2017年12月大學英語六級衝刺模擬題 第七套（含答案）下
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
Children are getting so fat they may be the first generation to die before their parents, an expert claimed yesterday.
Today’s youngsters are already falling prey to potential killers such as diabetes because of their weight. Fatty fast-food diets combined with sedentary lifestyles dominated by televisions and computers could mean kids will die tragically young, says Professor Andrew Prentice, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
At the same time, the shape of the human body is going through a huge evolutionary shift because adults are getting so fat. Here in Britain, latest research shows that the average waist size for a man is 36-38in and may be 42-44in by 2032.
This compares with only 32.6in in 1972. Women’s waists have grown from an average of 22in in 1920 to 24 ins in the Fifties and 30in now. One of the major reasons why children now are at greater risk is that we are getting fatter younger. In the UK alone, more than one million under-16s are classed as overweight or obese — double the number in the mid-Eighties. One in ten four-year-olds are also medically classified as obese. The obesity pandemic — an extensive epidemic — which started in the US, has now spread to Europe, Australia, Central America and the Middle East.
Many nations now record more than 20 per cent of their population as clinically obese and well over half the population as overweight. Prof Prentice said the change in our shape has been caused by a glut of easily available high-energy foods combined with a dramatic drop in the energy we use as a result of technology developments.
He is not alone in his concern. Only last week one medical journal revealed how obesity was fuelling a rise in cancer cases. Obesity also increases the risk factor for strokes and heart disease. An averagely obese person’s lifespan is shortened by around nine years while a severely obese person by many more.
Prof Prentice said: “So will parents outlive their children, as claimed recently by an American obesity specialist?” The answer is yes — and no. Yes, when the offspring become grossly obese. This is now becoming an alarmingly common occurrence in the US. Such children and adolescents have a greatly reduced quality of life in terms of both their physical and psychosocial health. So say No to that doughnut and burger.
36.What does the word “sedentary (Para. 2)” mean?
A) sit still. B) eat too much. C) study very hardh. D) passive thinking.
37.Which statement is TRUE?
A) The average waist size for a man is 36-38in.
B) The average waist size for a woman is 30in.
C) In the mid-Eighties, more than half million under-16s in the UK are classed as overweight.
D) The obesity pandemic has now spread to South America.
38.According to Prof Prentice, what are the reasons for the change in our shape?
A) We eat too much and refuse to do physical exercises.
B) High-energy foods are easy to get and technology develops fast.
C) High-energy foods are the main diet and we use technology.
D) High-energy foods are easy to get and we consume less energy.
39.Obesity increases the risk factor of ____.
A) diabetes, short sight, cancer, strokes
B) diabetes, cancer, strokes, psychosocial illness
C) cancer, strokes, fatty, heart disease
D) strokes, heart disease, diabetes, headache
40.What does the author mean by “So say No to that doughnut and burger”?
A) Answering the question “will parents outlive their children?”.
B) The doughnut and burger should be banned.
C) We should lead a healthy life.
D) We should begin dieting.
Part ⅢVocabulary (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 answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
41.Water fills the ____ in the ground.
A) depression B) distress C) depressions D) prosperity
42.What you are discussing is a psychological problem and is out of the ____ of art.
A) domain B) range C) area D) region
43.Helen doesn’t know how much I spent in painting your house. If she ever found out, I’m sure ____.
A) she’d never forgive me C) she’ll never forgive me
B) she never forgives me D) she never forgave me
44.Do you think it possible to have the work ____ within 3 days.
A) to do B) done
C) to be done D) being done
45.A good scientist ____ into all aspects of a problem in order to find solutions.
A) pricks B) pokes C) probes D) peers
46.Most good writers use every means ____to make the reader’s way smooth and easy.
A) at their disposal B) at their request
C) at their will D) at their convenience
47.Even as a child he showed an inclination to ____ over the other children.
A) dominate B) rule C) govern D) inspect
48.If most breadwinners ____a day’s pay to the Hope Project, then it will be hopeful.
A) gift B) present C) donate D) give
49.We started burning some leaves in our yard, but the fire got ____and we had to call the fire brigade to put it out.
A) out of hand B) out of order C) out of place D) out of way
50.Astronauts are ____ all kinds of tests before they are actually sent up in a spacecraft.
A)inclined to B)subjected to C)prone to D)bound to
51.The policeman ____ noted something different about the fellow’s accent.
A) undoubted B) doubtless
C) doubtful D) undoubting
52.In his unhappiness he had come even to question his ____.
A) diversity B) entity
C) prosperity D) minority
53.Rising energy costs increase operating costs ____for many older air-conditioning systems in large buildings, causing owners to seek help.
A) heatedly B) severely C) fiercely D) drastically
54.As you must have seen from my work, I’m perfectly ____of him.
A) indignant B) independent C) influential D) innocent
55.Opponents of our present tax program argue that it discourages ____ from trying new fields of business activity.
A) entrepreneurs B) sportsmen
C) eolouists D) mediators
56.His____, scheduled for the week of Jan.23, was stated last week when he filed an appeal and asked the judge to spare his life.
A) desertion B) execution
C) suicide D) persecution
57.Happiness, like a deer in the forest , dislikes ____ attention and if you chase it, it will run away.
A) impatient B) purposeful C) undue D) uncomfortable
58.After the completion of that bridge, the ____company’s business has been shrinking.
A) navigation B) carriage C) marine D) ferry
59.The teacher richly ____ the use of the word.
A) exemplifies B) embodies
C) typifies D) proclaims
60.Poor eyesight will ____ you from military service.
A) prevent B) restrain C) exempt D) stop
61.A ____ of the long report by the budget committee was submitted to the mayor for approval.
A) shorthand B) scheme C) schedule D) sketch
62.In less than a millionth of a second the vast computer of an international airline can ____accept 800 booking inquiries, and search its 50 million memory units for appropriate replies.
A) simultaneously B) implicitly C) cautiously D) confidentially
63.The____ spent in unscrewing the rusty bolt left her exhausted.
A) expedition B) execution
C) employment D) exertion
64.Have you any proof that a headless ghost ____ that house?
A) hunted B) examined
C) haunted D) wandered
65.The streets are ____ with people.
A)live B)lively C)living D)alive
66.Psychologists have succeeded in ____parents’ confidence in their own authority.
A) underratingB) undervaluing C) underplaying D) undermining
67.A wrongdoer is constantly ____ by fear of discovery.
A) pursued B)haunted
C)stayed in D)hauled
68.The child was playing on the floor with his collection of ____ farm animals.
A) infinitesimal B) microscopic
C) trivial D) miniature
69.It was later admitted that the information had been obtained from unreliable ____.
A) origins B) sources C) resources D) amendes
70.The newly-elected President says the election was ____compliance with the law.
A) spacious B) sophisticated C) substantial D) steady
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短文大意
現在的孩子們正變得越來越胖，以至於他們可能成爲先他們父母而去的一代。由於過度肥胖，現在的孩子們已經變成了一些潛在病魔的獵物，糖尿病就是 其中之一。倫敦衛生及熱帶醫學學院的安德魯?普倫蒂斯教授認爲，脂肪含量過高的快餐飲食，加上電視和電腦使得孩子們養成了久坐不動的生活方式，極有可能大 大縮短年輕一代的壽命。與此同時，成人們正越長越胖。爲什麼現在的孩子們面臨着比我們更大的危險呢?原因之一就在於，他們發胖的年齡比我們早得多。普倫蒂 斯教授說，導致我們體形變化的原因是，現代生活中高熱量食物隨處可見，隨手可得，而科技的發展使得人們每天消耗的熱量卻大大減少。如果下一代繼續長胖，就有可能比他們的父母壽命還短。
36. 答 案 A。【參考譯文】 “sedentary (Para. 2)”的意思是?【試題分析】 指代題。【詳細解答】 sedentary出現在Fatty fast-food diets combined with sedentary lifestyles dominated by televisions and computers could mean kids will die tragically young,…句意爲“脂肪含量過高的快餐飲食，加上電視和電腦使得孩子們養成了sedentary的生活方式，極有可能大大縮短年輕一代的壽命”，“電 視和電腦”是養成孩子們sedentary的生活方式的原因，由此可見，sedentary指“久坐不動”。
37. 答 案 C。【參考譯文】 那一個陳述正確?【試題分析】 判斷題。【詳細解答】 文章第三段提到In the UK alone, more than one million under-16s are classed as overweight or obese - double the number in the mid-Eighties.“僅僅在英國，就有100多萬16歲以下的兒童被歸爲超重或者肥胖，比80年代中期多了一倍”，可見C項符合。A、B 項未指出這只是英國的現象;文中未提到南美洲是否也有肥胖問題，D項不對。
38. 答 案 D。【參考譯文】 根據Prof. Prentice， 我們外形的改變是因爲____。【試題分析】細節題。【詳細解答】 Prof. Prentice指出…the change in our shape has been caused by a glutof easily available high-energy foods combined with a dramatic drop in the energy we use as a result of technology developments.意爲“導致我們體形變化的原因是，現代生活中高熱量食物隨處可見，隨手可得，而科技的發展使得人們每天消耗的熱量卻大大減少”，符合這句句意的是D項。
39. 答 案 B。【參考譯文】 肥胖增加了____的危險因素?【試題分析】 細節題。【詳細解答】 文章開頭就指出diabetes“糖尿病”是肥胖引起的病症, 其後陸續提到cancer, strokes and heart disease, 最後還有…adolescents have a greatly reduced quality of life in terms of both their physical and psychosocial health.即psychosocial illness也與肥胖有關，沒有提到“近視”，而且obesity本身就是fatty，因此符合的只有B 項。
40. 答 案 C。【參考譯文】 通過 “So say No to that doughnut and burger”作者表達了?【試題分析】 意圖理解題。【詳細解答】 此句意爲“所以，就讓我們向油炸圈和夾肉餅說‘不’吧”，這不是回答“孩子們的壽命是否會比他們的父母還短呢?”，其意圖是呼籲人們要有健康的生活方式，不是要禁止油膩食物，也不是要人們一起減肥。因此C項符合作者意圖。
Part Ⅲ
41. 答 案C。【參考譯文】 地上低凹處積滿了水。【試題分析】形近詞辨析。【詳細解答】 distress憂傷，苦惱;prosperity繁茂，繁榮;爲depression的反義詞之一。depression表示沮喪、蕭條之意時爲不可數名詞;指凹地，凹陷時，是可數名詞。
42. 答 案A。【參考譯文】 你們所討論的是個心理學上的問題，也超出的藝術的範圍。【試題分析】近義詞辨析。【詳細解答】 domain和range都可以表示領域和範圍之意。domain是指活動，思想等方面具體的領域;range是指能覆蓋的最大距離，變化的幅度，聽覺視覺所能影響或達到的範圍以及人的知識面等。area是指某一方面、地區或領域，爲一般用語，既可以指大的地區，也可以指小的地點，還可以指某一具體的學科。region是地區之意，主要側重於地質學方面。
43. 答 案A。 【參考譯文】 Helen不知道漆房子花了多少錢，她要是知道的話，我敢保證她再不會原諒我的。【試題分析】 語法題。【詳細解答】 虛擬語氣，表示與將來事實相反。
44. 答 案 B。【參考譯文】 你認爲3天內完成工作可能嗎?【試題分析】 語法題【詳細解答】 have sth. done: sth. 是被做的，故用過去分詞做補語 ?
45. 答 案C。【參考譯文】 優秀的科學家總是對問題的方方面面進行考慮，以期找到有效的解決途徑。
【試題分析】本題爲形近動詞的辨析題。【詳細解答】 probe 探查, 查明; probe into 爲固定詞組，意爲：探究, 探索。如：a congressional probe into price fixing.議會對價格穩定的調查。prick 刺, 戳, 刺痛,豎起 poke 戳, 捅, 撥開, 刺;peer 凝視, 窺視。根據句子的意思，應選C。
46. 答 案A。【參考譯文】 許多好的作家用盡一切方法使他們的作品易於讀者閱讀。【試題分析】本題爲詞組的搭配題。【詳細解答】 at one’s disposal “供某人使用”;at one’s request“應某人請求”;不說at one’s will，而是at will“任意，隨意”;at one’s convenience“在某人方便時”。
47. 答 案A。【參考譯文】 還是孩子時他就顯示了支配其它孩於的傾向。【試題分析】近義詞辨析。【詳細解答】 rule，govern和dominate都有控制，管理之意。rule着重指通過制定法律，發號施令或行使一定的權力完全控制別人之意。govern是 運用權力使管理得以維持。dominate是指以自己爲中心，要求別人服從自己之意。inspect是監督，督察之意。
48. 答 案C。【參考譯文】 如果大多數養家的人都爲希望工程捐贈他的一天所得，則希望工程大有希望。【試題分析】近義詞辨析。【詳細解答】 動詞gift指賦與某人什麼才能，通常用被動語態。present，donate和give都有給和贈予之意。give爲一般用語;present是正式 地頒給某人，通常附有儀式，着重強調贈者和接受方的關係。donate所贈的對象一般是慈善事業或者機構。
49. 答 案A。【參考譯文】 我們一開始在後院燒了一些樹葉，但是火大得失去了控制，我們不得不叫消防隊來滅火。【試題分析】本題爲詞組的搭配題。【詳細解答】 out of hand“無法控制”;out of order“出毛病”;out of place“在不適當的地位，不合適”;out of way“不礙事”。
50. 答 案： B。 【參考譯文】 宇航員在被正式送到宇宙飛船之前，要經受各種各樣的測試。【試題分析】 本題考查對詞組意思的辨析能力【詳細解答】 A.inclined to意爲“傾向於…的 ”; B.subjected to意爲“使接受,使遭受 ”，常用被動態;C.prone to意爲“傾於... ”;D.bound to意爲“被迫的，肯定的 ”。根據句意，選項B爲正確答案。
51. 答 案B。【參考譯文】 警察肯定注意到了那個小夥子的口音有點異樣。【詳細解答】 doubtful懷疑的。undoubted和undoubting都有確定的和肯定的之意，其區別爲現在分詞和過去分詞的區別;doubtless既可作形容詞，也可以作副詞，其它三詞只能作形容詞。
52. 答 案B。【參考譯文】 在他不幸時，他甚至會懷疑自己的存在。【試題分析】形近詞辨析。【詳細解答】 entity表示existence存在，是不可數名詞，符合題義。diversity多樣性;prosperity繁榮;minority少數
53. 答 案 D。【參考譯文】 能源價格的上升使大型建築中許多老式空調系統的運行費用急劇增長，這使得業主們開始尋求幫助。【試題分析】本題爲詞義相近副詞的辨析【詳細解答】 drastically “激烈地”; heatedly “熱烈地”;severely “嚴峻地”;fiercely“嚴厲地”。四個選項中只有drastically可以用來修飾increase，在句中意爲“急劇上漲”。
54. 答 案B。【參考譯文】 你一定能從我的工作上看出來，我完全不依賴他。【試題分析】本題爲形容詞詞義的辨析題。【詳細解答】 independent(常與of連用)獨立的;自立的, 不受他人控制的;如：a decision independent of the outcome of the study與研究結果無關的決定。indignant adj.憤怒的, 憤慨的; influential adj.有影響的, 有勢力的; innocent adj.(～ of) 清白的,無罪的, 天真的, 無知的。
55. 答 案A。【參考譯文】 我們目前稅收方案的反對者們認爲該方案會打消企業家們嘗試新的商業活動的念頭。【試題分析】詞義辨析。【詳細解答】 句中的tax program和business activity只與entrepreneurs有必然聯繫。entrepreneurs實業家;sportsmen運動員;geologists地理學 家;mediators調停者
56. 答 案B。【參考譯文】 他的死刑于上週被宣佈，定於元月二十三日的那一天執行，當時他正提出上訴請求，求法官饒他一命。【試題分析】詞義辨析。【詳細解答】 句中的file a appeal(提出上訴請求)和spare his life(饒他一命)說明execution(死刑判決)爲正確答 案。desertion(被)遺棄，suicide自殺，persecution迫害
57. 答 案C。【參考譯文】 幸福像森林裏的鹿一樣，不需要過分地關注，如果你追逐它，它就會從你身邊消失。【試題分析】本題爲形容詞詞義的辨析題。【詳細解答】 undue “過度的，過分的，不適當的”;impatient “不耐煩的”; purposeful “抱有目的的，有意圖的”;uncomfortable“不舒適的”。
58. 答 案D。【參考譯文】 自從大橋完工之後，輪渡公司的生意就開始萎縮了。【試題分析】本題爲名詞詞義辨析題。【詳細解答】 navigation航海, 領航, 航行;carriage馬車, 客車;marine艦隊, 水兵,海運業;ferry擺渡, 渡船, 渡口。
59. 答 案A。【參考譯文】 老師舉了許多例子說明這個詞的用法。【試題分析】形近詞辨析。【詳細解答】 exemplify在此句中的意思是“舉例說明”。typify 是…的典型;proclaim宣佈，聲明
60. 答 案C。【參考譯文】視力差會使你免服兵役。【試題分析】 詞語搭配問題。【詳細解答】 注意四詞所接介詞from後是否可用名詞。四詞中只有exempt所帶的from後可用名詞，而其它三詞若表示“不使某人做某事”時所帶的from不接名詞，而接動名詞，用於以下搭配：prevent sb.from doing sth.阻止某人做某事;restrain sb. from doing sth.抑制、制止某人做某事;stop sb.from doing sth.阻止某人做某事
61. 答 案D。【參考譯文】 預算委員會所作的長報告的綱要被送到市長那兒以取得他的同意。【試題分析】 本題爲形近名詞的辨析。【詳細解答】 sketch 綱要;概略。shorthand 速記，scheme安排，計劃, 陰謀, 方案, 圖解;schedule時間表, 進度表，均與題意不合。
62. 答 案 A。【參考譯文】 在不到百分之一秒之內，國際航班的巨大電腦就能接受800個定票諮詢，並在5億個記憶儲存單位內搜索合適的回覆。【試題分析】 本題爲副詞詞義的辨析題。【詳細解答】 simultaneously “同時地”，相當於at the same time;implicitly “含蓄地”;cautiously “謹慎地”;confidentially “祕密地”。
63. 答 案D。【參考譯文】 費力扭鬆螺栓使她精疲力竭。【試題分析】形近詞辨析。【詳細解答】 expedition遠征，考察;execution實行，執行，處決;employment僱用
64. 答 案C。 【參考譯文】 你有一個無頭鬼在那屋子裏頭出沒的證據嗎?【試題分析】 詞義辨析。【詳細解答】 根據句子的a headless ghost(無頭鬼)可知haunted是答 案。
65. 答 案D。【參考譯文】 大街上到處是人。【試題分析】本題爲固定搭配題。【詳細解答】 be alive with意爲“充滿……的，到處是”，符合句意。live(作定語)，“活的，活生生的”;lively，“活潑的，活躍的，有生氣的”;living， “活的，現存的”，均不符合句意。
66. 答 案：D。【參考譯文】 心理學家已成功地使父母們不再過分相信自己的權威.【試題分析】 本題爲形近動詞詞義的辨析。【詳細解答】 undermine“削弱….的基礎”。underrate, undervalue“低估”;underplay “表演不充分”。
67. 答 案B 。【參考譯文】 作惡的人經常提心吊膽怕人發覺。【試題分析】近義詞辨析。【詳細解答】 haunted by 被…弄得提心吊膽，精神不安;stay是不及物動詞，無被動語態;pursue追趕，追逐
68. 答 案D。【參考譯文】 孩子在地板上玩他收藏的小型牲畜.【試題分析】 近義詞辨析。【詳細解答】 miniature微型的;infinitesimal無限小的;microscopic微小的，指體積非常小，若不借助顯微鏡肉眼就無法看見的;trivial瑣碎的，微不足道的。從句中的play和collection來看，D正確。
69. 答 案B。【參考譯文】 後來才承認消息是從不可靠的來源那裏得到的。【試題分析】本題爲意近名詞詞意的辨析題。【詳細解答】 source ?n.?來源, 水源, 消息來源, 原始資料, 發起者;源,源極。如：Bad food is a source of illness. 壞了的食物是疾病之源。origin n.起源, 由來, 起因, 出身,血統, 【數】原點; resource n.資源, 財力, 辦法, 智謀; amende n.資源, 財力, 辦法,智謀;C項雖然意思與source相近，但強調的重點不同。因此，應選B。
70. 答 案C。【參考譯文】 新當選的總統說這次競選實際上是遵循法律的。【試題分析】本題爲形近形容詞辨析題。【詳細解答】 substantial實質上的,大體上的 substantial compliance with the law 實際上遵守法律。spacious adj.廣大的, 大規模的; sophisticated adj.詭辯的, 久經世故的;steady adj.穩固的, 穩定的, 堅定的, 紮實的, 堅定不移的。
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