大学六级模拟590
Part Ⅰ Writing
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a job application letter to a company. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below.
1．在报纸上看到一家公司在招聘文秘的广告；
2．在表达求职的意愿后，说明自己具备该职位要求的条件；
3．希望对方能给予面试的机会，并期盼回复。
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.
Smother Love
Every morning, Leanne Brickland and her sister would bicycle to school with the same words ringing in their ears: "Watch out crossing the road. Don't speak to strangers". "Mum would stand at the top of the steps and call that out," says Brickland, now a primary-school teacher and mother of four from Rotorua, New Zealand. Substitute boxers and thongs for undies (内衣), and the nagging fears that haunt parents haven't really changed. What has altered, dramatically, is the confidence we once had in our children's ability to fling themselves at life without a grown-up holding their hands.
Worry-ridden Parents and Stifled Kids
By today's standards, the childhood freedoms Brickland took for granted practically verge on parental neglect. Her mother worked, so she and her sister had a key to let themselves in after school and were expected to do their homework and put on the potatoes for dinner. At the family's beach house near Wellington, the two girls, from the age of five or six, would disappear for hours to play in the lakes and sands.
A generation later, Brickland's children are growing up in a world more indulged yet more accustomed to peril. The techno-minded generation of PlayStation kids who can conquer entire armies and rocket through space can't even be trusted to cross the street alone. "I walked or biked to school for years, but my children don't," Briekland admits. "I worry about the road. I worry about strangers. In some ways I think they're missing out, but I like to be able to see them, to know where they are and What they're doing."
Call it smother love, indulged-kid syndrome, parental neurosis (神经病). Even though today's children have the universe at their fingertips thanks to the Internet, their physical boundaries are shrinking at a rapid pace. According to British social scientist Mayer Hillman, a child's play zone has contracted so radically that we're producing the human equivalent of henhouse chickens-plump from lack of exercise and without the flexibility and initiative of free-range kids of the past. The spirit of our times is no longer the resourceful adventurer Tom Sawyer but rather the worry-ridden dad and his stifled only child in Finding Nemo.
In short, child rearing has become an exercise in risk minimization, represented by stories such as the father who refused to allow his daughter on a school
picnic to the beach for fear she might drown. While it's natural for a parent to want to protect their children from danger, you have to wonder: Have we gone too far?
Parents Wrap Kids up in Cotton Wool
A study conducted by Paul Tranter, a lecturer in geography at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra, showed that while Australian and New Zealand children had similar amounts of unsupervised freedom, it was far less than German or English kids. For example, only a third of ten-year-olds in Australia and New Zealand were allowed to visit places other than school alone, compared
to 80 percent in Germany.
Girls were even more restricted than boys, with parents fearing assault or molestation (骚扰), while traffic dangers were seen as the greatest threat to boys. Bike ownership has doubled in a generation, but "independent mobility"-the ability to roam and explore unsupervised-has radically declined. In Auckland,
for example, many primary schools have done away with bicycle racks because the streets are considered too unsafe. And in Christchurch, New Zealand's most bike-friendly city, the number of pupils cycling to school has fallen from more than 90 percent in the late 1970s to less than 20 percent. Safely strapped into the family 4×4, children are instead driven from home to the school gate, then off
to ballet, soccer or swimming lessons-rarely straying from watchful adult eyes.
In the U.S. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, New Jersey assistant principal and hockey coach Bobbie Schultz writes that playing in the street after school with neighbourhood kids-creating their own rules, making
their own decisions and settling disputes-was where the real learning took place. "The street was one of the greatest sources of my life skills," she says. "I
don't see 'on-the-street play' anymore. I see adult-organized activities.
Parents don't realize what an integral part of character development their children are missing."
Armoured with bicycle helmets, car seats, "safe" playgrounds and sunscreen, children are getting the message loud and clear that the world is full of peril-and that they're ill-equipped to handle it alone. Yet research consistently shows young people are much more capable than we think, says professor Anne Smith, director of New Zealand's Children's Issues Centre. "The thing that many adults have difficulty with is that children can't learn to be grown-up if
they're excluded and protected all the time."
Educational psychologist Paul Prangley reckons it's about time the kid gloves came off. He believes parenting has taken on a paranoid (患妄想狂的) edge that's creating a generation of naive, insecure youngsters who are subconsciously being taught they're incapable of handling things by themselves. "Flexibility and the ability to resist pressure and temptation are learned skills," Prangley explains. "If you wrap kids up in cotton wool and don't give them the opportunity to take risks, they're less equipped to make responsible decisions later in life." Parents Should Gain Proper Perspective
Sadly, high-profile cases of children being kidnapped and murdered-such as ten-year-old Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in the United Kingdom; five-year-old Chloe Hoson in Australia, whose body was found just 200 metres from where she lived; and six-year-old Teresa Cormack in New Zealand, who was snatched off the street on her way to school--only serve to reinforce parents' fears. Teresa Cormack's death, for example, was one of the rare New Zealand eases of random child kidnap. In Australia, the odds of someone under the age of 15 being murdered by a stranger have been estimated at one in four million. A child is at far greater risk from a family member or someone they know.
However, parental fear is contagious. In one British study, far more children feared an attack by a stranger than being hit by a car. "We are losing our sense of perspective," write Jan Parker and Jan Stimpson in their parenting book, Raising Happy Children. "Every parent has to negotiate their own route between equipping children with the skills they need to stay safe and not restricting or terrifying them unnecessarily in the process."
Dr. Claire Freeman, a planning expert at the University of Otago, points to the erosion of community responsibility as another casualty of that mutual distrust. Not so long ago, adults knew all the local kids and were the informal guardians of the neighbourhood. "Now, particularly if you are a man, you may hesitate to offer help to a lost child for fear your motives might be questioned." More Space and More Attention to Kids' Needs
As a planner in the mid-1990s, Freeman became concerned about the loss of green space to development and the erosion of informal places to play. In a study that looked at how children in the British city of Leeds spent their summer holidays, compared with their parents' childhood experiences, she found the freedom to explore had been severely contracted-in some cases, down to the front yard. Freeman says she cannot remember being inside the house as a child, or being alone. Growing up was about being part of a group. Now a mother of four, Freeman believes the "domestication of play" is robbing kids of their sense of belonging within a society.
Nevertheless, Freeman says children's needs are starting to get more emphasis. In the Netherlands, child-friendly "home zones" have been created where priority is given to pedestrians, rather than cars. And ponds are being incorporated back into housing estates on the principle that children should learn to be safe around water, rather than be surrounded by a barren landscape. After all, as one of the smarter fish says in Finding Nemo, there's one problem with promising your kids that nothing will ever happen to them-because then nothing ever will.
1. According to Brickland, parents nowadays have changed their______.
A) standards of the children's proper dressing B) worry about the children's personal safety
C) ways to communicate with children D) confidence in the children's ability
2. When Brickland and her sister were little, they kept the home key because
______.
A) they wanted to be trusted B) their mother had to work
C) their mother didn't live at home D) they were very naughty and wild
3. Mayer Hillman indicates that children now have less and less______.
A) space for playing B) contact with animals
C) concern about others D) knowledge about nature
4. Paul Tranter finds that eighty percent of the children were allowed to visit places other than school alone in______.
A) Australia B) New Zealand C) Germany D) Britain
5. What is ranked by parents as the greatest threat to boys?
A) Gang crimes. B) Online games.
C) Extreme sports. D) Dangerous traffics.
6. Bobble Schuliz points out that real learning takes place in ______.
A) on-the-street play B) adult-organized activities
C) student-centered teaching D) home and nature
7. What accident had happened to a little girl called Chloe Hoson?
A) She was robbed on her way to school.
B) She was kidnapped and murdered.
C) She fell a victim to domestic violence.
D) She disappeared for no reason.
8. Claire Freeman thinks that lack of mutual trust results in______.
9. Freeman concludes that kids are robbed of their sense of belonging to the society by______.
10. The Netherlands has placed the rights of pedestrians before those of cars in such areas called______.
Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: 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.
11. A) He came a long way to meet the woman.
B) He showed her to where she was looking for.
C) He took her to visit an interesting community.
D) He gave her advice to overcome the difficulty.
12. A) The woman is being interviewed by a reporter.
B) The woman is applying for a job.
C) The woman is asking tor a promotion.
D) The woman is being given an examination.
13. A) Not to subscribe to the journal. B) To buy the latest issue of the journal.
C) Not to miss any brilliant papers. D) To photocopy the papers in the journal.
14. A) Cindy will have a cup of coffee with the man later.
B) Cindy has to work overtime at her office tonight.
C) Cindy doesn't like coffee at all.
D) Cindy is leaving the office soon.
15. A) No medicine could solve the woman's problem.
B) The woman should eat less to lose some weight.
C) Nothing could help the woman if she ate too little.
D) The woman should choose the right foods to eat.
16. A) He thought she should make a phone if anything went wrong.
B) He thought she should just wait for someone's help.
C) He was afraid something would go wrong with her car.
D) He promised to give her help himself.
17. A) He didn't like it at all. B) He didn't think mneh of it.
C) He liked some part of it. D) He enjoyed it as a whole.
18. A) He has too many dreams. B) He just likes to sleep.
C) He doesn't put his ideas into practice. D) He doesn't have many good ideas. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) Providing high-quality products for customers.
B) Providing good services for customers.
C) Doing everything you can to please and keep customers.
D) Establishing dialogues with the customers.
20. A) The relationship the company establishes with its customers.
B) Legal responsibilities shared by the company and its customers.
C) Responding to the customers' complaints.
D) Seeking the customers' feedback actively.
21. A) A bridge between the company and its customers.
B) A way of supervising the company's business.
C) A way to deal with customers' after-sales services.
D) A way to deal with customers' complaints and refunds.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
22. A) She doesn't want to pay the late fee. B) She was given incorrect information.
C) She can't afford to pay her tuition. D) She didn't pass her mathematics course.
23. A) The office was closed the first time she went there.
B) The computer was out of service at that time.
C) She didn't have acceptable identification on her first visit.
D) She failed to meet the director on her first visit.
24. A) Her prior schooling. B) Her age.
C) Her residence. D) Her driving record.
25. A) The director probably isn't able to make an exception.
B) The director probably won't see her.
C) The director usually isn't very helpful.
D) The director usually isn't responsible for part-time students.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) From tram to trolleybus to Routemaster.
B) From trolleybus to Routemaster to red bus.
C) From trolleybus to Routemaster to modern bus.
D) From Routemaster to trolley to modern bus.
27. A) It is full of renaissance favor. B) It is a star in a famous movie.
C) It is one of the tourist hot spots. D) It is a symbol of London.
28. A) It is inconvenient to take the baggage onto it.
B) It is difficult to spare the room for wheelchairs.
C) It is dangerous to get in from both sides of it.
D) It is easy to have an accident on a movable platform.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. A) To Michigan. B) To China. C) To Maryland. D) To Canada.
30. A) To clear up the eggs of insects. B) To help trees deliver water.
C) To look for the signs of insects. D) To prepare for cutting down trees.
31. A) Collect ash tree seeds for experiment. B) Preserve the healthy ash tree seeds.
C) Set up a new seed bank for research. D) Develop a new breed of ash tree. Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. A) They can be easily damaged.
B) They are formed with great volcanic heat and pressure.
C) They are brought up to the surface by earthquakes.
D) They can be found everywhere.
33. A) In the valley. B) On the floor of the rivers.
C) In the narrow volcano pipes. D) On the top of the mountains.
34. A) They never came back home with desired diamonds.
B) They lost the hard-earned diamonds on their way back.
C) They were sentenced to death for stealing diamonds.
D) They returned home as content as millionaires.
35. A) South Africa. B) Eastern Russia. C) India. D) Congo.
Section C
Section C In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write clown the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
It's my honor to be here tonight.
Our organization is called the Noise Abatement Society that (36) and tries to deal with noise (37) issues. We are currently working to introduce what is
called broadband noise technology in different areas.
Many people asked me what the broadband noise is. It's very simple actually, if you can imagine (38) through a wood late at night in the (39) and quiet and you hear a twig (40) , you turn automatically towards that twig. And this is exactly what broadband is, you know which direction it's coming from, you know (41)
which side of you it's coming from. Alarms at the moment are so loud that they actually disorientate you. If you're at a set of traffic (42) , you don't know which direction an (43) , a police car or a fire engine may be coming from, but with broadband you do. (44) . It sounds just like a "shush shush" sound. The alarms you hear at the moment are very rich in tones. But broadband isn't. Because it's not got the tonal content, you know where that sound is coming from.
(45) .
Broadband noise alarms are being used in a number of places around the country. (46) .
Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are
required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a
word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
The concept of obtaining fresh water from icebergs that are towed to populated areas and arid regions of the world was once treated as a joke more appropriate
to cartoons than real life. But now it is being (47) quite seriously by many nations, especially since scientists have warned that the human race will (48)
its fresh water supply faster than it runs out of food.
Glaciers are a possible (49) of fresh water that has been overlooked until recently. Three-quarters of the Earth's fresh water supply is still tied up in glacial ice, a reservoir of (50) fresh water so immense that it could (51) all
the rivers of the world for 1,000 years. Floating on the oceans every year are 7,659 trillion metric tons of ice encased in 10,000 icebergs that break away
from the polar ice caps, more than ninety percent of them from Antarctica.
Huge glaciers that (52) over the shallow continental shelf give birth to
icebergs throughout the year. Icebergs are not like sea ice, which is formed when the sea itself freezes, rather, they are formed (53) on land, breaking off when glaciers spread over the sea. As they drift away from the polar region, icebergs sometimes move mysteriously in a direction (54) to the wind, pulled by subsurface currents. Because they melt more slowly than smaller pieces of ice, icebergs have been known to drift as far north as 35 degrees south of the
equator in the Atlantic Ocean. To control them and (55) them to parts of the world where they are needed would not be too difficult.
The. difficulty arises in other technical matters, such as the prevention of
rapid melting in warmer climates and the funneling (传送) of fresh water to
shore in great volume. But even if the icebergs lost half of their volume in
towing, the water they could provide would be far cheaper than that produced by desalinization (脱盐), or (56) salt from water.
A) removing
B) stretch
C) deriving
D) entirely
E) untapped
F) resource
G) outgrow
H) opposite
I) approximately
J) considered
K) similar
L) source
M) ensured
N) sustain
O) steer
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on An-swer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
If you go down to the woods today, you may meet high-tech trees-genetically modified to speed their growth or improve the quality of their wood.
Genetically-engineered food crops have become increasingly common, albeit controversial, over the past ten years. But genetic engineering of trees has lagged behind.
Part of the reason is technical. Understanding, and then altering, the genes of
a big pine tree are more complex than creating a better tomato. While tomatoes sprout happily, and rapidly, in the laboratory, growing a whole tree from a single, genetically altered cell in a test tube is a tricky process that takes years, not months. Moreover, little is known about tree genes. Some trees, such as pine trees, have a lot of DNA-roughly ten times as much as human. And, where- as the Human Genome Project is more than halfway through its task of isolating and sequencing the estimated 100,000 genes in human cells, similar efforts to analyze tree genes are still just saplings (幼苗).
Given the large number of tree genes and the little that is known about them,
tree engineers are starting with a search for genetic "markers". The first step
is to isolate DNA from trees with desirable properties such as insect resistance. The next step is to find stretches of DNA that show the presence of a particular gene. Then, when you mate two trees with different desirable properties, it is simple to check which offspring contain them all by looking for the genetic markers. Henry Amerson, at North Carolina State University, is using genetic markers to breed fungal resistance into southern pines. Billions of these are
grown across America for pulp (纸浆) and paper, and outbreaks of disease are expensive. But not all individual trees are susceptible. Dr. Amerson's group has found markers that distinguish fungus-resistant stock from disease-prone trees. Using traditional breeding techniques, they are introducing the resistance genes into pines on test sites in America.
Using genetic markers speeds up old-fashioned breeding methods because you no longer have to wait for the tree to grow up to see if it has the desired traits. But it is more a sophisticated form of selective breeding. Now, however,
interest in genetic tinkering (基因修补) is also gaining ground. To this end, Dr. Amerson and his colleagues are taking part in the Pine Gene Discovery Project,
an initiative to identify and sequence the 50,000-odd genes in the pine tree's genome. Knowing which gene does what should make it easier to know what to alter.
57. Compared with genetic engineering of food crops, genetic engineering of
trees______.
A) began much later B) has developed more slowly
C) is less useful D) is less controversial
58. What does the author think about the genetic engineering of pine trees?
A) Time-consuming. B) Worthwhile.
C) Significant. D) Technically impossible.
59. What can we learn about the research on tree genes?
A) The research methods are the same as the analysis of human genes.
B) The findings are expected to be as fruitful as the analysis of human genes.
C) It will take as much time and effort as the analysis of human genes.
D) The research has been mainly concentrated on the genes of young trees.
60. It is discovered by Henry Amerson's team that ______.
A) southern pines cannot resist fungus
B) all southern pines are not susceptible
C) the genetic marker in southern pines was the easiest to identify
D) fungus-resistant genes came originally from outside the U.S.A.
61. What is the primary objective of carrying out the Pine Gene Discovery Project?
A) To speed up old-fashioned breeding methods.
B) To identify all the genes in the pine tree's genome.
C) To find out what desired traits the pine trees have.
D) To make it easier to know which gene needs altering.
Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
In the first year or so of Web business, most of the action has revolved around efforts to tap the consumer market. More recently, as the Web proved to be more than a fashion, companies have started to buy and sell products and services
with one another. Such business-to-business sales make sense because business people typically know what product they're looking for.
Nonetheless, many companies still hesitate to use the Web because of doubts
about its reliability. "Businesses need to feel they can trust the pathway between them and the supplier," says senior analyst Blanc Erwin of Forrester Research. Some companies are limiting the risk by conducting online transactions
only with established business partners who are given access to the company's private intranet.
Another major shift in the model for Internet commerce concerns the technology available for marketing. Until recently, Internet marketing activities have focused on strategies to "pull" customers into sites. In the past year, however, software companies have developed tools that allow companies to "push"
information directly out to consumers, transmitting marketing messages directly
to targeted customers. Most notably, the Pointcast Network uses a screen saver
to deliver a continually updated stream of news and advertisements to
subscribers' computer monitors. Subscribers can customize the information they want to receive and proceed directly to a company's Web site. Companies such as Virtual Vineyards are already starting to use similar technologies to push messages to customers about special sales, product offering, or other events.
But push technology has earned the contempt of many Web users. Online culture thinks highly of the notion that the information flowing onto the screen comes there by specific request. Once commer-cial promotion begins to fill the screen uninvited, the distinction between the Web and television fades. That's a prospect that horrifies Net purists.
But it is hardly inevitable that companies on the Web will need to resort to
push strategies to make money. The examples of Virtual Vineyards, https://www.doczj.com/doc/033078362.html,,
and other pioneers show that a Web site selling the right kind of products with the right mix of interactivity, hospitality, and se-curity will attract online customers. And the cost of computing power continues to free fall, which is a good sign for any enterprise setting up shop in silicon. People looking back 5
or 10 years from now may well wonder why so few companies took the online plunge.
62. What do we learn about the present web business?
A) Web business is no longer in fashion.
B) Business-to-business sales are the trend.
C) Web business is prosperous in the consumer market.
D) Many companies still lack confidence in web business.
63. Established business partners are preferred in web business because ______.
A) they are more creditable than others
B) they specify the products they want
C) they have access to the company's private intranet
D) they are capable of conducting online transactions
64. Pointcast Network is most probably ______.
A) a company that develops the latest push software
B) a tool that promotes a company's online marketing
C) the first company that used an online push software
D) the most popular software that helps a company push
65. Net purists are most worried that______.
A) only the requested information comes to the screen
B) the Net is filled with commercial promotion
C) the difference between the Web and TV will fade
D) push technology will dominate the screen
66. What can be inferred about https://www.doczj.com/doc/033078362.html,?
A) Its success is attributed to push strategies.
B) It is prosperous without push strategies.
C) It is highly concerned about the cost of computing power.
D) It is a good example of the flourishing online business.
Port Ⅴ Cloze
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Rats that eat high levels of a natural sugar known as fructose (果糖) seem to age faster than other ratsand the same could be true for people who eat too much sweet (67) food, Israeli researchers said.
Fructose, found (68) in honey and fruit, is used widely in foods (69) from soft drinks to yogurt. But (70) its sweet taste is popular, the sugar could cause wrinkles and health prob-lems, the researchers said. Dr. Moshe Werman and Boaz Levi of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (71) large amounts of fructose to laboratory rats. Writing in the Journal of Nutrition, they said the fructose-fed rats showed changes (72) the collagen (胶原质) of their skin and bones.
Collagen, a fibrous protein found in connec-tive tissue, bone and cartilage (软骨), basically holds the body together. The (73) of collagen is what causes sagging (松弛) and deep wrinkles in older people.
The process affected, Werman's team said, is known as "cross linking". "Too much cross-linking reduces elasticity and makes the skin (74) and rigid, and these are the conditions that encourage wrinkled skin," Werman said in a statement. He said the same could be true of people, (75) this has not been shown. "Americans are eating more and more (76) foods such as carbonated drinks, baked goods, canned fruits jams and dairy products that (77) fructose," Werman said. Other studies have shown that (78) fructose intake can affect how the body (79) glucose(葡萄糖) and increases insulin(胰岛素) resistance-which can (80) be important measures of the (81) toward diabetes.
The rats Werman worked (82) were fed much more than the (83) adult person might eat in a day, which is standard in such (84) The rats were fed 12.5 grams of fructose per kg (2.2 pounds) of weight every day for a year. To (85) , a person weighing 154 pounds (70kg) who drinks a quart (liter) of cola (86) about 60 grams of fructose, or 0.8 grams per kg of body weight.
67. A) junk B) garbage
C) diet D) healthy
68. A) initially B) naturally
C) artificially D) skeptically
69. A) altering B) converting
C) ranging D) varying
70. A) since B) as
C) when D) while
71. A) fed B) raised
C) bred D) cultivated
72. A) through B) of
C) in D) to
73. A) mass B) loss
C) collapse D) eclipse
74. A) flexible B) tender
C) smooth D) stiff
75. A) although B) if
C) even D) provided
76. A) proclaimed B) preoccupied
C) processed D) proposed
77. A) compose B) constitute
C) consist D) contain
78. A) high B) low
C) timely D) delayed
79. A) copes B) handles
C) settles D) resolves
80. A) either B) never
C) both D) all
81. A) trend B) fashion
C) inclination D) tendency
82. A) with B) for
C) out D) at
83. A) traditional B) average
C) conservative D) greedy
84. A) occasions B) fantasies
C) experiments D) dilemmas
85. A) impact B) conclude
C) imagine D) compare
86. A) consumes B) produces
C) transforms D) sustains
Part Ⅵ Translation
Directions: Complete the following sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
87．It is bard to track the blue whale，______(它现在被列为濒危物种)．
88．It is recommended that the project______(所有的准备工作结束之后再开始)．89．All employees are______(每年都享有三个星期的假期)．
90．The agency must______(提交一份年度预算表)the board each July．
91．The twentieth century______(发生了全球性政治、经济和文化的)transfor-mation．
Model Test 7
Part Ⅰ Writing
A Job Application Letter
Dear Sir/Madam,
[1] I learned from Guangzhou Daily on July 26 that your company is offering a position for a secretary, and [2] it's a great pleasure for me to write to explore the possibility of seeking the job.
[3] I graduated two years ago from Sun Yat-sen University and got Bachelor of Arts degree. During my four years on campus, I took pains to study my major and I participated in various extracurricular activities to apply theoretic knowledge into practice. [4] Upon graduation I worked in HP China as an
assistant to the head of Marketing Department. [5] My responsibilities consisted of carrying out market surveys, writing reports and organizing meetings. This two-year experience has helped me a lot. [6] In particular, I have realized the importance of coordination and co-operation among co-workers.
[7] Enclosed please find my resume and some relevant documents as required. I hope you can give me a chance for interview and I am looking forward to your reply.
Sincerely,
Ada [1] [2] 开头说明获悉这个职位空缺的途径及写信的目的。
[3] 介绍自己能够胜任这个职位所具备的条件。
[4] Upon棚．结构，使句式多变。
[6] co-ordination，co-operation，co-workers语言形式对称。
[7] Enclosed意为“随信附上……”，为求职或商务书信中的常用词。
[写作指南]
根据题目要求写一封求职信。这类实用文体的文章结构:
第一段写明获得招聘信息的来源，并表示对这份工作极大的兴趣。
第二段证明自己有能力胜任这个职位，一般叙述自己的资历、能力和能够胜任该职位所具备的条件。
最后提供一些必要的证明，并表达希望得到面试机会的恳切心情。
[句型变换]
[1] 1. I learned from Guangzhou Daily on July 26 that your company is offering a position for a secretary...
2. I read your ad in Guangzhou Daily July 26 that an opening for a secretary is offered...
3. I learned from Guangzhou Daily July 26 that there is a vacancy for a
secretary in your company...
4. In reply to your advertisement in Guangzhou Daily July 26, I offer myself as
a candidate for the position...
[2] 1. it's a great pleasure for me to write to explore the possibility of seeking the job.
2. I'm pleased to write to apply for the job.
3. I'm writing to explore the possibility of getting the job.
4. I would like to be considered as one of the potential candidates for this opening.
[4] 1. Upon graduation I worked in HP China as an as-sistant to the head of Marketing Department.
2. As soon as I graduated from university, I worked with HP China as an
assistant to the head of Marketing Department.
3. Immediately after graduation, I started working in HP China as an assistant
to the head of Marketing Department.
4. Upon graduation I got a job in HP China and worked as an assistant to the head of Marketing Department.
[5] 1. My responsibilities consisted Of carrying out market surveys, writing reports and organizing meetings.
2. My work was to draft market surveys and reports as well as organize meetings.
3. I was responsible to carry out market surveys, write reports and organize meetings.
4. I was assigned to do the job of carrying out markets surveys, writing reports and organizing meetings.
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
1．[答案] D
[解析] 题目中的changed与原文该句中的altered为同义词，可见altered的宾语confidence为答案的关键词．在4个选项中，只有D与confidence有关，为本题答案。A
中的dressing试图将考生的注意力转移到首段倒数第2句的boxers(四脚裤)和undies(内衣)，虽然这两个词比较陌生，但看到该句末的haven't changed，就无须考虑太多，可以
肯定A并非本题答案。其他两个选项的内容在原文并未提及。
2．[答案] B
[解析] 原文该句中的…so…表明了与题干要求的同样的因果关系，so前面提到的原因与B 相同，因此本题应选B。其他选项均未提及。
3．[答案] A
[解析] 该句中的contracted与less and less意思相近，与contracted前的play zone
同义的选项为本题答案，因此A为本题答案。要小心B，原文该句中提到的henhouse chickens可能会误导考生选择B，事实上，henhouse chick-ens用于比喻受过分保护的小孩。与animals没有关系。
4．[答案] C
[解析] 原文该段提到多个国家的名称，只要按照题干中的eighty percent，再结合选项中的国家名称，应该很快可以确定本题答案为C。
5．[答案] D
[解析] 原文该句while引出的分句明确表明traffic dangers是对男孩最大的安全威胁，D 是对traffic dangers的同义改写，为本题答案。
6．[答案] A
[解析] 将首句中破折号前后的内容结合起来可以知道playing in the street after school with neighbourhood kids就是真正学到本领的地方，在该段第3旬Bobbie Schultz将此简称为on-the-street play，因此A为本题答案。
7．[答案] B
[解析] 该句第2个分句中的body暗示Chloe Hoson被murdered(该句开头提到的)，因此
本题应选B。本段提引的是kidnap和murder，其他选项提到的各种罪案在原文并未提及。8．[答案] the erosion of community responsibility
[解析] 空白处应为名词(词组)。原文该句中的…as another casualty of…表明mutual distrust导致the erosion of community responsibility，题目中的lack of mutual trust是对mutual distrust的同义改写，由此可见，the erosion of community responsibility为本题答案。
9．[答案] the “domestication of play”
[解析] 空白处应为名词(词组)。对比原文与题目可见，两个句子的语态相反: 原文rob为主动语态，而题目中rob为被动语态，两句的主语和宾语位置相反，所以原文rob的主语the “domestication of play”即为本题答案。
10．[答案] child-friendly “ho m e zones”
[解析] 空白处应为名词(词组)。题干与原文中where引出的定语从句内容相同，两旬对比可见，题目中缺少了原句中的主语child-friendly “home zones”。
Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension
Section A
11．B
[解析] 女士感谢男士为她指路，不然她就在这个偏僻的街区迷路了，故B为答案。out of the way意思是“偏僻”。
[点睛] 选项预测: 问题与He的行为有关。A中的way，C中的community,和D中的out of 都是原文出现过的字眼。利用短对话“听到什么就不选什么”的原则，即可得出答案B。W: I really appreciate your help．Without your direction．I may have got lost in this community．It is so out of the way．
M: It was my pleasure to be of help in some way．Good day．madam．
Q: What did the man do?
12．B
[解析] 男士问女士为什么想得到这个职位，女士说对方公司声望高、有提升的机会等，说明她在找工作，而非要求提升。所以B正确。
[点睛] 根据选项可以预测考查的信息点是女士在做什么。interview有“采访、面试”的
意思；但是此处不是在接受记者(reporter)的采访，故A不是答案。
M: Now，I'm going to start off by asking you a difficult question．Why would you like to get this post?
W: Well，first of a11 I know that your firm has a very good reputation．Then
I've heard you offer good opportunities for promotion for the fight person．
Q: What do we know from the conversation?
13．A
[解析] 女士提醒男士，网络数据库里有很多论文，而且免费。言下之意，不需要花钱去订阅期刊了。所以A为答案。
[点睛] 从选项可猜到对话与学术期刊和论文有关。男士就征订期刊征求女士的意见，女士没有直接给予回答，而是另起话题，凡是不直接回答、顾左右而言他的一般是持否定的态度而采用委婉说法。
M: I'm thinking about subscribing to the biology journal．It seems to have lots of brilliant papers．I really need to read those Papers before I write my own paper．
W: The online database has all these papers and it's free．
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
14．B
[解析] 男士请女士喝咖啡，女士说自己还有很多事情要做，不知道今天晚上几点能离开办公室，也就是说要加班。所以选B。
[点睛] 从选项可猜到问题与Cindy的行为动作有关。“中but”题型，出现了but，说明女士婉转拒绝男士的邀请，其后的内容要留意听。
M: Long time no see! How are you doing，Cindy? Why not go and have a cup of coffee with me downstairs?
W: Oh，I'd love to，but I have thousands of things on the to-do list，and I
don't know when I can leave the office tonight．
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
15．D
[解析] 医生说饮食平衡的话就不需要吃药，所以女士应该选择合适的食品，即D。
[点睛] 根据选项可以预测信息点是女士的问题应该如何解决。假设条件句if后面的内容往往就是出题点。
M: What did your doctor prescribe for you?
W: Well，he said there was no need for me to take any medicine if I ate well-balanced meals．
Q: What did the doctor mean?
16．A
[解析] 男士给女士一个电话号码，说可以打电话寻求帮助。所以选择A。
[点睛] 根据选项可以预测问题是(男士建议或答应)女士出了问题怎么办。捕捉虚拟语气和祈使句是本题解题关键。D选项干扰性较大，男士给女士一个号码，但是又补充了一句，说“他们会帮助你”的，说明电话号码并非男士自己的，也就是说提供帮助的人并不是男士。W: Could you tell me what I should do if my car breaks down?
M: Well，I'm sure you won't have any trouble，Mrs. Smith，but if something should happen，just call this number．They'll see that you get help．
Q: What does the man really mean?
17．D
[解析] 男士说对Justin最新专辑没有具体喜爱的歌曲，总体而言都喜欢。故答案为D。[点睛] 从选项可知，问题问的是男士对某物的看法。本对话充分体现“尾重原则”，只要抓住了对话的尾巴就可解题。把语义重心放在末尾是对话的规律之一，在6级听力题中出现频率颇高。且But后面的内容是答题关键。
W: Tom，I heard that you bought Justin's latest album．Can you tell me which song interested you most?
M: Well，nothing specific．But I like it overall．
Q: What did the man think of the album?
18．C
[解析] 女士说，好想法只有产生成效才有用，即空想没有意义，所以她认为Henry是个空想家。C正确。
[点睛] 根据选项可以预测问题是对男士的评价。正确理解特殊语意的搭配only…if…，就可以推断出真正的话语含义。从选项上分析，听到dreamer和ideas就知道不是说真正的“睡觉”，可以排除A和B；D选项与男士的最后一句话的意思相反，仔细听女士是否同意男士的话，即可作答。
M: You call Henry a dreamer，but I think he's got a lot of good ideas．
W: Good ideas are only useful if you make something out of them．
Q: What does the woman think about Henry?
Now you'll hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One
W: I know your company was one of the biggest American corporations to take the idea of customer services seriously...
M: Yes, urn, I think you can say we were among the pioneers.
W: So, with the experience of many years of trying to get it right, what would you define as the most important elements in providing successful customer services?
M: Mm... well, that's quite a difficult question, because so many factors are absolutely vital if you want to succeed, and success with the customer services,
I might add, means doing everything you possibly can to please and keep customers.
W: Does that include the old idea that, for a company, the customer is always right?
M: Not exactly. The slogan that the customer is always right is rather simple, and unrealistic. I would say that, instead, the most important aim of a customer services unit is to encourage communication with customers, to actively seek feedback, including complaints, and to acknowledge all comments, good and bad, from customers because people like to be treated with respect.
W: Then what do you think are the most important factors for a company's success? M: It seems to me that a company's success, in terms of good reputation and high profits, depends more on the relationship the company establishes with the customers. That relationship involves the company in consistently providing
high-quality products and top-quality services.
W: So what you're saying is, in fact, very simply--basically, keeping customers happy depends on providing quality and encouraging communication.
M: Yes, but the essential factor is communication. A successful customer
dervices unit is one that acts as a link between the company and the customer to ensure that the company can respond to the needs of the customer. After all, a company's success can only come from a satisfied customer.
19．According to the conversation．what does sue-cess with the customer services mean?
[C] [解析] 男士说，成功的客户服务意思就是极尽所能去取悦顾客，留住顾客。所以C正确。
[点睛] 动名词选项，内容上涉及为客户提供产品、服务并建立良好关系等，猜测本题与客
户服务的内容有关。“听到什么选什么”，c是原文的重复再现。
20．What do a company's good reputation and high profits depend 0n according to the conversation?
[A] [解析] 男士说，一个公司的成功，在声誉和高利润方面，更多地取决于公司和客户建
立的关系。所以A正确。
[点睛] B文中没有提及；C、D的信息在原文是并列出现的，如果C正确，那么D也正确，
一道题不应有两个答案，因此可排除。
21．What can be said to be the function of the customer services unit?
[A] [解析] 男士说，一个成功的客服部起着连接公司和客户的作用。所以A正确。
[点睛] 名词选项，“一种……的方式”，说明某种功用，并与公司、客户、业务等相关。
结合本对话的主题，猜测本题问客服部的功能。选项用bridge解释男士所说的link。Conversation Two
W: I want to register for this mathematics course.
M: I'm sorry registration has closed.
W: Closed? But the clerk told me I could come back and register any time during the first week of classes.
M: Well, that's not possible. The computer's official student account has
already been sent to the state. And that's what our budget is based on. Who told you that anyway?
W: Some woman here when I tried to register three weeks ago. She said I just had to pay a late fee.
M: She must have been a temporary worker. They don't have much training. Why didn't you register then?
W: She said I couldn't until I had my birth certificate. Here it is.
M: Your birth certificate?
W: Well I'm a new part-time student. So she asks for identification. I don't drive so I don't have a driver's license.
M: Huh. That's no reason to demand a birth certificate. [24]We only need to establish residency: a phone bill with your name and address on it would've been fine.
W: Really? Only proof of my address?
M: Yes. I'm afraid she gave you the wrong information. Still you'll have to wait and take your math's class next semester.
W: But that's unfair.
M: Well, I sympathize with your problem, but frankly, I don't think there is anything anyone can do for you. You were trapped in the system. If you want to, you can talk to the director. She will help you if she can.
W: Great.
M: But don't get your hopes up.
22．What problem does the woman have?
[B] [解析] 女士说: “结束了?但是那个工作人员告诉我可以在开学第一周的任何时候来注册的。”可知别人告诉了她错误的信息。所以答案为B。
[点睛] 所有选项主语都是she，内容都是说她的问题。另外，在对话中男士也提到告诉女
士信息的人应该是位临时工，提供了错误信息。
23．Why does the woman have to come to the office for a second time?
[C] [解析] 女士说: “她告诉我必须有出生证才能够注册。这就是我的出生证。”所以C
正确。
[点睛] 选项A、C、D都有first，而所有选项的主语虽不同，内容却均表示她第一次没有
做成某事的原因，故题目应是询问原因。听到男士问“你那个时候为什么不注册呢?”就要特别注意女士的回答。
24．According to the man，what evidence does the woman need to provide?
[C] [解析] 男士说: “我们只需要登记住址: 有姓名和住址的电话账单就可以了。”故答案为C。
[点睛] 所有选项都很简短，表面提供不了多少信息。不过所有选项却都和女士的履历相关。长对话听力听到什么选什么。
25．What does the man imply when he tells the woman not to get her hopes up? [A] [解析] 男士说“如果你愿意，你可以找校长谈一下。如果她能的话她会帮忙的。”后来又说“不过不要抱太大的希望。”所以A正确。
[点睛] 所有选项内容都表示the director。不做某事，都是负面的信息。But后面的内容是答题重点，暗示了校长大概也帮不上忙。
Section B
Passage One
Today is a rather sad day for one of the London's old friends. The famous red London bus, officially called The Routemaster, is being replaced by modem buses. Like Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and the red telephone box, the red bus has
listed one of these heritages.
They first arrived on London's streets in 1959 to replace the trolleybuses,
which were powered like a tram by overhead electric cables. In fact, my father used to drive trolleybuses and went on to drive the new red bus when they
arrived almost 50 years ago. Later on, it was always a special treat for me to
go to work with my dad to see all the sights of London. And it became such a
star that it was even featured in Britain's first Elvis Presley type film Summer Holiday starring Cliff Richard.
But some people aren't sad to see the back of the famous red bus. They believe Routemasters are no longer a suitable form of transport for London. 10% of Londoners can't even get onto it, older people, disabled people, people with buggies. It's a real, real problem. The hop on, hop off platform at the back of the Routemaster bus makes it a convenient form of transport for passengers. But sadly, such features also make the bus dangerous. As some research shows, people are 5 times more likely to have an accident on a Routemaster than on any other sort of bus.
After today, we can see only a few Routemasters on the Heritage Routes, special journeys that will mostly be taken by tourists.
26．According to the speaker，what is the evolution of London's public transport?
[C] [解析] 短文说，在50年前，Routemaster，也就是red bus，取代了无轨电车，现在
又将被现代巴士所取代。故答案是C。
[点睛] 由四个选项的from…to…to结构，猜测题目与交通工具的演进有关。每个选择包含
三种车，其中都出现了Routemaster，但排列顺序不同。根据原文的提示，最早和最后出现
的交通工具都不是Route-master，可以排除A和D。B和C相似，但red bus是Routemaster的俗称，排除B。
27．What makes the Routemaster famous?
[D] [解析] 短文说，Routemaster与大本钟、白金汉宫、红色电话亭齐名，被视为文化遗
产之一。这些所提到的建筑物和物件是当地的象征，故答案是D。
[点睛] 选项是四个描述性的句子，根据主题，猜测题目与: Routemaster的特点有关。选
项A文中没有提及；B利用文中个别词拼凑而成；Routemaster是一种交通工具，不是旅游点，故排除这三项。
28．What is the disadvantage of the Routemaster?
[D] [解析] 短文说，在车尾的可伸缩平台本来是为方便乘客上车而设计的，但这同时也增
加了危险性。故答案是D。
[点睛] It选项题，提示词inconvenient，difficult，dan-gerous，accident，猜测题目
与Routemaster的缺点有关。B、C原文未提及；A是利用原文出现的buggies(童车)的音近
词baggage进行干扰。
Passage Two
A beetle invasion in the United States has killed at least twenty million ash trees. The invasion of the emerald ash borer was first discovered near Detroit, Michigan, in 2002. Experts believe the small green insects arrived in the 1990's in shipments of goods from China.
The emerald ash borer has destroyed trees in the Midwest and as Far East in the United States as Maryland. The insects have also spread as far north as Ontario, Canada.
Ash trees can resist many diseases. But they cannot resist the emerald ash borer. It lays eggs on the bark. The young larva drill into and feed on the inner bark. This harms the ability of the tree to transport water and nutrition.
In some places, farmers .are using "detection trees". They have an area where bark has been cut away. The area circles the tree. The process weakens the tree. It makes them easier targets for borers, and shows if the insects are nearby. Efforts to stop the spread of the emerald ash borer include cutting down
affected trees. There are worries that the ash tree might disappear unless the invasion is controlled. To prepare for such a possibility, a government
laboratory is asking people to send in the seeds from ash trees. It examines and X-rays the seeds to make sure that there are no living borer fertilized eggs. Only the best seeds are remained and then sent for storage in a seed bank. There, they are dried and frozen. Should the seeds ever be needed, the hope is that scientists might someday develop an ash tree that could resist the little green attackers.
29．How far do the insects spread northward?
[D] [解析] 短文说，钻孔虫向北扩散至Ontario，Canada。故D是正确答案。
[点睛] 四个选项是地名，可猜测题目与地点有关。A和C是美国的州名，B和D是国家名，
边听边做好笔记。解题的关键在于听清楚问题，就可以对号入座找出正确的答案了。30．Why 1s part of the bark cut away?
[C] [解析] 短文说，钻孔虫是在树上产卵，孵出的幼虫钻到内层树皮吸取营养，故把部分
树皮削去会使树更容易成为攻击的目标，当钻孔虫来袭时就能有所发觉。故C是正确答案。[点睛] 从选项可以初步猜测题目与树木和昆虫有关。解题时需听清楚问题问的是什么。31．What is the government laboratory trying to do?
[B] [解析] 短文说，实验室对种子进行检查和照X-ray，确保没有钻孔虫的受精卵，只有
最好的被保存起来。故答案是B。
[点睛] 从选项可以初步猜测题目与措施有关。听到“Only"表明文章要提出特殊的要点了，
要提高警惕。
Passage Three
The diamond is considered the most famous, elegant and valuable jewel in the world. It is the hardest substance found in nature. Its hardness and high dispersion of light make it useful for industrial applications and jewelry. Diamonds were made as a result of great volcanic heat and pressure. A volcano is a mountain with a hole in the top. When a volcano is very active it sometimes explodes and causes great damage.
Diamonds were pushed towards the surface of the earth-millions of years ago-by a number of great volcanic explosions. It is in the narrow volcanic pipes that diamonds are found. They are also found among the sand and stones of certain riverbeds, and in a few places on the floor of the sea, for they were washed down the mountainsides by the rain.
Diamonds are very rare. There are not many diamond pipes or diamond-producing rivers in the world. During the last century, adventurers from Europe went to Brazil, because they had heard that there were diamonds in the River Amazon. [34]Most of these early diamond miners died of illness or were lost forever in
the great forests.
2020 年大学英语六级考试阅读冲刺模拟训练 (3) Scholars and students have always been great travelers. The official case for “academic mobility ” is now often stated in impressive terms as a fundamental necessity for economic and social progress in the world, and debated in the corridors of Europe, but it is certainly nothing new. Serious students were always ready to go abroad in search of the most stimulating teachers and the most famous academies; in search of the purest philosophy, the most effective medicine, the likeliest road to gold. Mobility of this kind meant also mobility of ideas, their transference across frontiers, their simultaneous impact upon many groups of people. The point of learning is to share it, whether with students or with colleagues; one presumes that only eccentrics have no interest in being credited with a starling discovery, or a new technique. It must also have been reassuring to know that other people in other parts of the world were about to make the same discovery or were thinking along the same lines, and that one was not quite alone, confronted by inquisition, ridicule or neglect. In the twentieth century, and particularly in the last 20 years, the old footpaths of the wandering scholars have become vast highways. The vehicle which has made this possible has of course been the aeroplane, making contact between scholars even in the most distant places immediately feasible, and providing for the very rapid transmission of knowledge.
2017年12月英语六级考试真题及答案（第三套）“考试采取“多题多卷”模式，试题顺序不统一，请依据试题进行核对。” Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: for this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying "Help others,and you will be helped when you are in need "you can cite examples to ilustrate your views. you should write at least 150 words but no more than 200。 Part II Listening comprehension(30miutes) Section a Section a Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 1、a)they forbid business produce more foods than needed b)they facilitate the donation of unsold foods to the needy c)they prohibit the sale of foods that have gone stale d)they reward businesses that eliminate food waste 2、a)it passed a law aiming to stop overproduction b)it prohibited the promotion of bulk food sales c)it voted against food import from outside europe d) imposed penalties on businesses that waste food 3. a)it has penalized businesses that keep overproducing foods b) it has started a nationwide campaign against food waste c) it has warmed its people against possible food shortag d) it has banned supermarkets from dumping edible foods 4. a)americans habit of buying food in bulk. b)a lack of regulation on food consumption.
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6月大学六级考试试题 Part ⅠWriting Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Due Attention Should Be Given to the Study of Chinese. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below. 1. 近年来大小写生中出现了忽视中文学习的现象 2. 出现这种现象的原因和后果 3. 为了改变这种状况，我认为…… Due Attention Should Be Given to the Study of Chinese ________________________________ Part ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) Obama's success isn't all good news for black Americans As Erin White watched the election results head towards victory for Barack Obama, she
felt a burden lifting from her shoulders. "In that one second, it was a validation for my whole race," she recalls. "I've always been an achiever," says White, who is studying for an MBA at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. "But there had always been these things in the back of my mind questioning whether I really can be who I want. It was like a shadow, following me around saying you can only go so far. Now it's like a barrier has been let down." White's experience is what many psychologists had expected—that Obama would prove to be a powerful role model for African Americans. Some hoped his rise to prominence would have a big impact on white Americans, too, challenging those who still harbour raci'st sentiments. "The traits that characterise him are very contradictory to the racial stereotypes that black people are aggressive and uneducated," says Ashby Plant of Florida State University. "He's very
年12月大学英语六级模拟题 Part I Writing （30 minutes ） Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Learn to Be Grateful by commenting on the saying, “God has two dwellings, one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. Being grateful to others is a way to show your love.” You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Learn to Be Grateful ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ２０１４
[外语类试卷]大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷22 Section B 0 Graying Population Stays in the Pink A)Elderly people are growing healthier, happier and more independent, say American scientists. The results of a 14-year study to be announced later this month reveal that the diseases associated with old age are afflicting fewer and fewer people and when they do strike, it is much later in life. B)In the last 14 years, the National Long-term Health Care Survey has gathered data on the health and lifestyles of more than 20,000 men and women over 65. Researchers, now analysing the results of data gathered in 1994, say arthritis, high blood pressure and circulation problems—the major medical complaints in this age group are troubling a smaller proportion every year. And the data confirms that the rate at which these diseases are declining continues to accelerate. Other diseases of old age— dementia, stroke, arteriosclerosis and emphysema—are also troubling fewer and fewer people. C)"It really raises the question of what should he considered normal ageing", says Kenneth Manton, a demographer from Duke University in North Carolina. He says the problems doctors accepted as normal in a 65-year-old in 1982 are often not appearing until people are 70 or 75. D)Clearly, certain diseases are beating a retreat in the face of medical advances. But there may be other contributing factors. Improvements in childhood nutrition in the first quarter of the twentieth century, for example, gave today's elderly people a better start in life than their predecessors. E)On the downside, the data also reveals failures in public health that have caused surges in some illnesses. An increase in some cancers and bronchitis may reflect changing smoking habits and poorer air quality, say the researchers. "These may be subtle influences", says Manton, "but our subjects have been exposed to worse and worse pollution for over 60 years. It' s not surprising we see some effect". F)One interesting correlation Manton uncovered is that better-educated people are likely to live longer. For example, 65-year-old women with fewer than eight years of schooling are expected, on average, to live to 82. Those who continued their education live an extra seven years. Although some of this can be attributed to a higher income, Manton believes it is mainly because educated people seek more medical attention. G)The survey also assessed how independent people over 65 were, and again found a striking trend. Almost 80% of those in the 1994 survey could complete everyday activities ranging from eating and dressing unaided to complex tasks such as cooking and managing their finances.
最牛英语口语培训模式：躺在家里练口语，全程外教一对一，三个月畅谈无阻！ 洛基英语，免费体验全部在线一对一课程：https://www.doczj.com/doc/033078362.html,/wenkxd.htm（报名网址） 综合题，请根据题目给出的内容，来回答下面给出的试题。Part ⅡReading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part, Each passage is followed by some questions at unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. In 1985 when a Japan Air Lines (JAL) jet crashed, its president, Yasumoto Takagi, called each victim’s family to apologize, and then promptly resigned. And in 1987, when a subsidiary of Toshiba sole sensitive military technology to the former Soviet Union, the chairman of Toshiba gave up his post. These executive actions, which Toshiba calls “the highest form of apology,”may seem bizarre to US managers. No one at Boeing resigned after the JAL crash, which may have been caused by a faulty Boeing repair. The difference between the two business cultures centers around different definitions of delegation. While US executives give both responsibility and authority to their employees, Japanese executives delegate only authority—the responsibility is still theirs. Although the subsidiary that sold the sensitive technology to the Soviets had its own management, the Toshiba top executives said they “must take personal responsibility for not creating an atmosphere throughout the Toshiba group that would make such activity unthinkable, even in an independently run subsidiary.” Such acceptance of community responsibility is not unique to businesses in Japan. School principals in Japan have resigned when their students committed major crimes after school hours. Even if they do not quit, Japanese executives will often accept primary responsibility in other ways, such as taking the first pay cut when a company gets into financial trouble. Such personal sacrifices, even if they are largely symbolic, help to create the sense of community and employee loyalty that is crucial to the Japanese way of doing business. Harvard Business School professor George Lodge calls the ritual acceptance of blame “almost a feudal (封建的) way of purging (清除) the community of dishonor,”and to some in the United States, such resignations look cowardly. However, in an era in which both business and governmental leaders seem particularly good at evading responsibility, many US managers would probably welcome an infusion (灌输) of the Japanese sense of responsibility, If, for instance,
Model Test Four Part ⅠWriting (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Popularity of Getting Certificates on Campus. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below. 1.大学校园内各种证书的报考十分火热 2.大学生考证的利弊 3.考证面前，我的选择 The Popularity of Getting Certificates on Campus Part ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) 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. Guide Dogs For most dog owners, the expression “work like a dog”doesn’t make much sense. But some dogs happily perform very demanding jobs for much of their life, putting in a full day’s work just like the rest of us. Guide dogs, one of the most familiar sorts of working dog, provide an invaluable service to humans. Every day, they help their masters get from place to place more safely. What Guide Dogs Do Guide dogs help blind or visually impaired people get around in the world. In most countries, they are allowed to anyplace where the public is allowed, so they can help their handlers be in any place they might want to go to. To do this, a guide dog must know how to: ·Keep on a direct route, ignoring distractions such as smells, other animals and people ·Maintain a steady pace, to the left and just ahead of the handler ·Stop at all curbs until told to proceed ·Turn left and right, move forward and stop on command ·Recognize and avoid obstacles that the handler won’t be able to fit through (narrow passages and low overheads) ·Stop at the bottom and top of stairs until told to proceed ·Bring the handler to elevator buttons ·Lie quietly when the handler is sitting down ·Help the handler to board and move around buses, subways and other forms of public Vehicles ·Obey a number of verbal commands Additionally, a guide dog must know to disobey any command that would put the handler in danger. This ability, called selective disobedience, is perhaps the most amazing thing about guide dogs that they can balance obedience with their own assessment of the situation. This capacity is extremely important at crosswalks, where the handler and dog must work very closely together to navigate the situation safely. Dogs cannot distinguish the color of traffic lights, so the handler must make the decision of when it is safe to proceed across the road. The handler listens to the flow of traffic to figure out when the light has changed and then gives the command “forward”. If there is no danger, the dog proceeds across the road in a straight line. If there are cars approaching, the dog waits until the danger is gone and then follows the forward command. On the Job and After Hours Guide dogs enjoy their work immensely, and they get a lot of satisfaction from a job well done, but there is no
大学英语六级阅读模拟试题及答案 第一篇 A scientific panel convened by the World Health Organization recommended guidelines on Friday for doctors conducting clinical studies of SARS patients. The panel urged doctors to apply the guidelines in analyzing the masses of potentially useful information about various therapies that were collected in this year’s epidemic. Much of that information has not been published or analyzed. “It is a matter of urgency to get better analysis and review,” said Dr. Simon Mardel, a WHO official who led the two-day meeting that ended on Friday. He said thousands of potential therapies and compounds had been tested so far as researchers try to determine treatments for SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome. “We recognize that having no treatment for SARS is hindering our ability to control an epidemic in so many ways.” He said. In the epidemic earlier this year, various treatments, like drugs to fight the virus or strengthen the immune system, as well as traditional Chinese medicine, were delivered under emergency conditions, in widely different settings and countries to patients suffering from varying stages of the illness. Those conditions—generally without standardized measurements or controlled situations—have made it hard to interpret results. Standard supportive therapy like nursing, and in severe cases the use of mechanical respirators（呼吸器）to help patients breathe, is the mainstay（主要支持）of SARS care, and helped many patients survive. But doctors still do not know how best to treat SARS patients who have breathing difficulties. Dr. Mardel said. One method is invasive ventilation. A second method involves blowing oxygen into the lungs through a mask. Both carry the risk of transmitting the virus to hospital employees. Without proper analysis, the panel was unable to say definitively which treatment worked best, or which caused the most harm. “There is a lack of shared information,” Dr. Mardel said, noting that a lot of data have not been published. The panel also agreed on guidelines that would allow doctors to conduct quick and safe clinical trials, a process that generally takes years to complete. The world Health Organization, a United Nations agency did not release the guidelines. Dr. Mardel said they were flexible because no one knew where, when and in what setting SARS would return. Experts in many countries have already listed the treatments they want to test, and the health agency is leaving these decisions to individual nations. 1. Guidelines recommended by the scientific panel can be used for _____. A. gathering potentially useful information about various therapies collected B. conducting clinical studies of SARS patients C. determining treatment for SARS D. publishing all the information about SARS
2016年6月英语六级考试真题试卷附答案和解析(第1套) Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the use of robots. Try to imagine what will happen when more and more robots take the place of human beings in industry as well as people's daily lives. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer. from the four choices marked A), B),C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。 Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 1. A) Project organizer. B) Public relations officer. C) Marketing manager. D) Market research consultant. 2. A) Quantitative advertising research. B) Questionnaire design. C) Research methodology. D) Interviewer training. 3. A) They are intensive studies of people's spending habits. B) They examine relations between producers and customers. C) They look for new and effective ways to promote products. D) They study trends or customer satisfaction over a long period. 4. A) The lack of promotion opportunity. B) Checking charts and tables. C) Designing questionnaires. D) The persistent intensity. Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 5. A) His view on Canadian universities. B) His understanding of higher education. C) His suggestions for improvements in higher education. D) His complaint about bureaucracy in American universities. 6. A) It is well designed. B) It is rather inflexible. C) It varies among universities.