2010年12月英语六级全真预测试题及答案(1)

　　Passage Two

　　Recently, a man who was always in good health, spent a week in bed with severe flu. The previous week, he and his wife separated. 【30】It seems his unusual ill health was connected with his bad feeling.

　　Humans have long been aware that our health is linked with our thought, emotions and relationships. Now science is catching up with our suspicion. A new field of scientific investigation has developed. 【29】It's the study of how our thoughts and feelings work with our immune and nervous systems.

　　There are already researchers at medical schools who are devoted to the study. They are discovering surprising connections between mind and body. One researcher has been working with breast cancer patients. She has been looking at the mental factors in their illness and treatment. 【31】She has discovered that women who did not like to talk about the emotions created by their illness had more chance of dying in five years after treatment. Of a group of 52 patients, 16 women died. All 16 women had said they usually found it difficult to talk to people about their illness. So, simply speaking, it is bad for your health to keep negative feeling inside you. You need to talk about them to your family and friends.

　　Other research shows that stress really can make you sick. People who lead stressful lives are more likely to fall ill with colds and flus and other illnesses. But, if you have lots of good quality relationships with family and friends in your life, then you are less likely to fall ill, even though the circumstance of your life might be difficult.

　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　29. What is this passage mainly about?

　　29. 答案B

　　解析：选项是关于疾病方面的内容。听力篇章中讲到，人们很早就意识到健康和我们的思想联系紧密。而现在发展了新的学科，研究人类的想法和感觉如何影响免疫和神经系统。

　　30. Why did the man suffer the worst illness in his life?

　　30. 答案B

　　解析：选项表示原因。听力篇章一开始以一名男士为例，他和妻子分居了，随后一周就感冒了，似乎他的病和自己的糟糕感觉有关系。由此可以判断他得病的原因是，他情绪不好。

　　31. What is the difference between the breast cancer patients according to the passage?

　　31. 答案C

　　解析：选项关于哪一类人活得久一点。听力篇章中间讲到一个实验，其结论是不喜欢和家人讨论病情以及自己感受的人，接受治疗后五年内死的可能性更大，接着列举了一些数字。从中可以判断，喜欢讨论自己病情以及感受的人可以活更长时间。

　　Passage Three

　　When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for a one year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. 【35】But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. 【32】The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of America's fastest growing business.

　　【35】What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? People who are international business or government officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couples—people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city to another. 【33】They are saved a lot of trouble and the cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.

　　One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. 【34】But usually people don't like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think.

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　32. Which of the following has become one of America's fastest growing businesses?

　　32. 答案D

　　解析：选项表示某种做法。听力篇章第一段提及现在美国越来越流行的业务，那就是租家具。

　　33. Why do some people prefer to rent furniture?

　　33. 答案C

　　解析：根据上题，考生可推测此题问题有可能是租家具的原因。听力篇章第二段总结了租家具的原因，可以节省麻烦，还可以省钱。选项B只谈到了其中一个原因。

　　34. What can you infer from the passage?

　　34. 答案B

　　解析：文章最后一段以一个家庭为例，他们很喜欢租的家具，但是却不愿意告诉别人家具是租来的，因为这种做法比较新，他们不确定邻居会怎么想。从此可以判断，在这对夫妻的家乡，这种观点并不流行。

　　35. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?

　　35. 答案B

　　解析：从选项的拼写方式，考生可推断问题可能是文章的题目。听力篇章一开始，讲到租家具在美国流行开来，第二段谈及流行的原因，最后讲到这种新颖的方式在某些地方并不流行。这三段围绕同一个主线展开，那就是：新颖的获得家具的方式。

　　Section C

　　36. 答案situation

　　解析：此空的名词是个常用名词，situation意为“情况，状态”。

　　37. 答案opinions

　　解析：opinions和ideas是同义词，表示“观点，看法”。考生要注意此空用名词复数。

　　38. 答案trial

　　解析：此空的名词trial意为“努力，尝试”，考生要注意和try区别。

　　39. 答案methods

　　解析：此空是个常用名词，method意为“方式，方法”，考生要注意用名词复数形式。

　　40. 答案stages

　　解析：stage在此处意为“阶段”，前面有数词six来修饰，所以用名词复数形式。

　　41. 答案recognize

　　解析：此空是个常用动词，recognize意为“意识，认识”。

　　42. 答案broken

　　解析：此空是动词的过去分词用作形容词，broken在此处意为“不能用，有问题”。

　　43. 答案define

　　解析：此空的动词比较常用，define原意为“定义”，此空意为“确定”。

　　44. 答案he must determine if the problem is with the gears, the brakes, or the frame

　　解析：考生要联系上下文，上文讲必须先确定问题是什么，接着就承上举了这个例子，他必须确定自行车的哪一部分出问题了。此处需要注意的词汇：gears，brakes，frame。

　　45. 答案Now the person must look for information that will make the problem clearer and lead to possible solutions

　　解析：此空要注意后面的句子。后面是个例子，具体说明前面的观点。其例子大意为：Sam或看修理书，或和朋友讨论，或仔细看轮子。所以前面作者的观点是：要找信息，让问题更清楚，找到可能的解决方案。此句需要注意的词汇：clearer，solutions。考生要注意句子的首字母要大写。

　　46. 答案After studying the problem, he should have several suggestions for a possible solution

　　解析：考生要联系下文，下文是个具体的例子，大意为Sam解决这个轮子的可能方案。所以前面的观点大概为：研究问题之后，应该对可能的解决方案提出几个建议。此句需要注意的词汇：suggestions。考生要注意句子的首字母要大写