大學(xué)英語(yǔ)六級(jí)改革適用(閱讀)模擬試

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一、仔細(xì)閱讀(本題共20題，每題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.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：細(xì)節(jié)題o根據(jù)題干中的“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質(zhì)量，有利于創(chuàng)造新的娛樂(lè)活動(dòng)以及消磨時(shí)間的新方法。

A、B、C三項(xiàng)均符合文意，故選擇D。

2、WhichofthefollowingisnottheadvantageofworkingthreedaysaweekinMr.

Slim'sopinion?

A^Themovecangenerateahealthierlabourforce.

B、Thelabourwillbemoreproductive.

C、Peoplewillremainhappyifso.

D、Itwilltacklefinancialchallengeslinkedtolongevity.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干中的“theadvantageofworkingthreedaysaweek”可

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

generateahealthierandmoreproductivelabourforce,whiletacklingfinancial

challengeslinkedtolongevity.A^B>D均包含在該句中，C項(xiàng)文章并未提及，

故選擇Co

3、ThesearetheidentitiesofMr.Slimexcept.

A、heisamagnate

B、heisadiplomatist

C、heisastrategist

D^heisaphilanthropist

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：細(xì)節(jié)題。關(guān)于斯利姆先生的身份，文章第二段明確提到“The74-year-

oldself-mademagnate”（這位白手起家的74歲富豪），故A項(xiàng)符合他的身份，再根據(jù)

“Themagnateisakeenstrategistandphilanthropist”可知，斯利姆先生是一位決策家

和慈善家，則C、D項(xiàng)符合，而B項(xiàng)“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.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干中的“Mr.SlirrTsdeep-beliefineducation”可定位至

文章第四段，根據(jù)前兩句Anotherofhisdeep-heldbeliefsisthateducationshouldhe

rethought.HetoldtheconferenceinParaguaythatitshould'notbeboring,butshould

befun^andshouldteachpeoplet€nottomemorizebuttoreason；nottodomesticatebutto

train".可知，斯利姆先生認(rèn)為教育“不應(yīng)該是無(wú)聊的，而應(yīng)該是有趣的“，應(yīng)該教

會(huì)人們“推理而不是記憶；應(yīng)該是一種訓(xùn)練而不是馴養(yǎng)”。D項(xiàng)符合文意。

5、Thebesttitleofthepassagemaybe.

A、CarlosSlimCallsforaThrcc-dayWorkingWeek

B、PeopleFavouraThree-dayWorkingWeek

C、WorkingThreeDaysaWeekiswithadvantages

D^WorkingThreeDaysaWeekWillbeImplemented

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案；A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：主旨題。本文主要講述了墨西哥電信業(yè)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，接著闡述了這樣工作的好處，以及他

自己所做的努力。A項(xiàng)意為“卡洛斯?斯利姆提倡一周工作三天“，能夠完整概括本

文的主旨大意。B、C項(xiàng)太片面，D項(xiàng)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.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：主旨題。文章第一段講到作者自己經(jīng)常聽到別人抱怨，作者認(rèn)為生.活

本來(lái)就不是十全十美，進(jìn)而引出話題：對(duì)待生活的態(tài)度一不要抱怨。選項(xiàng)中，C

項(xiàng)“生活并不完美，不要抱怨”與原文文意最為貼切，因此選擇C。

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

A^Repetitions.

B、Misery.

C、Complaints.

D^Setbacks.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：語(yǔ)義題。文章開頭講到生活并不完美，有很多起起伏伏，生活并非一

帆風(fēng)順，“twistsandturns”所在句與前半句用but連接，構(gòu)成轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，因而，

“twistsandtums”與一帆風(fēng)順意思相反，選項(xiàng)中，只有D項(xiàng)“setbacks(挫折，波折)”

與“一帆風(fēng)順”意思相反。

8.Whatistherelationshipbetweenthesecondparagraphandthethirdparagraph?

A^Thetwoparagraphsareparalleling.

B、Thethirdparagraphistheillustrationofthepriorone.

C^Causeandeffect.

D^Comparisonandcontrast.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：推斷題。本題考查對(duì)文章內(nèi)在邏輯的理解。文章第二段主要內(nèi)容為：

換個(gè)角度來(lái)看問(wèn)題，你可能會(huì)很容易發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的人生照樣很精彩。接著作者在第三

段引用了兩個(gè)事例來(lái)證明換個(gè)角度看問(wèn)題的重要性。因此.第三段為第二段提供了

例證。

9、Whatdoestheoldlady'ssayinginparagraph3mean?

A、Goodluckwillcomethreedayslater.

B、Timecanappeaseallofv/ound.

C、Lookingatissuesfromanotheranglewillmakeyouhappy.

D、Peopleshouldbehopefultothefuture.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：推斷題。第三段中，老太太說(shuō)：“耶穌被釘在十字架上是全世界最黑

暗的一天，可三天后就是復(fù)活節(jié)。一切的煩惱只要等待三天不就煙消云散了嗎?”，

而第三段為第二段提供了例證，即換個(gè)角度看問(wèn)題就可以活得精彩。因此，老太太

這番話竟為：換個(gè)角度看問(wèn)題便可豁然開朗。C項(xiàng)符合。

10、Whatis(heauthor'sattitudetowardslife?

A^Positive.

B、Indifferent.

C、Pessimistic.

D、Radical.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：態(tài)度題。作者在文章開頭講到，生活并不完美，不要抱怨，換個(gè)角度

看問(wèn)題生活依舊精彩，接著作者引用了兩個(gè)事例來(lái)證明換角度看問(wèn)題的重要性。最

后倡導(dǎo)人們要熱愛(ài)生活，熱愛(ài)生命。由此可判斷，作者對(duì)于生活的態(tài)度是積極樂(lè)觀

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.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析:推斷題。根據(jù)題干中的“'comeoutofthecloset'seemnatural”可定位至

第一段“Beingintheclosetimplieshidingfromtheoutsideworld,and(heactof

comingoutofitimpliesthewilltostophiding.”由此可知，"柜"和“同性戀"有共同點(diǎn)

——將秘密隱藏起來(lái)，也就是它們都代表著隱私，而“III柜''便是將秘密公開，因

此，用“出柜”來(lái)形容同性戀公開看起來(lái)很白然。

12>Whichofthefollowingstatementabout"comingout"isTrue?

A、Closetisalwaysthemetaphorofhomosexuality.

B、Theoriginalmeaningofthephraseistherevealingofhomosexuality.

C、Thephrasewasborrowedfromtheworldofdebutanteballs.

D、Thephrase"comingout"onlyreferstocomingoutofhiding.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C\

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：細(xì)節(jié)題。A項(xiàng)意為，“柜，一直是同性戀的隱喻”，這與第二段“…the

closetmetaphorwasnotusedbygaypeopleuntilthe1960s.‘‘相矛盾，因此錯(cuò)誤；B選

項(xiàng)意為，“小柜'最初的意思是公開同性戀”，這與第三段“Agayman'scomingout

originallyreferredtohisbeingformallypresentedtothelargestcollectivemanifestation

ofprewargaysociety,"不相符；C龍項(xiàng)意為“，出柜，一詞是從上流女子舞會(huì)里借用過(guò)

來(lái)的“，與第三段“Thephrasewasborrowedfromtheworldofdebutanteballs”相符

合，故正確；D項(xiàng)與第三段“Thephrase4tcomingouf'didnotrefertocomingoutof

hiding”意思相反。因此選擇C。

13、Whatdoes"takeoffthemask“meanamonggaypeople?

A、Toshowheishomosexual.

B、Tohidehishomosexuality.

C、Itmeansthathewantstochangehissexualorientation.

D、Itmeansthathedoesn,twanttobehomosexual.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：推斷題。根據(jù)題干中的“takeoffthemask”可定位至第四段“There

wereothermetaphorsfortheactofhidingorrevealinghomosexuality.Gaypeople

could4wearamaskdakeoffthemask'”加之."戴上面具”本身意味著神秘地隱藏

起來(lái)，而“摘下面具''則意味著公開，故"戴上面具''指的是向人公開自己是同性戀。

14、Whatcanwclearnfromthelastparagraph?

A、Thephrase"comingout"isonlyusedinthegaycommunity.

B、Themeaningof"comingout"isbecomingwiderandwider.

C、Thephrase"comingout"onlystandsforashockingsecretinhiding

D^Themeaningof"comingout"hasnotchangeduntilnow.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：推斷題。文章鼓后一段講述了??出柜”一詞的隱喻意，而隨著社交群體

的寬泛，“出柜”一詞已經(jīng)不再暗指隱秘，可見其意思越來(lái)越寬泛了。

15、Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?

A、Thephrase"comingout"isusedingaycommunity.

Thephrase"comingout"meansrevealingofhomosexuality.

C、Themeaningofthephrase"comingout"hasnotchanged.

D^Thedevelopmentoftheuseof"comingout".

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：主旨題。本文以“NBA中鋒杰森?柯林斯最近在《體育畫報(bào)》的封面

故事中宣布他是同性戀”一事引入文章的主題——“出柜”，接著文章探索了“出柜”

一詞的出現(xiàn)時(shí)間、適用對(duì)象及其意義的演變過(guò)程，最后提到，如今“出柜”一詞意義

更廣了，因此，本文主要講述了“出柜”一詞應(yīng)用的發(fā)展演變過(guò)程，D項(xiàng)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