2017年12月大学英语六级练习冲刺题 第十套

　　 2017年第一次英语六级考试的时间为：6月17日。

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　　 Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

　　 Directions: There are four 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 centre.

　　 Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

　　 There are two methods of fighting, the one by law, the other by force; the firstmethod is that of men, the second of beasts; but as the first method is ofteninsufficient, one must have recourse to the second. It is, therefore, necessaryfor a prince to know well how to use both the beast and the man. This was covertly taught to rulers by ancient writers, who related how Achilles and many othersof those ancient princes were given to Chiron the centaur to be brought up and educated under his discipline. The parable of this semi animal, semi human teacher is meant to indicate that a prince must know how to use both natures, and that the one without the other is not durable. A prince, being thus obliged to know well how to act as a beast, must imitate the fox, and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox annot defend himself from wolves. Those that wish to be only lions do not understand this. Therefore, a prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by doing soit would be against his interest, and when the reasons which made him bind himself no longer exist. If men were all good, this precept would not be good ; butas they are bad, and would not observe their faith with you, so you are not bound to keep faith with them. Nor have legitimate grounds ever failed a prince whowished to show colorable excuse for the nonfulfilment of his promise. Of this one could furnish an infinite number of examples, and show how many times peace has been broken, and how many promises rendered worthless, by the faithlessness of princes, and those that have best been able to imitate the fox have succeeded best. But it is necessary to be able to disguise this character well, and to be a great feigner and dissembler, and men are so simple and so ready to obey present necessities, that the one who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

　　 21.The author of the passage does not believe that ____.

　　 A) people can protect themselves

　　 B) the truth makes men free

　　 C) leaders have to be consistent

　　 D) princes are human

　　 22.The lion represents those who are ____.

　　 A) too trusting B) strong and careful

　　 C) reliant on force D) lacking in intelligence

　　 23.The fox, in this passage, is ____.

　　 A) admired for his trickery B) no match for the lion

　　 C) pitied for his trick D) considered worthless

　　 24.The writer suggests that a successful leader must ____.

　　 A) be prudent and faithful

　　 B) cheat and lie

　　 C) have principle to guide his actions

　　 D) tell the people the truth about his opponent

　　 25.The writer would approve an unsuccessful political candidate ____.

　　 A) gave up all his opportunities

　　 B) promised to try again next time

　　 C) overthrew the government by force

　　 D) told the people the truth about his opponent

　　 Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:

　　 The forest from which Man takes his timber is the tallest and most impressive plant community on Earth. In terms of Mans brief life it appears permanent and unchanging, save for the seasonal growth and fall of the leaves, but to forester it represents the climax of a long succession of events. No wooded landscape we see today has been forest for all time. Plants have minimum requirements of temperature and moisture and, in ages past, virtually every part of Earths surface has at some time been either too dry or too cold for plants to survive. However, as soon as climatic conditions change in favour of plant life, a fascinating sequence of changes occurs, called a primary succession.

　　 First to colonize the barren land are the lowly lichens, surviving on bare rock.

　　 Slowly, the acids produced by these organisms crack the rock surface, plant debris accumulates, and mosses establish a shallow root?hold. Ferns may follow and, with short grasses and shrubs, gradually form a covering of plant life. Roots probe even deeper into the developing soil and eventually large shrubs give way to the first trees. These grow rapidly, cutting off sunlight from the smaller plants, and soon establish complete domination—closing their ranks and forming a climax community which may endure for thousands of years.

　　 Yet even this community is not everlasting. Fire may destroy it outright and settlers may cut it down to gain land for pasture or cultivation. If the land is then abandoned, a secondary succession will take over, developing much faster on the more hospitable soil. Shrubs and trees are among the early invaders, their seeds carried by the wind, by birds and lodged in the coats of mammals.For as long as it stands and thrives, the forest is a vast machine, storing energy and many elements essential for life.

　　 26.What does the forest strike mankind as permanent?

　　 A) The trees are in community.

　　 B) The forest is renewed each season.

　　 C) Mans life is short in comparison.

　　 D) It is an essential part our lives.

　　 27.What has sometimes caused plants to die out of the past?

　　 A) Interference from foresters.

　　 B) Variations in climate.

　　 C) The absence of wooded land.

　　 D) The introduction of new type of plants.

　　 a “primary succession, what makes it possible for mosses to take root?

　　 A) The type of rock.

　　 B) The amount of sunlight.

　　 C) The amount of moisture.

　　 D) The effect of lichens.

　　 29.What conditions are needed for shrubs to become established?

　　 A) Ferns must take root.

　　 B) The ground must be covered with grass.

　　 C) More soil must accumulate.

　　 D) Smaller plants must die out.

　　 30.Why is a “secondary succession” quicker?

　　 A) The ground is more suitable.

　　 B) There is more space for new plants.

　　 B) Birds and animals bring new seeds.

　　 D) It is supported by the forest.

　　 Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

　　 Grandma Moses is among the most celebrated twentieth century painters of the United States, yet she had barely started painting before she was in her late seventies. As she once said of herself: “I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me.” No one could have had a more productive age.

　　 She was born Anna Mary Robertson on a farm in New York State, one of five boys and five girls.(“We came in bunches, like radishes.”) At twelve she left home and was in domestic service until, at twenty seven, she married Thomas Moses, the hired hand of one of her employers. They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then in New York State, at Eagle Bridge. She had ten children, of whom five survived; her husband died in 1927. Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby, but only switched to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore and at a fair, and were soon spotted by a dealer who bought everything she painted. Three of the pictures were exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930s and her death she produced some 2,000 pictures: detailed and lively portrayals of the rural life she had known for so long, with a marvelous sense of color and form. “I think really hard till I think of something really pretty, and then I paint it.”she said.

　　 31.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

　　 A) Grandma Moses: A Biographical Sketch

　　 B) The Children of Grandma Moses

　　 C) Grandma Moses: Her Best Exhibition

　　 D) Grandma Moses and Other Older Artists

　　 32.According to the passage, Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to ____.

　　 A) decorate her home

　　 B) keep active

　　 C) improve her salary

　　 D) gain an international reputation

　　 33.From Grandma Moses description of herself in the first paragraph, it can be inferred that she was ____.

　　 A) independent B) pretty

　　 C) wealthy D) timid

　　 34.Grandma Moses spent most of her life ____.

　　 A) nursing B) painting

　　 C) embroidering D) farming

　　 35.In line 14, the word “spotted” could best be replaced by ____.

　　 A) speckled B) featured

　　 C) noticed D) damaged

　　 Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

　　 The producers of instant coffee found their product strongly resisted in the market places despite their manifest (明显的) advantages. Furthermore, the advertising expenditure for instant coffee was far greater than that for regular coffee.

　　 Efforts were made to find the cause of the consumers seemingly unreasonable resistance to the product. The reason given by most people was dislike for the taste. The producers suspected that there might be deeper reasons, however. This was confirmed by one of motivation researchs classic studies, one often cited in the trade. Mason Haire, of the University of California, constructed two shopping lists that were identical except for one item. There were six items common to both lists: hamburger, carrots(胡萝卜), baking powder, bread, canned peaches andpotatoes, with the brands or amounts specified. The seventh item, in the fifth place on both lists, read “11b. Maxwell House coffee” on one list and “Nescafe instant coffee” on the other. One list was given to each person in a group of fifty women, and the other list to those in another group of the same size. The women were asked to study their lists and then to describe, as far as they could, the kind of woman (“personality and character”) who would draw up that shopping list. Nearly half of those who had received the list including instant coffee described a housewife who was lazy and a poor planner. On the other hand, only one woman in the other group described the housewife, who had included regular coffee on her list, as lazy; only six of that group suggested that she was a poor planner. Eight women felt that the instant coffee user was probably not a good wife! No one in the other group drew such a conclusion about the housewife who intended to buy regular coffee.

　　 36.The fact that producers found resistance to their product despite the fact that they spent more advertising money on instant than regular coffee shows that ____.

　　 A) advertising does not assure favorable sales result

　　 B) companies spent more money on advertising than they should

　　 C) people pay little attention to advertising

　　 D) the more one advertises the better the sales picture

　　 37.In this instance, the purpose of motivation research was to discover ____.

　　 A) why people drink coffee

　　 B) why instant coffee did not taste good

　　 C) why regular coffee was successful

　　 D) the real reason why people would not buy instant coffee

　　 3.This investigation indicated that ____.

　　 A) 50 percent of housewives are lazy

　　 B) housewives who use instant coffee are lazy

　　 C) many women believe that wives who use instant coffee are lazy

　　 D) wives who use regular coffee are good planners

　　 39.On the results of this test, the producers probably revised their advertising to show a ____.

　　 A) lazy housewife using regular coffee

　　 B) hard?working housewife using instant coffee

　　 C) lazy housewife using instant coffee

　　 D) man obviously enjoying the taste of instant coffee

　　 40.Implied but not stated:____.

　　 A) Despite its advantages, most people disliked instant coffee because of its taste.

　　 B) The advertising expenditure for instant coffee was greater than that forregular coffee.

　　 C) Very often we do not know the real reasons for doing things.

　　 D) Taste is the principal factor in determining what we buy.

　　 Part Ⅲ Vocabulary (20 minutes)

　　 Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B),C)and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

　　 41.After leaving school, Nigel decided to ____ in the army.

　　 A) enroll B) sign

　　 C) register D) enlist

　　 42.Even at that early stage the school felt that she ____ a good chance of passing her exams.

　　 A) stood B) achieved

　　 C) possessed D) took

　　 43.Although the coach had not thought her a good tennis player at first, she ____ to be a champion.

　　 A) came round B) turned out

　　 C) turned up D) came out

　　 44.If she hadnt ____ on the last question, her score on the test would have been perfect.

　　 A) slipped up B) slept up

　　 C) spilt up D) slipped on

　　 45.The ____ of new scientific discoveries to industrial production methods usually makes jobs easier to do.

　　 A) addition B) association

　　 C) application D) affection

　　 46.The government ____ the people to be economical of oil consumption.

　　 A) call in B) call up

　　 C) call on D) call off

　　 47.Its possible to ____ from all the information give

　　 n to us and to make various decisions.

　　 A) enclose B) generalize

　　 C) tackle D) withdraw

　　 48.She gets along very well with everyone; so she is the most ____ member of our family.

　　 A) rusty B) impetuous

　　 C) compatible D) imperious

　　 49.Immigrants, fleeing from political and religious persecution, came fromnonindustrialized ____ industrialized countries.

　　 A) also B) and too

　　 C) as well as D) and both

　　 50.Mary is by no means learned; nor is she good at any practical trade. Theonly ____ she possesses is her beauty.

　　 A) something valuable B) asset

　　 C) something pleasing D) womanly virtue

　　 51.He received a ____ from the university in order to continue his research.

　　 A) credit B) grant

　　 C) prize D) reward

　　 52.Several of the off?shore islands are ____ now that we have a motor boat.

　　 A) available B) accessible

　　 C) convenient D) achievable

　　 53.The World Health Organization fights against ____ diseases all over the world.

　　 A) inevitable B) influential

　　 C) infectious D) inferior

　　 54.Of course, for years they ____ moving to the country, getting away from the stress of city life, but nothing ever came out of that talk.

　　 A) talked to B) talked of

　　 C) talked over D) talked round

　　 55.The Indians see little ____ for success and become frustrated, because they usually go to inferior school and often cannot adjust to life in the city.

　　 A) priority B) instinct

　　 C) insurance D) prospect

　　 56.Millions have been made by states, organizations, corporations and individuals ____ gambling activities, and new millionaires are constantly created.

　　 A) sponsoring B) charging

　　 C) interesting D) founding

　　 57.Mother hasnt ____ you for quite some time. She is beginning to think you must be ill.

　　 A) heard out B) heard of

　　 C) heard about D) heard from

　　 58.The three climbers can employ a guide to ____ them on their way up the mountain.

　　 A) guide B) conduct

　　 C) lead D) bring

　　 59.It was a horrible ride through pouring rain,____ he had a puncture and for the last hour had to push the bicycle.

　　 A) as a matter of fact B) even so

　　 C) to make matters worse D) in fact

　　 60.Being without funds, Owen ____ some means of obtaining financial help.

　　 A) cast back B) cast out

　　 C) cast about D) cast off

　　 61.The British ____ with the French in building a plane that neither could afford by itself.

　　 A) associated B) cooperated

　　 C) communicated D) conflicted

　　 62.The thief ____ to shot her if she screamed.

　　 A) banished B) implied

　　 C) indicated D) threatened

　　 63.Sorry, no, I wasnt talking to you. I ____ just ____.

　　 A) was…thinking aloud B) was…thinking ahead

　　 C) was…thinking out D) was…thinking of

　　 .Only thoroughly unpleasant people leave the ____ of their picnics to spoil the appearance of the countryside.

　　 A) remains B) remainder

　　 C) rest D) remnants

　　 65.The headlights of the approaching car were so ____ that the cyclist had to stop riding.

　　 A) gleaming B) dazzling

　　 C) visible D) light

　　 66.Whenever anything ____ happens, crowd of people is certain to gather.

　　 A) famous B) sensational

　　 C) noted D) emotional

　　 67.One of the attractive features of the course was the way the practical work had been ____ with the theoretical aspects of the subject.

　　 A) embraced B) adjusted

　　 C) alternated D) integrated

　　 68.He was usually very kind so that his sudden ____ greatly surprised us.

　　 A) heartiness B) unhappiness

　　 C) harshness D) uprightness

　　 69.One reason why science is so respected these days is that the image of the scientist is of one who collects data in a(n) ____ search for truth.

　　 A) immense B) impartial

　　 C) punctual D) proportional

　　 70.They are ____ in work, well aware a careless mistake will cost the company millions of pounds.

　　 A) rather casual B) pretty slow

　　 C) meticulous D) really considerate

　　 Part Ⅴ Writing (30 minutes)

　　 Directions:For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic “The First Impression of My Roommate”. You should write at least 150 words and you should base your composition on the outline( given in Chinese) below:

　　 1. 这是我在大学的第一天。

　　 2. 他(她)就是我的同学。

　　 3. 我仔细打量了他(她)，发现……

　　

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