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1、六级新题型模拟题1Part Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section B(原快速阅读理解调整为长篇阅读理解，篇章长度和难度不变。篇章后附有10个句子，每句一题。每句所含的信息出自篇章的某一段落，要求考生找出与每句所含信息相匹配的段落。)Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragrap

2、hs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Daylight Saving Time (DST)How and When Did Daylight Saving Time Start?A Benj

3、amin Franklinof “early to bed and early to rise” famewas apparently the first person to suggest the concept of daylight savings. While serving as U.S. ambassador to France in Paris, Franklin wrote of beingawakened at 6 a.m. and realizing, to his surprise, that the sun would rise far earlier than he

4、usually did. Imaginethe resources that might be saved if he and others rose before noon and burned less midnight oil, Franklin, tongue half in cheek, wrote to a newspaper.B It wasnt until World War I that daylight savings were realized on a grand scale. Germany was the first state to adopt the time

5、changes, to reduce artificial lighting and thereby save coal for the war effort. Friends and foes soon followed suit. In the U.S. a federal law standardized the yearly start and end of daylight saving time in 1918for the states that chose to observe it.C During World War II the U.S. made daylight sa

6、ving time mandatory 强制的)for the whole country, as a way to save wartime resources. Between February 9, 1942, and September 30, 1945, the government took it a step further. During this period daylight saving time was observed year-round, essentially making it the new standard time, if only for a few

7、years. Many years later, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 was enacted, mandating a controversial month-long extension of daylight saving time, starting in 2007.Daylight Saving Time: Energy Saver or Just Time Suck?D In recent years several studies have suggested that daylight saving time doesnt actually

8、 save energyand might even result in a net loss. Environmental economist Hendrik Wolff, of the University of Washington, co-authored a paper that studied Australian power-use data when parts of the country extended daylight saving time for the 2000 Sydney Olympics and others did not. The researchers

9、 found that the practice reduced lighting and electricity consumption in the evening but increased energy use in the now dark morningswiping out the evening gains. Thats because the extra hour that daylight saving time adds in the evening is a hotter hour. “So if people get home an hour earlier in a

10、 warmer house, they turn on their air conditioning,” the University of Washingtons Wolff said. E But other studies do show energy gains. In an October 2008 daylight saving time report to Congress, mandated by the same 2005 energy act that extended daylight saving time, the U.S. Department of Energy

11、asserted that springing forward does save energy. Extended daylight saving time saved 1.3 terawatt (太瓦)hours of electricity. That figure suggests that daylight saving time reduces annual U.S. electricity consumption by 0.03 percent and overall energy consumption by 0.02 percent. While those percenta

12、ges seem small, they could represent significant savings because of the nations enormous total energy use.F What*s more, savings in some regions are apparently greater than in others. California, for instance, appears to benefit most from daylight saving timeperhaps because its relatively mild weath

13、er encourages people to stay outdoors later. The Energy Department report found that daylight saving time resulted in an energy savings of one percent daily in the state.G But Wolff, one of many scholars who contributed to the federal report, suggested that the numbers were subject to statistical va

14、riability (变化)and shouldnt be taken as hard facts. And daylight savings, energy gains in the U.S. largely depend on your location in relation to the Mason-Dixon Line, Wolff said. “The North might be a slight winner, because the North doesnt have as much air conditioning,” he said. “But the South is

15、a definite loser in terms of energy consumption. The South has more energy consumption under daylight saving.”Daylight Saving Time: Healthy or Harmful? H For decades advocates of daylight savings have argued that, energy savings or no, daylight saving time boosts health by encouraging active lifesty

16、lesa claim Wolff and colleagues are currently putting to the test. “In a nationwide American time-use study, were clearly seeing that, at the time of daylight saving time extension inthe spring, television watching is substantially reduced and outdoor behaviors like jogging, walking, or going tothe

17、park are substantially increased,” Wolff said. “Thats remarkable, because of course the total amount of daylight in a given day is the same. ”I But others warn of ill effects. Till Roenneberg, a university professor in Munich (慕尼,黑),Germany, said his studies show that our circadian (生理节奏的)body clock

18、sset by light and darknessnever adjust to gaining an “extra” hour of sunlight to the end of the day during daylight saving time.J One reason so many people in the developed world are chronically (长期地)overtired, he said, is that they suffer from “social jet lag. ” In other words, their optimal circad

19、ian sleep periods dont accord with their actual sleep schedules. Shifting daylight from morning to evening only increases this lag, he said. “Light doesnt do the same things to the body in the morning and the evening. More light in the morning would advance the body clock, and that would be good. Bu

20、t more light in the evening would even further delay the body clock. ”K Other research hints at even more serious health risks. A 2008 study concluded that, at least in Sweden, heart attack risks go up in the days just after the spring time change. “The most likely explanation to our findings is dis

21、turbed sleep and disruption of biological rhythms,” One expert told National Geographic News via email.Daylight Savings! Lovers and HatersL With verdicts (定论)on the benefits, or costs, of daylight savings so split, it may be no surprise that the yearly time changes inspire polarized reactions. In th

22、e U.K., for instance, the Lighter Later movementpart of 10:10, a group advocating cutting carbon emissionsargues for a sort of extreme daylight savings. First, they say, move standard time forward an hour, then keep observing daylight saving time as usualadding two hours of evening daylight to what

23、we currently consider standard time. The folks behind Standardtime .com, on the other hand, want to abolish daylight saving time altogether, calling energy-efficiency claims “unproven. ”M National telephone surveys by Rasmussen Reports from spring 2010 and fall 2009 deliver the same answer. Most peo

24、ple just “dont think the time change is worth the hassle (麻烦洽勺事).” Forty-seven percent agreed with that statement, while only 40 percent disagreed. But Seize the Daylight author David Prerau said his research on daylight saving time suggests most people are fond of it. “I think if you ask most peopl

25、e if they enjoy having an extra hour of daylight in the evening eight months a year, the response would be pretty positive.”46. Daylight savings，energy gains might be various due to different climates.47. Disturbed sleep and disruption of biological rhythms may be the best explanation to higher hear

26、t attack risks in the days after the spring time change.48. A research indicated that DST might not save energy by increasing energy use in the dark mornings, though it reduced lighting and electricity consumption in the evening.49. Germany took the lead to save wartime resources by adopting the tim

27、e changes and reducing artificial lighting.50. A university professor studied the effect of daylight saving time and sounded the alarm of its negative effects.51. Social jet lag can partly account for peoples chronic fatigue syndrome in developed countries.52. The figure of a study in the U.S. sugge

28、sted that DST could save a lot of energy nationally.53. Supporters of daylight savings have long considered daylight saving time does good to peoples health.54. A group advocating cutting carbon emissions launches the Lighter Later movement to back a kind of extreme daylight savings.55. A scholar co

29、ntributing to a federal report suggested that the amount of saved energy had something to do with geographic position.Part Translation (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.中国

30、是世界上最大的发展中国家，人口约占世界总人口的22%。在过去相当长的时期里，由于诸多原因， 贫困一直困扰着中国。20世纪80年代中期，中国农村绝大多数地区凭借自身的发展优势，经济得到快速增长， 但少数地区由于经济、社会、历史、自然等方面的制约，发展相对滞后。中国政府在致力于经济和社会全面发 展的进程中，在全国范围内实施了以解决贫困人口温饱问题为主要目标的有计划、有组织的大规模扶贫开 发，极大地缓解了贫困现象。答案解析Part Listening ComprehensionSection C26. in collaboration with 与 合作27. discontent不满意;不满足28

31、. questionnaires 调查表，问卷29. responses 回答，答复30. polled被调查的，受民意调查的Part Reading ComprehensionSection D46. F。题干意为，夏令时带来的能源收益可能会因为不同的气候而有差异。注意抓住题干中的关键词 daylight savings energy gains, various和different climates。文章段落中，提到能源节约量与天气有关的内容 在F段出现，该段前两句提到，一些地区的节能量明显比其他地区要大。例如，加利福尼亚州似乎是从夏 令时中获益最大的可能是因为那里的气候相对溫和，鼓励人们

32、在户外待到更晚。由此可知，题干对原 文进行了概括和同义改写，故答案为F。47. K。题干意为，睡眠障碍和生物节律紊乱可能是春季时间变化后心脏病发病率上升的最佳解释。注意抓 住题干中的关键词 disturbed sleep and disruption of biological rhythms, explanation和higher heart attack risks。 文章段落中，提及睡眠障碍和生物节律紊乱以及心脏病发病率上升的内容在K段出现，该段第二句提 到，2008年的一项研究总结道，至少在瑞典，在春季时间变化后不久，心脏病发病率就上升了接着第 三句引用了一位专家的话：“根据我们的调查结果，最合理的解释是睡眠障碍及生物节奏紊乱。”由此可 知，题干是对原文的同义改写，故答案为K。48. D。题干意为，一项研究表明，尽管实行夏令时能减少夜间照明及电量消耗，但却因为增加了晨间的用 电量而可能无法节约能源。注意抓住题干中的关键