2016年12月英语六级考试:2016年英语六级(CET-6)考试新题型预测试卷(7)

Part I Writing (30mintes)
1、Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic How to Solve the Housing Problem in Big Cities ? You should write at least 150 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:
1.住房问题在大城市变得越来越严重
2.住房问题产生原因及给城市带来的影响
3. 建设一个解决办法(如：多造高层建筑；向地下卫星城市；疏散城市人口等)
How to Solve the Housing Problem in Big Cities?

Part II Reading Comprehension (15 minutes)
2、Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1 - 7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A] ,[B], [C] and [D]. For questions 8 - 10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
KOALA
　　Many people love the cute koala bear. This animal has been made into stuffed toys all over the world. But it is rare to see this creature alive and moving, because it's gradually becoming extinct.
　　The koala, like the kangaroo, is actually a marsupial (an animal which carries its babies in a pocket of skin on its body). It contains a small pouch for its young. For this reason, the koala is not related to true bears. In appearance, it is a combination of a monkey and a kangaroo. Koala is native to Australia, although they are now chiefly found in New South Wales and Queensland. The koala has been hunted since the middle of 20th century for fur and food. Today, anyone found harming a koala is severely punished by law.
　　Koalas get their endearing appearance from a covering of gray fur and little tufts of white hair on the sides of their faces. Their eyes are small and black, set in their head. They have large ears and curved noses, but not tail. They use their arms and paws to climb through the trees. Koalas have interesting living habits. They are nocturnal, which means that they move around chiefly at night. Koalas do not stay on the ground. They move from tree to tree, carefully lowering and raising themselves by their paws. Koalas have a surprisingly long life span, which can range from 9 to 20 years, in rare cases.
　　The koala is the only mammal, other than the Greater Glider and Ringtail Possum, which can survive on a diet of eucalyptus leaves. Eucalyptus leaves are very fibrous and low in nutrition, and to most animals are extremely poisonous. To cope with such a diet, nature has equipped koalas with specialized adaptations. A very slow metabolic rate allows koalas to retain food within their digestive system for a relatively long period of time, maximizing the amount of energy able to be extracted. At the same time, this slow metabolic rate minimizes energy requirements. Koalas also sleep somewhere between 18 and 22 hours each day in order to conserve energy. Koalas eat only the leaves of the eucalyptus, which is another reason that they are now becoming extinct. The eucalyptus tree is disappearing from their natural habitats, fighting a battle against extinction all its own.
　　The koala's worst enemy, besides hunters, is fire. When a tree is inflamed, often they cannot run fast enough to save themselves. Baby koalas are in danger around certain kinds of lizards and eagles, although they are protected today by natural habitats set up for them. It is interesting to note that many koalas die from being hit by cars, and some are even attacked by dogs! Their main form of

3、Koalas are often seen actively________
A．at night
B．during the day
C．on the ground
D．climbing trees

4、Which of the following is true about eucalyptus leaves?
A．They are extremely poisonous to all mammal
B．They are only eaten by koala
C．They are getting rarer and rare
D．They are low in fibr

5、Koalas can only stay awake for_____________
A．18 hours a day
B．between 2 and 6 hours a day
C．between 2 and 6 hours a week
D．between 18 and 22 hours a week

6、What does happen after a young koala's brain is fully developed?
A．It begins to turn in the pouch and kic
B．It emerges outside its pouc
C．It is independent of its mothe
D．It begins to live in trees alon

7、To save koalas, what do people have to do?
A．To save eucalyptu
B．To grow koalas in zoo
C．To ban hunting koala
D．To lengthen their life-spa

8、After nine months a baby" koala______
A．lays in the mother's pouch
B．has a head larger than its body
C．does not need its mother
D．has fully-formed teeth

Reading Comprehension (15 minutes)
9、People who cut down eucalyptus trees are _______to koalas.

10、Foreign__________ in its environment are a great problem for koalas.

11、Hunting and forest fires kill off many koalas but now their number one threat is _________.

Part IV Reading Comprehension Reading in Depth (35 minutes)
12、Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 12 to 21 are based on the following passage.
　　It's a 12 often requested in lonely hearts ads and scientists have now shown that a good sense of humor is 13 for women, but not men, in choosing a romantic partner. A woman is even willing to 14 other shortcomings in a man if he can make her laugh, researchers said on Tuesday." Our results suggest that humor can 15 affect desirability as a relationship partner but this effect is most likely to occur when men use humor and are 16 by women," said Eric Bressler, of Westfield State College in Massachusetts.
　　Bressler and Sigal Balshine, of McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, demonstrated in an experiment that a good sense of humor -- G.S.O.H. as it appears in personal ads -- does make a 17 They showed groups of women pictures of two equally 18 men and presented autobiographical statements that were either funny or serious. After 19 the experiment and showing groups of men photographs of two women, they asked both sexes to select who they would choose as a romantic partner. The humorous people were seen as more socially adept but less trustworthy, honest and intelligent. Men did not select the funny person but women did."Women chose funny men as relationship partners despite often 20 them as less honest and intelligent," the researchers said in the study published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior. Funny men were preferred even if their humor was 21 , the researchers added.
A．difference F．unimportant K．positively
B．evaluated G．rehearsaling L．reversing
C．rating H．attractive M．minorly
D．unsophisticated I．important N．overlook
E．trait J．overtake O．chasing

选：__________

13、选：________

14、选：_________

15、选：___________

16、Our results suggest that humor can 15

17、as it appears in personal ads -- does make a 17

18、They showed groups of women pictures of two equally 18

19、选：_____________

20、选：__________

21、选：____________

Part IV Reading Comprehension Reading in Depth (35 minutes)
22、Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements, For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, Cand D．You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
　　Many now have been breathing hot flames at our industry and so I thought it would be time to say my piece this week, after all, we in the business cannot deny that it has been a rough spring for newspaper, editors and reporters. Ethical scandals great and small have soiled newsrooms from coast to coast. Everyone knows about the profound deceits of Jayson Blair at The New York Times, and the "Writergate" controversy involving Rick Bragg, which led to the departure of the two top editors at the paper. Other misdeeds have ranged from two reporters at. The Salt Lake Tribune selling information to The National Enquirer, to a food writter for The Hartford Courant fired for plagiarizing recipes. Are newspaper standards going to pot?
　　Some say ethics are worse than ever or are they? The past is filled with people running photos of wrestlers in the sports section in exchange for money. In fact, ethical breaches may be less of a problem than 20 years ago. A lot of newspapers are cutting corners, but the standards in the business have improved. There were things going on in the past -- such as reporterswriting speeches for politicians they covered and taking bribes from lobbyists -- but people back then were quietly moved out or they left on their own. There was no public display.
　　The industry as a whole is in trouble because, due to media concentration, people at the top,are taking out too much money and driving the profits up. The perception is that the real customers are not those who read the paper but those who buy the stock, which damages the profession.Some of this is about resource pressure. Copydesks are overloaded and there is not enough time and more reporters are having to report by phone. The larger the size of newspapers, the less communication between divisions there tends to be. Reporters don't climb the stairs anymore, they are highly-trained people who sit in their offices and write term papers and won't sully themselves going to a greasy housing project or stand out in the rain for a few hours. The economics of journalism along with technological changes has created an atmosphere of trying to get enormous amounts of information as rapidly as possible. The important thing is to make sure that the ownership understands the value of a news organization with integrity and every paper needs to slow down and remind ourselves that we have nothing to sell if the readers don't believe us.
The main idea of the first paragraph is that ______________
A．n

23、There is large concentration of ownership today ________
A．although competition among them has increased
B．so the quality standards from them have declined
C．and this means that the qualifications of reporters is declining
D．but the standards among newsrooms has improved over the years

24、Technology has meant more information is available at a faster speed ________
A．but this creates pressures on newsrooms to control it
B．and this has meant that newsrooms can improve its quality
C．but there needs to be more reflection on the integrity of the process
D．and this has created division among the various departments in a newspaper

25、Who are the kinds of reporters the writer seems to admire most?
A．Reporters who'know how to sift through a lot of informatio
B．Reporters who are willing to sacrifice to chase after a story,
C．Reporters who won't sully themselves,
D．Reporters who are highly-traine

26、The passage is most likely part of a________
A．news article
B．column
C．research report
D．preface

27、Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
For anyone who is set on a career in fashion it is not enough to have succeeded in college. The real test is whether they can survive and become established during their early 20s, making a name for themselves in the real world where business skills can count for as much as flair and creativity.
　　Fashion is a hard business. There is a continuous amount of stress because work is at a constant breakneck speed to prepare for the next season's collections. It is extremely competitive and there is the constant need to cultivate good coverage in newspapers and magazines. It also requires continual freshness because the appetite for new ideas is insatiable (不知足的). "We try to warn people before they come to us about how tough it is", says Lydia Kemeny, the Head of Fashion at St. Martin's School of Art in London, "and we point out that drive and determination are essential. "
　　This may seem far removed from the popular image of trendy and dilettante ( 业余爱好的) young people spending their time designing pretty dresses. That may well be what they do in their first year of study but a good college won't be slow in introducing students to commercial realities. "We don't stamp on the blossoming flower of creativity but in the second year we start introducing the constraints of price, manufacturability, marketing and so on. "
　　Almost all fashion design is done to a brief. It is not a form of self, expression as" such, although there is certainly room for imagination and innovation. Most young designers are going to end up as employees of a manufacturer or fashion house and they still need to be able to work within the characteristic style of their employer. Even those students who are most avant-garde (前卫的) in their own taste of clothes and image may need to adapt to produce designs which are right for the mainstream Marks and Spencer type of market. They also have to be able to work at both the exclusively expensive and the cheap end of the market and the challenge to produce good design inexpensively may well be more demanding than where money is no object.To be successful as a fashion designer in the real world you must_________
A．have excellent academic qualifications
B．be able to handle business problems
C．be well established before you are 20
D．have taken an intensive commercial course

28、According to Paragraph 2, all fashion designers should expect to__________
A．cope with continual fatigue
B．make a rapid turnover
C．work without remission
D．face tough competition

29、In fashion design one of the most important factors is to________
A．satisfy excessive demands
B．maintain good press contacts
C．make instant decisions
D．cultivate public taste

30、Ultimately, many young designers have to___________
A．work for department stores
B．retain their personal taste in fashion
C．conform to a certain image
D．repress their creativity

31、The views on fashion design expressed in this passage__________
A．present an encouraging picture
B．contain some innovative ideas
C．dispel some common illusions
D．discount the creative element

Part V Error Correction (15 minutes)
32、Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A], B], C．and (D．on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
　　 The benefits to citizens of modern industrial society may have peaked sometime in recent decades, and increasingly, we are paying the 32 of pollution of our own nest. In a (n) 33 world, everyone would seek personal health, 69 at the same time would strive to 34 planet health. Smart people realize that no personal benefits will 35 long in a world that is ailing and polluted. The really sad part of our current predicament is 36 all the fight ideas have been around for decades and have been clearly 37 in many forms by a host of intelligent people. The right ideas involve unselfish and compassionate behavior.They include long-term planning, conservation and a deep 38 to preserve the natural world. 39 a healthy natural environment, there will be few or no healthy humans. I have been seeing more and more patients who want to flee from city life, air pollution, and 40 illnesses which they having been 41 comes from polluted 42 and bad food. One professional man, " for　43 , explained that he and his wife had moved to a suburban community and had to 44 a long way to work over the past 20 years -- they went to separate 81 and drove two cars. They were driving to a city that grew out to meet them. The population tripled. When they started commuting, the journey 45 less than 30 minutes; 20 years later, the trip46 way was 60 minutes on; 47 , when the trafficwas bad, they each spent 90minutes or 48 in the car one-way. Both had become 49 ill. Both decided they would move to a small town and never commute again.
A．penalties
B．obligations
C．payments
D．revenues

33、
A．virtual
B．disappointed
C．ideal
D．polluted

34、
A．also
B．but
C．so
D．then

35、
A．restore
B．resume
C．refresh
D．revise

36、
A．endure
B．survive
C．retain
D．maintain

37、
A．what
B．which
C．that
D．when

38、
A．inferred
B．interpreted
C．explained
D．expressed

39、
A．assignment
B．commitment
C．burden
D．responsibility

40、
A．Without
B．Unless
C．Except
D．With

41、
A．perpetual
B．permanent
C．chronic
D．sustained

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