里借用过

来的“，与第三段“Thephrasewasborrowedfromtheworldofdebutanteballs”相符

合，故正确；D项与第三段“Thephrase4tcomingouf'didnotrefertocomingoutof

hiding”意思相反。因此选择C。

13、Whatdoes"takeoffthemask“meanamonggaypeople?

A、Toshowheishomosexual.

B、Tohidehishomosexuality.

C、Itmeansthathewantstochangehissexualorientation.

D、Itmeansthathedoesn,twanttobehomosexual.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：推断题。根据题干中的“takeoffthemask”可定位至第四段“There

wereothermetaphorsfortheactofhidingorrevealinghomosexuality.Gaypeople

could4wearamaskdakeoffthemask'”加之."戴上面具”本身意味着神秘地隐藏

起来，而“摘下面具''则意味着公开，故"戴上面具''指的是向人公开自己是同性恋。

14、Whatcanwclearnfromthelastparagraph?

A、Thephrase"comingout"isonlyusedinthegaycommunity.

B、Themeaningof"comingout"isbecomingwiderandwider.

C、Thephrase"comingout"onlystandsforashockingsecretinhiding

D^Themeaningof"comingout"hasnotchangeduntilnow.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：推断题。文章鼓后一段讲述了••出柜”一词的隐喻意，而随着社交群体

的宽泛，“出柜”一词已经不再暗指隐秘，可见其意思越来越宽泛了。

15、Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?

A、Thephrase"comingout"isusedingaycommunity.

Thephrase"comingout"meansrevealingofhomosexuality.

C、Themeaningofthephrase"comingout"hasnotchanged.

D^Thedevelopmentoftheuseof"comingout".

标准答案：D

知识点解析：主旨题。本文以“NBA中锋杰森・柯林斯最近在《体育画报》的封面

故事中宣布他是同性恋”一事引入文章的主题——“出柜”，接着文章探索了“出柜”

一词的出现时间、适用对象及其意义的演变过程，最后提到，如今“出柜”一词意义

更广了，因此，本文主要讲述了“出柜”一词应用的发展演变过程，D项符合。

Migrationisusuallydefinedas"permanentorsemi-permanent-changeofresidence."This

broaddefinition,ofcourse,wouldincludeamoveacrossthestreetoracrossacity.Our

concerniswithmovementbetweennations,notwithinternalmigrationwithinnations,

althoughsuchmovementsoftenexceedinternationalmovementsinvolume.Today,(he

motivesofpeoplewhomoveshortdistancesareverysimilartothoseofinternational

migrants.Studentsofhumanmigrationspeakof"push"and"pull"factors,which

influenceanindividual'sdecisiontomovefromoneplacetoanother.Pushfactorsare

associatedwiththeplaceoforigin.Apushfactorcanbeassimpleandmildamatteras

difficultyinfindingasuitablejob,orastraumaticaswar,orseverefamine.Obviously,

refugeeswholeavetheirhomeswithgunspointedattheirheadsaremotivatedalmost

entirelybypushfactors(althoughpullfactorsdoinfluencetheirchoiceofdestination).

Pullfactorsarcthoseassociatedwiththeplaceofdestination.Mostoftenthesearc

economic,suchasbetterjobopportunitiesortheavailabilityofgoodlandtofarm.The

latterwasanimportantfactorinattractingsettlerstotheUnitedStateduringthe19th

century.Ingeneral,pullfactorsadduptoanapparentlybetweenchancefbragoodlife

andmaterialwell-beingthanareofferedbytheplaceoforigin.Whenthereisachoice

betweenseveralattractivepotentialdestinations,(hedecidingfactormightbeanon­

economicconsiderationsuchasthepresenceofrelatives,friends,oratleastfellow

countrymenalreadyestablishedinthenewplacewhoarewillingtohelpthenewcomers

settledin.Considerationsofthissortleadtothedevelopmentofthissortleadtothe

developmentofmigrationflow.Besidespushandpullfactors,therearewhatthe

sociologistscall"interveningobstacles".Evenifpushand/orpullfactorsarevery

strong,theystillmaybeoutweighedbyinterveningobstacles,suchasthedistanceofthe

move,thetroubleandcostofmoving,thedifficultyifenteringthenewcountry,andthe

problemslikelytobeencounteredonarrival.Thedecisiontomoveisalsoinfluencedby

"personalfactors"ofthepotentialmigrant.Thesamepush-pullfactorsandobstacles

operatedifferentlyondifferentpeople,sometimesbecausetheyarcatdifferentstagesof

theirlives,orjustbecauseoftheirvaryingabilitiesandpersonalities.Forexample,

someonelikestobesteady,butsomebodylikestoadventure.Theprospectofpackingup

everythingandmovingtoanewandperhapsverystrangeenvironmentmayappear

interestingandchallengingtoanunmarriedyoungmanandappallinglydifficult(oa

slightlyoldermanwithawifeandsmallkids.Similarly,theneedtolearnanewlanguage

andcustomsmayexciteonepersonandfrightenanother.

16、WhichofthefollowingstatementaboutmigrationisNotTrue?

A、Migrationreferstopermanentorscmi-pcnnancnt-changcofresidence.

B、Thegeneralizedmigrationincludesamoveacrossthestreetoracrossacity.

C、Peoplemoveacross(hestreetorcitiesareless(haninternationalmovements.

D、Th