2008年12月大学英语六级试题及答案_第5页

Part I Writing (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled How To Improve Students’ Mental Health? You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below.

1. 大学生的心理健康十分重要

2. 因此，学校可以……

3. 我们自己应当……

Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)

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8. According to the US National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, the reason why older mothers’ children tend to be obese remains __________.

9. According to Michael Symonds, one factor contributing to the obesity epidemic is the decrease of _________.

10. When two heavy people get married, chances of their children getting fat increase, because obesity is _____________.

答题卡2（Answer Sheet 2）

Part III  Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)

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Section C

One of the most common images of an advanced, Western-style culture is that of a busy, traffic-filled city. Since their first (36) ______ on American roadways, automobiles have become a (37) ______ of progress, a source of thousands of jobs and an almost inalienable right for citizens’ personal freedom of movement. In recent (38) _______, our “love affair” with the car is being (39) ________ directly to the developing world, and it is increasingly (40) _______ that this transfer is leading to disaster.

America’s almost complete dependence on automobiles has been a terrible mistake. As late as the 1950s, a large (41) ________ of the American public used mass transit. A (42) ________ of public policy decisions and corporate scheming saw to it that countless (43) ________ and efficient urban streetcar and intra-city rail systems were dismantled. (44) ___________________________________________________. Our lives have been planned along a road grid —  homes far from work, shopping far from everything, with ugly stretches of concrete and blacktop in between.

Developing countries are copying Western-style transportation systems down to the last detail. (45) _________________________________________________________. Pollution control measures are either not strict or nonexistent, leading to choking clouds of smog. Gasoline still contains lead, which is extremely poisonous to humans. (46) _____________________________________________________________________.

In addition to pollution and traffic jams, auto safety is a critical issue in developing nations.