恩波0612六級二模試卷.doc

2006年12月恩波英語四級模擬考試 06秋恩波大學英語六級?？糚art I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A),C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Example: You will hear:You will read:A) At the office.B) In a waiting room.C) At the airport.D) In a restaurant.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A)“At the office”is the best answer. You should choose A on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.Sample Answer ABCD1.A) It will eventually be replaced by the Internet.B) It now has more readers than ever before.C) It stimulates peoples desire for learning.D) It will be hooked onto the Internet.2.A) She is a successful writer of childrens books.B) She owes her success to her grade school teacher.C) She has set an example for mothers with children.D) She tends to exaggerate so as to arouse childrens curiosity.3.A) Lack of democracy dampens peoples interest in reading.B) Reading contributes a great deal to creativity.C) Reading builds up democratic values.D) Much pleasure can be derived from reading.4.A) The spring is warm because of the greenhouse effect.B) people tend to forget about correct weather forecasts.C) There is a 50-50 chance of rain.D) Long-term weather forecasts tend to be unreliable.5.A) All drugs have side effects.B) Many fat people have digestive problems.C) The woman is trying to lose weight by drugs.D) There is no efficient way of weight control.6.A) The man does not eat chicken.B) The woman has some dietary restrictions.C) The man wants to change the menu.D) The woman is responsible for food arrangements.7.A) The man is going to make a phone call.B) Things are very expensive here due to inflation.C) The man thinks the charge for a phone call is very low.D) Long distance calls at a pay phone cost 50 cents a minute.8.A) Mrs. Jones is fat.B) The boy never tells lies.C) The woman is a liar.D) It is hard to tell truth from falsehood.9.A) He does not have to be good academically.B) He must be good at uniting people.C) He should have specific plans for school activities.D) He must not fall short of the expectations of the class.10.A) She works very hard.B) She wont be back until next Monday.C) She is flying to Vermont to ski.D) She is newly married.Section BDirections: In this section you will hear one long dialogue. At the end of the dialogue, you will hear some questions. Both the dialogue and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.11.A) They are very hospitable.B) They have a great appetite.C) They drink a lot of tea.D) They feel it rude to accept things offered.12.A) He should ask for a second helping.B) He should eat all the food offered him by the host.C) He should refuse the first two offers of food.D) He should tell the host the food is fantastic13.A) He should refuse the first time he is offered food.B) He should refuse the second time he is offered food.C) He should tell the host that he is full.D) He should leave some food on his plate.14.A) They will insist that you eat more.B) They will believe that you are full.C) They will think that you are rude.D) They will offer you a second helping.Section CDirections: In this section you will hear two short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.15.A) Men lie more often than women.B) Women lie more often than man.C) Men and women lie in different ways.D) People who tell lies are unpopular.16.A) They found themselves lying to appear competent.B) They found themselves lying to appear likeable.C) They found themselves lying much more than they had thought.D) They found themselves surprised at the way they lied to each other.17.A) Children tend to lie more than adults.B) Children are confused as to whether they should always tell the truth.C) Children will model their behavior on their parents.D) Children wont pretend to like a birthday present they dont really like.Passage TwoQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18.A) He worked very hard.B) He didnt like school at all.C) He was very naughty.D) He was very fond of reading.19.A) Hollywood pictures.B) The books he read when he was young.C) The varied experiences he had as young man.D) The human spirit.20.A) His books are full of adventure.B) His books are full of imagination.C) He encourages observation and care about the world around us.D) He combines science with fiction in creating his powerful stories.Part Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C)and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage 1 The great bulk of expert opinion is that owing a gun undermines rather than increases safety: the function of discouraging burglars or other criminals is more than offset by other factors. First come the suicides: in 1986,18,153 people shot themselves to death. No one on knows how many might have lived if they had been unable to pick up a gun and how many might have merely chosen other means to end their lives. But surely the presence of a loaded gun in a bureau drawer must have tempted many, particular teens, to yield to a black depression that might have lifted had the means to carry out the dark wish not been so readily available.Then come the accidental shootings, many by foolish guys who never bother to learn how to handle their weapons. More heartbreaking are the frequent incidents of children picking up their parents guns and finding out in the most disastrous way that they are not toys; for example, an eight-year-old boy who shot his six-year-old sister dead last week in Fairfax. Then there are the quarrels between spouses, between parents and their children, between neighbors and friends that suddenly turn fatal because one or both can pick up a gun. Police commonly estimate that if a household gun is ever used at all, it is six times as likely to be fired at a member of the family or a friend as at an intruder. (It is even more likely, says Dr. Carl Bell, a Chicago psychiatrist, that the gun will be stolen; gun are prime targets for burglars because they can be easily and profitably sold to other criminals.)And finally, in the relatively rare shoot-outs between householders and burglars that do occur, it might easily be the burglar who proves more skilled in handling his guns and the householder who winds up in morgue（停尸房）.Adding all types of deaths together, Mercy and Houk, researchers from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control, point out that “during the last two years, the number of people who died of injuries inflicted by firearms in the United States exceeded the number of casualties during the entire 8.5-year Viet Nam conflict.” Mercy and Houk judged that “injury from firearms is a public-health problem whose toll is unacceptable.” Another group of researchers presented evidence that lax U.S. gun laws might be to blame. The team, headed by emergency room surgeon John Henry Sloan, studied a pair of cities just 140 miles apart: Seattle and Vancouver. The two cities had similar unemployment rates, household incomes, law-enforcement policies and even favorite TV shows. Two differences: in Canada, handgun ownership is tightly restricted; in Washington State, guns are more easily purchased. And between 1980 and 1986 Seattle had 388 homicides, vs. 204 Vancouver.21. According to most experts, possessing a gun _.A) can not guarantee your safetyB) does more than assure you safetyC) leads to more suicidesD) can only frighten thieves22. “To carry out the dark wish” in the last sentence of the first paragraph means _.A) killing oneselfB) shooting othersC) yielding to depressionD) picking up a gun23. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A) Many children become the victims of playing gunsB) A household gun is more likely to aim at a familiar personC) Accidental shootings often happen when people are quarrellingD) A gun at home is very likely to be taken away by burglars24. The word “l(fā)ax” in the first sentence of the last paragraph most probably means_.A) differentB) unrestrictedC) funnyD) not strict25. The author cites the two cities as an example to demonstrate that _.A) what matters is to carry out the gun lawsB) all states must have the same gun lawsC) gun ownership must be strictly restrictedD) gun laws have little effectPassage 2 Ever since Darwins theory of evolution, biologists have assumed that environments teeming with complex forms of life served as the nurseries of evolution. But two recent papers in Science magazine have turned that notion on its head. Last month some biologists reported that in the ocean it is the relatively barren areas that serve as “evolutionary crucibles(熔爐),” not regions with great diversity of species. Other researchers announced this summer that the Arctic, not the rain forest, spawned many plants and animals that later migrated to North America. Says John Sepkoski of the University of Chicago, “Harsh environments may be producing the major changes in the history of life.” These “changes” do not result merely in a longer tail or a bigger claw for an existing species but, rather, in dramatic leaps up the evolutionary ladder a rare innovation that comes along once in a million years. In the Arctic, reports Leo Hickey of Yale University, the innovations ran to forms never before seen on earth. By dating fossils from many geologic layers, he concluded that large grazing animals first appeared in the Arctic and migrated to temperate places a couple of million years or so later. Among plants, species of redwood and birch originated in polar regions some 18 millions years before they showed up in the south. Examining fossils as old as 570 million years, Chicagos Sepkoski found that shell-less, soft-bodied creatures were suddenly replaced by trilobites（三葉蟲）, then by the more advanced clam-like animals. These changes, he notes, “first become common near shore.” That surprised him an environment with as few species as exist in the near shore, and with such a poor record of producing new species, seems an unlikely place for biological innovation. But when Jablonski dated fossils of 100 million years ago, he found that during this era, too, the near shore spawned biological breakthroughs more sophisticated sea creatures that move and find food in ocean sediments instead of passively filtering whatever floats by.The findings are too new to apply to human evolution, but at first glance they seem to fit the facts. Anthropologists believe that our ancestors became fully human only after they left their secure life in the trees for the harsh world of savanna(plain without trees). There, the demanding conditions triggered that most human of traits, the large brain, and the most profound evolutionary step of all was taken.26. Two recent papers in Science magazine claim to have found evidence which contradicts the traditional notion that _.A) relatively harsh environments are the nurseries of evolutionB) evolution occurred in regions with biological diversityC) new forms of life come into being in near-shore areasD) species of birch and redwood originated in the south27. According to Leo Hickey of Yale University, which of the following may have spawned more advanced species of land animals?A) The barren ocean floorB) The ArcticC) The rain forestD) Temperate Zones28. The word “innovations” in the second paragraph means _.A) New theory B) New phenomenon C) Changes D) New inventions29. How would anthropologists take the new findings?A) They would look at them dubiouslyB) They would eagerly apply them to the study of human evolutionC) They would challenge them, though at first glance they tend to look at them favorablyD) They would most probably think the new findings fit well into their theory30. Which of the following may be an appropriate title of the passage ?A) Darwins Theory ModifiedB) How Animals EvolveC) Evolution in Hard PlacesD) Where Did Large Sea Animals OriginatePassage 3 A classic series of experiments to determine the effects of overpopulation on communities of rats was conducted by a psychologist, John Calhoun. In each experiment, an equal number of male and female adult rats were placed in an enclosure. The rat populations were allowed to increase. Calhoun knew from experience approximately how many rats could live in the enclosures without experiencing stress due to overcrowding. He allowed the population to increase to approximately twice this number. Then he stabilized the population by removing offspring that were not dependent on their mothers. At the end of the experiments, Calhoun was able to conclude that overcrowding causes a breakdown in the normal social relationships among rats, a kind of social disease. The rats in the experiments did not follow the same patterns of behavior as rats would in a community without overcrowding. The females in the rat population were the most seriously affected by the high population density. For example, mothers sometimes abandoned their pups, and, without their mothers care, the pups died. The experiments verified that in overpopulated communities, mother rats do not behave normally. Their behavior may be considered diseased, pathological (病理學的). The dominant males in the rat population were the least affected by over population. Each of these strong males claimed an area of the enclosure as his own. Therefore, these individuals did not experience the overcrowding in the same way as the other rats did. However, dominant males did behave pathologically at times. Their antisocial behavior consisted of attacks on weaker male, female, and immature rats. This deviant behavior showed that even though the dominant males had enough living space, they too were affected by the general overcrowding. Non-dominant males in the experimental rat communities also exhibited deviant social behavior. Some withdrew completely, avoiding contact with other rats. Other non-dominant males were hyperactive, chasing other rats and fighting each other. The behavior of the rat population has parallels in human behavior. People in densely populated areas exhibit deviant behavior similar to that of the rats in Calhouns experiments. In large urban areas, such as New York City, London, and Cairo, there are abandoned children. There are cruel, powerful individuals, both men and women. There are also people who withdraw and people who become hyperactive. Is the principal cause of these disorders overpopulation? Calhouns experiments suggest that it might be. In any ease, social scientists and city planners have been influenced by the results of this series of experiments.31. Calhoun stabilized the rat population _.A) when it was double the number that could live in the enclosure without stressB) by removing young ratsC) so that there was a constant number of adult rats in the enclosureD) All of the above are correct32. Which of the following inferences can NOT be made from the first paragraph?A) Calhouns experiment is still considered important today.B) Overpopulation causes pathological behavior in rat populations.C) Stress does not occur in rat communities unless there is overcrowding.D) Calhoun had experimented with rats before.33. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?A) Dominant males had adequate living space.B) Dominant males were not as seriously affected by overcrowding as the other rats.C) Dominant males attacked weaker rats.D) The strongest males are always able to adapt to bad conditions.34. The author implies that the behavior of the dominant male rats is sometimes parallel with that of _.A) cruel, powerful peopleB) people who abandon their childrenC) hyperactive peopleD) people who would like to keep to themselves.35. The main point of this passage is that _.A) although rats are affected by overcrowding, people are notB) overcrowding may be an important cause of social pathologyC) the social behavior of rats is seriously affected by overcrowdingD) Calhouns experiments have influenced many peoplePassage 4 In the past, concern about a man-made warming of the earth has concentrated on the Arctic because the Antarctic is much colder and has