大学英语六级模拟试题新题型(16)

大学英语六级模拟试题新题型（16） (1/1)Part Ⅰ Writing

rections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled College Students′Starting Their Own Undertakings After Graduation following the outline given below. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

1、现在有不少大学生毕业后开始自主创业； 2、分析产生这一现象的原因； 3、我认为……下一题

(1~10/共10题)Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C), and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Daylight Saving Time (DST)

When Did Daylight Savings Begin in 2012?

For most Americans, daylight saving time in 2012 began 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 11, when most states sprang forward an hour. Time fell back to standard time again on Sunday, November 4, 2012, when daylight saving time ended.

How and When Did Daylight Saving Time Start?

Benjamin Franklin-of \suggest the concept of daylight savings.

While serving as U.S. ambassador to France in Paris, Franklin wrote of being awakened at 6 a. m. and realizing, to his surprise, that the sun would rise far earlier than he usually did. Imagine the 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. It wasn′t until World War I that daylight savings were realized on a grand scale. Germany was the first state to adopt the time 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 1918-for the states that chose to observe it.

During World War II the U.S. made daylight saving 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 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. But does daylight saving time really save any energy? Daylight Saving Time: Energy Saver or Just Time Suck?

In recent years several studies have suggested that daylight saving time doesn′t actually save energy-and 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 found that the practice reduced lighting and electricity consumption in the evening but increased energy use in the now dark mornings-wiping out the evening gains.

That′s because the extra hour that daylight saving time adds in the evening is a hotter hour. \if people get home an hour earlier in a warmer house, they turn on their air conditioning,\University of Washington′s Wolff said.

In fact, Hoosier (美国印第安纳州人的) consumers paid more on their electric bills than before they made the annual switch to daylight saving time, the study found. 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 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 percentages seem small, they could represent significant savings because of the nation′s enormous total energy use. What′s more, savings in some regions are apparently greater than in others.

California, for instance, appears to benefit most from daylight saving time-perhaps because its relatively mild weather 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. But Wolff, one of many scholars who contributed to the federal report, suggested that the numbers were subject to statistical variability (变化) and shouldn′t 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.

\t have as much air conditioning,\he said. \energy consumption under daylight saving. \ Daylight Saving Time: Healthy or Harmful?

For decades advocates of daylight savings have argued that, energy savings or no, daylight saving time boosts health by encouraging active lifestyles-a claim Wolff and colleagues are currently putting to the test.

\a nationwide American time-use study, we′re clearly seeing that, at the time of daylight saving time extension in the spring, television watching is substantially reduced and outdoor behaviors like jogging, walking, or going to the park are substantially increased,\Wolff said. \s remarkable, because of course the total amount of daylight in a given day is the same. \ 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 clocks-set by light and darkness-never adjust to gaining an \

One reason so many people in the developed world are chronically (长期地) overtired, he said, is that they suffer from \jet lag. \In other words, their optimal circadian sleep periods don′t accord with their actual sleep schedules.

Shifting daylight from morning to evening only increases this lag, he said. \t 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. But more light in the evening would even further delay the body clock. \

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. \most likely explanation to our findings is disturbed sleep and disruption of biological rhythms,\ Daylight Savings Lovers and Haters

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 the U.K. , for instance, the Lighter Later movement-part of 10:10, a group advocating cutting carbon emissions-argues for a sort of extreme daylight savings. First, they say, move standard time forward an hour, then keep observing daylight saving time as usual-adding two hours of evening daylight to what 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 \

National telephone surveys by Rasmussen Reports from spring 2010 and fall 2009 deliver the same answer. Most people just \t think the time change is worth the hassle (麻烦的事). \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.

\eight months a year, the response would be pretty positive. \

第1题

It can be learnt from the beginning of the passage that ______. A.daylight saving time usually comes in March

B.daylight saving time could be longer than half a year C.all of the Americans have the same daylight saving time D.when daylight saving time ends, we spring forward an hour 第2题

Why is Benjamin Franklin regarded as the first person to come up with the idea of DST? A.Because he was an ambassador to France.

B.Because he believed in \ C.Because he wrote to a newspaper about the concept. D.Because DST started in his days.

第3题

Which country is the first to adopt the DST? A.Germany. B.The U.S.

C.The United Kingdom. D.Australia. 第4题

When did the U.S. make daylight saving time mandatory for the whole country? A.In 1918. B.In 1942. C.In 1945.

D.During World War Ⅱ.

第5题

California appears to benefit most from daylight saving time because ______. A.the weather there is windy B.it is close to the Pacific Ocean

C.people there tend to stay outdoors later D.people there have more time to do exercise 第6题

According to Wolff, ______. A.the Energy Department′s report was accurate B.the amount of daylight savings′energy gains is stable

C.the South saves more energy than the North during DST period. D.daylight savings′energy gains could be varied in different places

第7题

Till Roenneberg pointed out that ______.

A.daylight saving time was beneficial to health B.people were tired of too much sunlight C.daylight saving time increased social jet lag D.social jet lag could be prevented and cured 第8题

According to a 2008 study, the reason why the heart attack risks in Sweden increased after the spring time change was most probably ______. 第9题

Those who want to abolish daylight saving time altogether are the folks ______. 第10题

According to David Prerau, most people have a ______ attitude towards daylight saving time. 上一题 下一题

(11~15/共15题)Part Ⅲ Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked [A]、[B]、[C] and [D], and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Play00:0002:18 Volume 第11题

A.Get a job on campus.

B.Take an electronics course. C.Visit the electronics company.

D.Apply for a job in an electronics company. 第12题

A.He no longer watches much television. B.He prefers the comedies from the sixties. C.Television comedies haven′t improved since the sixties. D.He hasn′t seen many of the old shows.