2016年6月大学英语六级考试模拟题及答案(三)

　　59. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

　　[A] Every year, Chicago spends about $ 4,000 on cooling the city.

　　[B] The design of the garden on the City Hall specially takes into consideration the weight the roof can stand.

　　[C] The Mayor urged the environmental department to look into rooftop gardens in Hamburg and build similar ones in America.

　　[D] Heat islands mainly refer to those dark-colored rooftops which receive and retain heat and will not easily release the heat.

　　60. Why should the rooftop garden be built on the top of City Hall other than on any other buildings?

　　[A] Because the City Hall is large.

　　[B] Because the mayor had urged the environmental department to do so.

　　[C] Because it can make people understand their impact on environment better through a public building.

　　[D] Because the experts just want to make the City Hall a convenient laboratory.

　　61. The word "substantially" (Line 2, Para. 5) most likely means ________.

　　[A] a little bit [B] in fact [C] materially [D] considerably

　　Part V Error Correction (15 minutes)

　　Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word. put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the blank.

　　Example:

　　Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our periods. 1. time/times/period

　　Many of the arguments having used for the study of literature 2. ____/____as a school subject are valid for ∧ study of television. 3. ____the____Language learning begins with listening. Individual children vary greatly in the amount of listening they do after 62. ________they start speaking, and late starters are often long listeners.

　　Most children will "obey" spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word obey is hardly accurate like a description of the eager and delighted 63. ________cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children will ask questions in gesture and by 64. ________making questioning noises. Any attempt to trace the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words lead to considerable difficulties. It is agreed 65. ________they enjoy making noises, and that during the first 66. ________few months one or two noise sort themselves out as 67. ________particular indicative of delight, distress, sociability, and so 68. ________on. But since these can be said to show the baby's intention to 69. ________communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new sounds to their repertoire. This self-imitation leads on to deliberate imitation of sounds making or words spoken to them by other people. The 70. ________ problem then arises as to the point which one can say that 71. ________these imitations can be considered as speech.

　　Part VI Translation (5 minutes)

　　Directions: Complete the following sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.

　　72. It turned out that getting fired from that company ________________________ (对我来说是发生在我身上的最棒的事情).

　　73. It is necessary that ________________________ (马上把他送到医院).

　　74. Make a list each day of all that you are grateful for, ________________________ (这样你就能每天都注意到从别人那里得到了什么).

　　75. His silence suggested that _______________________ (他赞成我的决定，并决定执行那个计划).

　　76. Only with combined efforts, ________________________ (我们才能期望我们的国家有新的面貌).