大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷673

大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）模拟试

卷673

一、词汇理解(本题共70题，每题7.0分，共70分。)

America'smostpopularnewspaperwebsitetodayannouncedthattheeraoffreeonline

journalismisdrawingtoaclose.TheNewYorkTinieshasbecomethebiggestpublisher

yettosetoutplansfbrapaywallarounditsdigitaloffering,[Cl]theaccepted

practicethatinternetuserswillnotpayfornews.Strugglingwithanevaporationof

advertisingandadownwarddriftinstreetcornersales,TheNewYorkTimesintendsto

introducea"metered"modelatthebeginningof2011.Readerswillberequiredtopay

whentheyhave[C2]asetnumberofitsonlineaniclespermonth.The

decisionputsthe159-year-oldnewspaperonthechargingsideofan[C3]

widechasm(鸿沟)inthemediaindustry.Butothers,includingtheGuardian,

havesaidtheywillnot[C4]internetreaders.TheNewYorkTimes's

publisher,ArthurSulzberger,[C5]thatthemoveisagamble.Boastinga

print[C6]of995,000onweekdaysand1.4milliononSundays,TheNew

YorkTimesisthethirdbestsellingAmericannewspaper,behindtheWallStreetJournal

andUSAToday.WhilemostUSpapersfocusonasinglecity,TheNewYorkTimesis

amongthefewthatcanclaim[C7]scope-aswellas16bureausintheNew

Yorkarea,ithas11officesaroundtheUSandmaintains26bureauselsewhereinthe

world.Butlikemanyinthepublishingindustry,thepaperisinthegripofa[C8]

financialcrisis.Itsparentcompany,theNewYorkTimesCompany,has15

papers,but[C9]alossof$70millionintheninemonthstoSeptemberand

recentlyaccepteda$250million[CIO]fromaMexicanbillionaire,Carlos

Slim,tostrengthenitsbalancesheet.A)abandoningE)circulationI)exceededM)

nationalB)acknowledgedF)crudeJ)increasinglyN)seriousC)ascendG)deductingK)

interactivelyO)sufferedD)chargeH)evaluationL)loan

1、[Cl]

标准答案：A

知识点解析：空格所在句主谓宾结构完整，故需填入及物动词的分词形式，作伴随

状语。空格前说《纽约时报》着手制定对电子新闻产品收费的计划，空格后说现行

的习惯做法(theacceptedpractice)是互联网为用户提供免费新闻，可见它要“放

弃”这种习惯做法，abandoning“放弃”符合句意。

2、[C2]

标准答案：I

知识点解析：此处需填入谓语动词，由have可知为过去分词形式。根据动词宾语

asetnumberof...(一定量的)，填入exceeded"超过"符合句意，表示：当读者每

月阅读网上文章超过一定量时，就被要求付费。

3、[C3]

标准答案：J

知识点解析：此处需填入就词，修饰wide。本句说《纽约时报》的决定使它处于

收费(charging)的一边，这表明它与提供免费新闻的传媒业之间的鸿沟扩大了很

多，故increasingly"日益，更加”正确。

4、[C4]

标准答案：D

知识点解析：此处需填入动词。前一句说《纽约时报》决定站在收费(charging)

的一边，but转折词和否定词not说明《卫报》等其他传媒不会对读者“收费”，

charge为本题答案。

5、[C5]

标准答案：B

知识曾解析：此处需填入谓语动词，其后宾语从句意为：此举是一种赌博。这是讲

ArthurSulzberger的看法，应使用过去时态，acknowledged"承认”符合语义。

6、[C6]

标准答案：E

知识点解析：空格后的of…表明此处需填入名词。根据空格后的99.5万、140万，

再结合主句中的信息：《纽约时报》是美国第三大最畅销报纸，可知circulation"发

行量”正确。

7、[C7]

标准答案：M

知识点解析：此处需填入scope的修饰语，可为名词、形容词或分词。上半句讲

到，多数美国报纸都立足于某个城市，句首表转折对比的while表明后半句是讲

《纽约时报》覆盖的范围广,故选national一词,与上半分句的asinglecity形成

对比。

8、[C8]

标准答案：N

知识点解析：此处需填入形容词或分词，修饰financialcrisis“金融危机”。从下文所

说的母公司所遭受的巨额损失alossof$70million,可知金融危机是serious"严重

的

9、[C9]

标准答案：O

知识点解析：此处需填入谓语动词，后接宾语alossof…，sufferedaloss为常见搭

配，表示“遭受损失”。

10、[C10]

标准答案：L

知识点解析：此处需填入accepled的宾语，应为名词。空格前提到《纽约时报》母

公司损失了7000万美元，所以最近接受了2.5亿美元的……来缓解资产负债，空

格处填入loan“贷款”符合语义逻辑。

二、仔细阅读(本题共万题，每题7.0分，共75分。)

Scatteredaroundtheglobearemorethan100smallregionsofisolatedvolcanicactivity

knowntogeologistsashotspots.Unlikemostoftheworldsvolcanoes,theyarcnot

alwaysfoundattheboundariesofthegreatdriftingplatesthatmakeuptheearth's

surface;onthecontrary,manyofthemliedeepintheinteriorofaplate.Mostofthehot

spotsmoveonlyslowly,andinsomecasesthemovementof(heplatespastthemhasleft

(railsofdeadvolcanoes.Thehotspotsand(heirvolcanictrailsaremilestonesthatmark

(hepassageof(heplates.Thaltheplatesaremovingisnowbeyonddispute.Africaand

SouthAmerica,forexample,aremovingawayfromeachotherasnewmaterialis

injectedintothesealloorbetween(hem.Thecomplementarycoastlinesandcertain

geologicalfeaturesthatseemtospantheoceanareremindersofwherethetwocontinents

wereoncejoined.Therelativemotionoftheplatescarryingthesecontinentshasbeen

constructedindetail,butthemotionofoneplatewithrespecttoanothercannotreadilybe

translatedintomotionwithrespecttotheearth'sinterior.Itisnotpossibletodetermine

whetherbothcontinentsarcmovinginoppositedirectionsorwhetheronecontinentis

stationaryandtheotherisdriftingawayfromit.Hotspots,anchoredinthedeeperlayers

oftheearth,providethemeasuringinstrumentsneededtoresolvethequestion.Froman

analysisofthehot-spotpopulationitappearsthattheAfricanplateisstationaryandthat

ithasnotmovedduringthepast30millionyears.Thesignificanceofhotspotsisnot

confinedtotheirroleasaframeofreference.Itnowappearsthattheyalsohavean

importantinfluenceonthegeophysicalprocesses(hatpropeltheplatesacrosstheglobe.

Whenacontinentalplatecomeslorestoverahotspot,thematerialrisingfromdeeper

layercreatesabroaddome.Asthedomegrows,itdevelopsdeepfissures(cracks);ina(

leastafewcasesthecontinentmaybreakentirelyalongsomeofthesefissures,sothatthe

hotspotinitiatestheformationofanewocean.Thusjustasearliertheorieshave

explainedthemobilityofthecontinents,sohotspotsmayexplaintheirmutability

(inconstancy).

11、Wecanlearnfromthefirstparagraphthat.

A、therearcnovolcanicactivitiesonhotspots

B、hotspotsusuallylieattheboundariesofdriftingplates

C^mosthotspotsarelocatedintheinnerpartofaplate

D、thepassageofplatesthroughhotspotswillleavedeadvolcanoes

标准答案：B

知识点解析：根据题干直接查找到第I段，第2句第2个分句提到“其中很多位于

板块内部的深处”，而表达同样含义的是B选项。该段第1句指出，这些互不相

连、发生火山运动的小地区，地质学家称之为热点，可见A项错误。选项C与第

2句第1个分句的内容相反，倒数第2句提到“在某些情形卜，板块移动经过热点

留下死火山的痕迹”，即不是所有板块移动都会留下死火山的痕迹，故D错。

12、Theauthorbelievesthat.

A^(hemotionoftheplatescorrespondstothatoftheearth'sinterior

B、thehotspotsandtheplatesmoveslowlyinoppositedirections

C、thegeologicaltheoryaboutdriftingplateshasbeenprovedtobetrue

D、themovementofhotspotsprovesthecontinentsaremovingapart

标准答案：B

知识点解析：文章第2段的开头指出Thattheplatesaremovingisnowbeyond

dispute,beyonddispute意为“毋庸置疑”，故答案选B项。从第2段第4句的“但是

一个板块相对于另外一个板块的运动不能被顺理成章地解释成板块与它相对于地球

内部的运动”，可排除A项。

13、ThatAfricaandSouthAmericawereoncejoinedcanbededucedfromthefactthat

A^thetwocontinentsarestillmovinginoppositedirections

B、theAfricanplatehasbeenstablefor30millionyears

C、theyhavebeenfoundtosharecertaingeologicalfeatures

over100hotspotsarescatteredallaroundtheglobe

标准答案：B

知识点解析：从第2段的第3句可知，非洲和南美洲曾经连接在一起的证据有两个

---海岸线所具有的互补的特征(complementarycoastlines)及某些地质特点

(certaingeologicalfeatures)oB项符合后者，故为正确答案。

14、Thehotspottheorymayproveusefulinexplaining.

A^(hestructureof(heAfricanplates

B、themobilityofthecontinents

C、therevivalofdeadvolcanoes

D、(heformationofnewoceans

标准答案：D

知识点解析：关于hotspotiheory的作用，除了第2段提到的参照作用外，第3段

论及的另一个重要作用在于它能够推动板块在地球表而漂移(propeltheplates

acrosstheglobe)»从而引发了新海洋的形成(initiatestheformationofanew

ocean)o故答案选D项。

15、Thepassageismainlyabout.

A、(hefeaturesofvolcanicactivities

B、thesignificanceofhotspotsingeophysicalstudies

C、theimportanceofthetheoryaboutdriftingplates

D^theprocessoftheformationofvolcanoes

标准答案：C

知识点解析：全文3个段落主要是围绕“热点对于地球物理学研究的意义”而展开

的。故答案选C项。全篇共3段，第1段讲的是hotspots的定义与分布，第2段

讲hotspots在大陆板块移动中的参照作用，第3段讲hotspots引起新海洋形成的

地球物理意义。

Naturally,inagroupofanimalsasdiverseasthesnakes,andwithsomanyvaried

enemies,therearenumerousdefensivereactionsanddevices.Thereis,however,one

generalpatternofbehavior.Inthepresenceofsuspectedenemythefirstreactionistotry

toescapeobservation;ifthisrails,thenextresortistheflighttosomeinaccessibleretreat,

butifthisisnotpossible,oriscircumvented,variouskindsofintimidatorygesturesand

warningdevicesarcbroughtintoplay;inthelastresortthesnakeattacks.Thispattern

varieswiththecircumstances;somestagesmaybeomittedorcombinedunprcdictably

whilstallsomenotoriouslyirasciblespeciesmaydispensewilhallth。preliminariesand

attackalmostatonce,thoughseldomorneverwithoutsomeprovocation.Amongstthe

factorsthatincreaseaggressivenessarehunger,thematingseasonandsurprise,withthe

lastmentionedthecommonest;whenhuntingforfoodorforinate,activityandthe

aggressiveinstinctarebothattheirpeak.Owingtotheirpoorsenseofhearingsnakesare

veryliabletobe,quiteliterally,caughtnappingandasimilarsituationarisesduringtheir

periodsoftemporaryblindnessjustbeforesloughing(蜕皮)begins.Byfarthegreatest

numberofsnake-bitaccidentsresultfromtheunwittingdisturbanceofrestingsnakes,

andthishazardismuchincreasedwithspeciesthatarewelldisguisedandwhosenatural

instinctistotrustto(hisconcealmentas(heirprincipaldefense.Aswellasdifferencesin

aggressivenessbetweenindividualsofthesamespeciesaccordingto(hecircumstances

andconditions,therearealsonotabledifferencesbetweenspecies,evencloselyallied

species;andthereportsofthosewhohavebeenattackedmayunderstandablybelacking

inobjectivity.Soitisimpossibletoforecast,eveninoutline,howanyencounterwill

develop.TheHamadryad,forexample,isusuallycreditedwitlibeingamongstthemost

aggressiveofsnakes,andtherearemanyaccountsofunprovokedattacks,yetonone

occasionfourteenmenandsevendogspassedandreturnedwithintwoyardsfromanest

andnosnakewasseenalthoughthefemale,whichguardsthenest,couldnothavebeen

faraway.

16、Whenasnakemeetsapotentialenemy,itsprimarydeviceis.

A^avoidinganyobservation

B、givingawarningthreat

C>findingasafeshelter

D、startingaquickattack

标准答案：A

知识点解析：首段第3句提到了蛇遇到可疑敌人时的行为模式：首先躲开对方的监

视，第二步是寻找安全藏身处，第三是向对方发出警告，最后实施攻击，因此选项

A为本题答案。选项B、C和D分别是对第二、第三和最后一步的近义替换，因此

都不是正确答案。

17、Thephrase"dispensewithallthepreliminaries"(Line7,Para1)mostprobably

means.

Asthesnakescombineallthepreviousthreesteps

B、thesnakesfollowallthepreviousstepsonebyone

C、thesnakesgiveupallthepreviousthreesteps

D^thesnakesreversetheorderofalltheprevioussteps

标准答案：B

知识点解析：首段最后一句中dispensewith的前面提到过somestagesmaybe

omittedorcombined,而下文提到attackalmostatonce,这说明dispensewith应表示

有些蛇不做前儿个步骤，而立刻展开进攻，因此它的意思应等同于omil“免除，省

略”，也即选项B中的giveup,其他选项在语法上都说得通，但是与下文的aiiack

almostatonce不一致，因此如不是正确答案。

18、Asnakeismostaggressivewhen.

A^itmeetsapossibleenemy

B、itisdisturbedunknowingly

C、itiscaughtwhenitissleepingorsloughing

itseeksapartnerinthematingseason

标准答案：D

知识点解析：第2段首句中第2个分句的male一词与选项D同义，因此选项D为

本题答案，其他选项都在文中提到过，也是蛇会对敌人实施还击的情况，但是这三

个干扰项和正确选项之间的区别就在于，文中没有提到在这些情况下”Asnakeis

mostaggressive(蛇最具有攻击性)、因此本题要紧扣第2段首句和其中的peak

这个单词。

19>Itisdifficulttopredictwhatwouldhappenwhenasnakemeetsamanbecause

A、noonehaseverclearlyknownhowhehimselfwasbit

B、theaggressivenessofthesnakesdiffersaccordingtodiversesituations

C^mantendstobesubjectivewhenhedescribeshisencounterwithasnake

D^asnakedoesnotbegintoattackwithoutprovocation

标准答案：C

知识2解析：第2段最后两句由So连接，显示倒数第2句是原因，最后一句是结

果。选项C是对例数第2句的概括，为本题答案。选项A和选项D与题干之间没

什么关联，易排除；选项B虽然与该段倒数第2句的后一个分句意思相符，但它

只是作为附加信息以说明蛇的个体行为差异很大，故也可排除。

20>Theauthorusestheexampleinthelastparagraphtosupporthisideathat.

A、snakesdonotbegintheaggressiveactifitisnotdisturbed

itishardtoforecastwhetherandhowsnakeswouldattack

C、somesnakesarcmoreaggressiveandmorereadytoattack

D、snakesoftenconcealthemselvesastheirprincipaldefense

标准答案：C

知识点解析：第3段开头就有forexample这个标志性的词组，表明这一句是为了

支持上文的例子。结合第2段末句可知，第3段是为了证明其不可预测性的，故C

正确。

Amassivepoolofwarmoceanwateriscausingchangesintheatmospherethatcould

produceunusualweatheraroundtheworldinthenextfewnicnths,theUSNational

WeatherServicereportedonMonday.Asaresultofthisphenomenon,knownasElNino,

morerainfallthannormalislikelythiswinteracrosssomeareasoftheUnitedStates,

withunusuallywarmorcoldweatherinotherpartsofthecountry.Currentlythe

phenomenonismarkedbyawarmpoolofwateralongtheequatorextendingfromthe

InternationalDateLinenearlytothecoastotSouthAmerica.Thatwaterisnearly4

degreesFahrenheitabovenormal,explainedVernonKouskyof(heclimatecenter.This

warmwater"spreadsalmostaquarterofthewayaroundtheglobe.Soit'smassiveandit

hasanimpactonourweather.Ithasaglobalinfluence...becauseitdisturbsthe

atmosphere",saidDaveRodenhuis,directoroftheclimatecenter."ElNinoisprobably

(hemostimportantclimateeventbeyondtheannualcycleofseasons",headded.Because

thechangestended(obefirstnoticedaroundChristmas,thephenomenonwasgiventhe

nameElNino,whichisSpanishforchild,atermoftenusedtorefer(othebabyJesus.

Thephenomenonoccurseverythreetofiveyears,sometimesinamildformand

sometimesstronglyaffectingweatherpatternsworldwide.Deiailsofitscausearenot

fullyunderstood,butwhenitoccurs,unusuallywarmaircanbepumpedintoCanada,

AlaskaandtheiiorlhcniUnitedStales.Alllicsamelime,uuiiditiuiislendlobewcllcr

thannormalalongtheUSSoutheastCoastandtheGulfofMexico.AndtheAtlanticand

Caribbeanhurricaneseasontendstobemilderthanusual.ThestrongElNinoof1982-

1983wasblamedforworseningthedevastatingdroughtinAfrica,causingaseriesof

severewinterstormstocomeashoreinCalifornia,spawningthefirsttyphoontostrike

FrenchPolynesiain75years—followedbyfivemoreinfivemonths-delugingPeruand

Ecuadorwithtorrentialrainsandpromotingtheworstdroughtintwocenturiesin

Australia.Overalldamagewasestimatedatbetween$2billionand$8billionbyaUnited

Nationsanalysisandthedeathtolltopped1,500worldwide.

21、ElNinocanbestbedescribedas.

A、unusuallylongperiodofhotorcoldweather

B、atmosphericchangecausedbywarmoceanwater

C、unusualchangesofweatheraroundtheworld

D^risingtemperatureoftheoceanwaterandatmosphere

标准答案：C

知识点解析：第2段首句开头表明thisphenomenon就是ElNino,thisphenomenon

指的是首段提及的“大量温暖的海水引起大气变化''这一现象，由此可见，选项C

是对厄尔尼诺现象最恰当的描述。

22、Thewarmwaterisaffectingtheweathergloballybecause.

A、it