1、大学英语六级考试模拟试卷十八（总分：710.00,做题时间：130分钟）Part I Writing（总题数:1 ,分数:0.00）1. Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essaycommenting on the proverb He who makes no mistakes makes nothing. You cangive an example or two to illustrate your point of view. You should write at least 160w
2、ords but no more than 200 words.（分数：106.50）正确答案：（范文Growing Up Through MistakesAs the old saying goes, He who makes no mistakes makes nothing. Makingmistakes is a part of human nature. We learn from mistakes and we cannot grow upwithout them.In the course of growth, everyone makes many a mistake from
3、 time to time.To begin with, making mistakes is an essential part of growing. Take learning to walkfor example. When we were toddlers, we fell down again and again until we couldwalk on our own. Moreover, the mistakes we have made in the past will be a vitalpart of our education. This is true when w
4、ere trying to learn English, especiallyspoken English. If were afraid of making mistakes, then its almost impossible for usto make progress. So making mistakes is also a process of learning. Last but not least,every mistake that we have made in our life leads us to our current state ofunderstanding.
5、 As long as we are not afraid of making mistakes, we are likely to becloser to success.In short, if there is no learning involved, mistakes would have no worth at all.As can be imagined, mistakes might cause pain or impatience, and yet they couldprovide opportunities for growth.）解析：Part II Listening
6、 Comprehension（总题数：0 ,分数：0.00）Section A（总题数：8 ,分数:0.00） Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1 .（分数：28.40）A. He wants to move into another room.B. He has too much stuff.C. His filing cabinet is too old to be used.D. He couldnt do anything without a filing cabinet.解析：听力原
7、文W: What are you doing?M: Im ordering some filing cabinets out of a catalog.W: What do you need them for?M: Theres so much stuff piling up in my dormitory room. If I dont dosomething soon, I wont be able to move in there.W: Do you usually order from a catalog?M: Sometimes. Why?W: Oh, its just in the
8、 history class today that we were talking about how thecatalog sales business first got started in the US. A Chicago retailer, MontgomeryWard started it in the late 1800s. It was really popular among farmers. It was difficultfor them to make it from the big city stores so they ordered from catalogs.
9、M: Was Ward the only one in the business?W: At first. But another person named Richard Sears started his own catalogafter he heard how much money Ward was making.M: What made them so popular?W: Farmers trusted Ward and Sears for one thing. They delivered theproducts the farmers paid for and even ref
10、unded the price of things the farmerswerent satisfied with. The catalogs became so popular that some country schoolteachers even used them as textbooks.M: Textbooks?W: Yeah. Students practice spelling the names and adding up the prices ofthings in the catalogs.M: Was everybody thrilled about them?W:
11、 Thats doubtful. They drove some small stores out of business. Sears andWard sold stuff in such large quantities. They were able to undercut the prices atsome small family-owned stores.Why does the man order some filing cabinets? Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5 .
12、（分数:28.40）A. A product designed for newborn babies. JB. A company providing babysitter services.C. A television program regarding babies.D. A toy for newborn babies.解析：听力原文M: Shaking an infant out of anger or frustration can lead to a severe braindamage, even death. A New Jersey company called Bounc
13、ing Babies is making it saferthan ever to shake your baby. Joining us now is the founder of Bouncing Babies, KellyTimmons. Hi, Kelly.W: Thanks for having me.M: Kelly, tell us about this amazing product youve created.W: Well, its called the Baby Safe Ball, and it keeps your baby one hundredpercent sa
14、fe, no matter how hard you shake him or her.M: Yeah, well, it looks like it will make a great shower gift.W: Oh, yes. Its perfect for first-time mothers, and I also recommend it todaycare centers or babysitters, anyone whos working with a newborn.M: Right, wonderful! So, show us how it works.W: Well
15、, it uses a technology which keeps the baby upright no matter howyou shove or throw it.M: So the babys neck wont snap under the weight of its skull being thrownback and forth.W: Thats right, exactly. And on the outside, its got a thick layer ofbreak-resistant material. So you can throw this thing ag
16、ainst the stone wall and itwont crack.M: OK. Oh, its actually quite light.W: Yes, and its sound-proof, and there are clowns painted on the inside.M: You know, Kelly, we have had a volunteers own baby Sam to be used as ademonstrator, so you can show us exactly how the Baby Safe Ball works.W: Ill be g
17、lad to.What are the speakers talking about?Section B（总题数:7 ,分数：0.00）, Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.1 .（分数：28.40）A .lb win over the majority of passengers from airlines in twenty years.B. Td reform railroad management in western European countries.C. To electrify the
18、 railway lines between major European cities.D. To set up an express train network throughout Europe. V解析：听力原文In January 1989, the Community of European Railways presented theirproposal for a high speed pan- European train network extending from Sweden toSicily, and from Portugal to Poland by the ye
19、ar 2020. If their proposal becomes areality, it will revolutionize train travel in Europe. Journeys between major cities willtake half the time they take today. Brussels will be only one and a half hours fromParis. The quickest way to get from Paris to Frankfurt, from Barcelona to Madrid willbe by t
20、rain, not plane. When the network is complete, it will integrate three types ofrailway line: today new high speed lines with trains operating at speeds of 300kilometers per hour; upgraded lines which allow for speeds up to 200 to 225kilometers per hour, and existing lines for local connections and d
21、istribution offreight. If business people can choose between a three-hour train journey fromcity-center to city-center and a one-hour flight, theyll choose the train, says anexecutive travel consultant. They wont go by plane anymore. If you calculate flighttime, check-in and travel to and from the a
22、irport, youll find almost no difference.And if your plane arrives late due to bad weather or air traffic jams or strikes, thenthe train passengers will arrive at their destination first. Since France introduced thefirst 260-kilometer-per-hour high speed train service between Paris and Lyons in1981,
23、the trains have achieved higher and higher speeds. On many routes, airlineshave lost up to 90% of their passengers to high speed trains. If people accept theCommunity of European Railways plan, the 21st century will be the new age of thetrain.What is the proposal presented by the Community of Europe
24、an Railways?, Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.5 .（分数：21.30）A .Th ere can be no speedy recovery for mental patients.B. Approaches to healing patients are essentially the same.C. The mind and body should be taken as an integral whole. /D. There is no clear division of l
25、abor in the medical profession.解析：听力原文Western doctors are beginning to understand what traditional healers havealways know一the body and the mind are inseparable. Until recently, modern urbanphysicians heal the body, psychiatrists the mind, and priests the soul. However, themedical world is now payin
26、g more attention to holistic medicine, which is anapproach based on the belief that peoples state of mind can make them sick orspeed their recovery from sickness. Several studies show that the effectiveness of acertain drug often depends on the patients expectations of it. For example, in onerecent
27、study, psychiatrists at a major hospital tried to see how patients could bemade calm. They divided them into two groups. One group was given a drug whilethe other group received a harmless substance instead of medicine without theirknowledge. Surprisingly, more patients in the second group showed th
28、e desiredeffect than those in the first group. In study after study, theres a positive reaction inalmost one-third of the patients taking harmless substances. How was this possible?How can such a substance have an effect on the body? Evidence from a 1997 study atthe University of California shows th
29、at several patients who received such substanceswere able to produce their own natural drug, that is, as they took the substance theirbrains released natural chemicals that act like a drug. Scientists theorized that theamount of these chemicals released by a persons brain quite possibly indicates ho
30、wmuch faith the person has in his or her doctor.According to the speaker, what are western doctors beginning tounderstand?Section C（总题数：1 0 ,分数：0.00） Questions 16 to 19 are based on the recording you have just heard.1 .（分数：56.80）A. It can brighten someone elses life. /B. lt can help analyze the caus
31、es of air pollution.C. lt may force people to donate their shoes and clothes.D. lt can ensure peoples physical fitness.解析：听力原文Have you tried recycling? Sometimes recycling can involve putting things togood use that you no longer want. Instead of throwing something out, think aboutthe ways that you c
32、an recycle it and brighten someone elses life.As Americans, we sometimes take something as important as shoes forgranted. When we dont like the pair we have or they get a small hole in them, wewill usually throw them out and buy new ones. But instead of throwing them out,you can recycle your shoes a
33、nd even save a life. When you donate your old shoes tocharity, you are helping nearly 300 million children around the world who do nothave any shoes at all. It is estimated that the lack of proper footwear causes thedeaths of up to one million of those children. That is how your recycled shoes cansa
34、ve lives.Technology changes rapidly these days, and many people do what they can tokeep up. A common practice is for people to throw an old laptops or cell phones in adrawer and then move on to buying a new one. But you can sell that old cell phoneor computer and use that money to buy a new iPhone.
35、There are plenty of placesthat will buy that old device and let you recycle it into cash. There are alsonon-for-profit organizations like Cell Phones for Soldiers that collect donated cellphones. When upgrading your electronics, look for positive ways to discard the oldalternatives.When non-recharge
36、able batteries die, most people usually throw them away.The batteries that contain metals such as nickel are recyclable. As a matter of fact,the more hazardous the battery material is, the more likely you will be able to have itrecycled. Instead of throwing out those dead batteries and unleashing ha
37、rmfulmaterials into the environment, find out if your retailer has a battery recyclingprogram. If you cannot recycle them locally, then there are companies you can mailthe batteries to for proper recycling.Recycling is one of the best ways for anyone to help the environment. Youshould always check a
38、nd see if there is a way to recycle something and preserve ournatural resources before throwing it into the garbage. Remember that one manstrash is another mans treasure.What does the speaker say about recycling?. Questions 20 to 22 are based on the recording yon have just heard.5 .（分数：42.60）A. They
39、 could move around the country. VB. They could fast-track their business.C. They paid attention to their purposes.D. They got opportunities to make money.解析：听力原文Train and railway expressions worked their way into American English over acentury ago. Many of those terms are still being used today.Rail
40、roads changed the look of the United States. They also gave manyAmericans the chance to move around the country.Sometimes railroad tracks would not join up in a town but divide into two. Ifyou say someone is from the wrong side of the tracks, it means they are from thebad side of town. To go off the
41、 track means to move away from ones intendedpurpose or goal.For example, you could say your career went way off track if you wanted to bea lawyer but became an actor instead. But if you go to law school and complete yourstudies, your career is back on track. Lets say you finished law school very qui
42、cklybecause you took double the course load. You then could say you fast-tracked yourway to becoming a lawyer. In the world of business, it is common to say a project hasbeen fast-tracked or is on a fast track.To stay on track means to pay attention to your goal or purpose. But gettingsidetracked is
43、 just the opposite. A train that is sidetracked gets sent to a differentstation or down a different line.Talking about train tracks, a rail is a single piece of steel that is part of thelarger railway. Some rails are dangerous to touch. The third rail is also an issue whichcan fuel a heated debate.
44、At a party, religion or politics could be the third rail topics.Talking about them could kill your social life! When something goes off the rails, it isalways a bad thing. To go off the rails means a persons project or life is a wreck, or一pardon the expressiona train wreck. When a train reaches its
45、final stop, we say ithas reached the end of the line. If you reach the end of the line you have come to theend of something. Often in old films, this is what the bad guy says just before he killssomeone.How did Americans benefit from the railway?, Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you ha
46、ve just heard.8 .（分数：42.60）A. College graduates have difficulty in finding jobs.B. People overlook the correlation between education and income.C. The number of better-educated graduates cannot satisfy the economy.D. The economy fails to absorb better-educated graduates. V解析：听力原文Historically, the co
47、rrelation between education and income has been strong.But in the early 1970s, a contradiction developed between education and theeconomy. Our value of education and our average educational attainmentoutstripped the capacity of the economy to absorb the graduates.Experts have argued that this contra
48、diction is at the heart of the problem ofpublic education today. It is not, as business leaders claim, that the schools are failingto properly educate students, or that they are turning out young people who areinadequately prepared to function in the workplace. The real problem is a lack ofeconomic
49、opportunities for students who are not continuing on to college.College graduates are also having difficulty finding jobs. Even when they do,the jobs may not be in proportion to their training and expectations. Part of theproblem is that too many young Americans aspire to have professional jobs, mak
50、ingdisappointment and frustration inevitable for them. Many students assume thatwhat is true of an individual一that the higher the education, the better the jobopportunitieswill also be true for the entire society. But when the number ofbetter-educated young people becomes too great, the economy coul
