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大学英语六级考试模拟题写作范文、听力原文及答案Part I Writing (30 minutes)The Social Network CrazeAny Internet conscious person may find an increasing number of people, including numerous college students, are taking social networking as a crucial means of communicating with their friends. They spend much time keeping their social networking profiles updated through electronic devices like mobile phones, desk computer, and other portable PCs.The purpose of using social network varies among individual Internet users. For college students, they are keen on employing social network websites to keep in touch with former classmates, lovers or parents. When it comes to professionals, they tend to browse more career-related information by means of social network. What’s more, it is also an ideal way for others to kill time while surfing on the web.In my point of view, the merits of using social network are easy for one to find on his own. However, we should also keep in mind that it is just a tool for keeping in contact with your friends. Therefore, it is not wise for you to spend too much time on social network; instead you should focus on your routine business. Accordingly, we might as well use the social network in a wise way.Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)1. A2. D3. D4. B5. C6. A7. B8.the small sample sizes9.politically selected10.learn to readPart III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes) Section A11.W: I wasn’t able to attend the lecture on psychology yesterday. I was told it was quiteinformative and helpful.M: Well, no worries, you can make it up. Another similar lecture is arranged for the same time next Saturday.Q: What do we learn from this conversation?12.W: I’d certainly like to give more time to review my English lessons, but I have toallocate enough time for other courses too.M: Well, if you used your time more wisely, you would be able to manage it.Q: What do we learn about the woman?13.M: Hi, where did you buy that newest copy of Reader’s Digest? I want to have it, too.W: I bought it online for $10. Actually I bought two copies, one for myself and one for Linda. I think it’s OK to give you one copy now. I’ll get one for Linda later on.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?14.M: Thank you for your helpful assistance. Otherwise, I’d surely have missed thedeadline of handing in my homework. The figures in my exercises are really confusing.W: It was a pleasure discussing mathematic problems with you. If need be, just call me or text me.Q: Why did the man thank the woman?15.W: I’d like to join in some voluntary work with the protection of homeless pets. I hearit is a wonderful way to work with those poor creatures.M: Sure, it is. But as needed in any work, you have to put in much time. So you must set apart much of your spare time for that activity.Q: What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?16.W: Can you tell me when I can leave here, Professor? I have some importantappointments to be taken care of.M: That depends on how much more time it will take for you to finish your exam paper.You may leave as soon as you’re satisfied with your own answers in your test book.It’s up to you, you know.Q: What will the woman most probably do?17.W: Excuse me, would you tell me where I can change American Dollars into Euros?Dollars won’t work in this country here.M: Well, there is a money exchange just five-minute walk from here, but I’m afraid it’s already past its office time, it’s closing time. Why don’t you try the one nearthe subway station?Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?18.M: May I speak to Dr. Jefferson? I had an appointment with him and he told me to callhim today.W: He’s completely tied up with his business right now. Would you like to try and call around 2 p.m.?Q: What does the woman tell the man to do?11. C 12. D 13. A 14. C 15. B 16. A 17. B 18. ALong Conversation 1W: Oh, hi Dave. Long time no see! What’s up?M: Hi Maria. I was in the neighborhood, so I thought I’d drop by and pay a visit to you.W: Come on in, then. Take a seat. Would you like anything to drink? I have got green tea and orange juice. Which one do you prefer?M: Orange juice would be fine. For me, I’m doing okay, but school has been really a headache to me these days, and I haven’t had time to relax. I major in hotel management, as you know. Uh, so, how have you been?W: Oh, not bad. Well, what do you want to do once you graduate?M: Uh... I haven’t decided for sure, but I think I’d like to work for a hotel or travel agency in this area. How about you?W: Well, when I first started college, I wanted to major in French, but I realized I might have a hard time finding a job using the language, so I changed my major to computer science. With the right skills, landing a job in the computer industry shouldn’t be as difficult. M: So, do you have a part-time job to support yourself through school?W: Well, fortunately for me, I received a four-year academic scholarship, that pays for all of my tuition and books.M: Wow. That’s really great for you.W: Yeah. How about you? Are you working your way through school?M: Yeah. I work as a cook three times a week at a restaurant near campus. W:Great. How do you like your job?M: It’s okay. The other workers are friendly, and the pay isn’t bad.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19.What are the two speakers talking about?20.Why did the girl give up leaning French?21.What does the man do for his part-time job?19. D 20. C 21. BConversation 2W: Can you give me our teacher’s website address?M: It’s listed right in the course guide where they describe the course, but if you can’t find it, I’ll give it to you next time. Or I could email it to you-- what’s your address?W:Thatwouldbegreat,***********************.Here,I’llwriteitdownforyou.Did you pick up your textbook yet?M: No. I’ve been looking for a secondhand copy before I buy a new one. It’s expensive-- forty-five bucks!W: They are, aren’t they? Why do poor college students have to pay so much for their textbooks?M: It’s just economics. Nobody reads them except the students that take the courses. The publishers probably didn’t print more than a few hundred copies of our text, you know.W: Still, they could print them in paperback, couldn’t they? That would save us some money.M: Textbooks are useful. Some students do keep them, though, for reference after they graduate, if they’re working in that field. My dad’s still got his college accounting textbooks.W: I suppose you’re right. Where are you going to find a used copy? At the bookstore?M: They don’t have any there now-- I checked. I put up some notes on the bulletin boards yesterday. Maybe someone there has got one they don’t want to keep anymore.W: Well, uh, if you hear about two of them, will you let me know?M: Sure. If I do, I’ll buy it for you and you can pay me back. How much are you willing to pay?W: Oh, anything under thirty-five dollars will be fine. But if you haven’t found one by next Monday, I’ll have to buy a new one then, so email me Sunday night either way, will you? Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.22.How will the woman get the teacher’s website?23.Why do they want to have secondhand textbooks?24.Why can’t they find a used copy of the textbook at the bookstore?25.What would the woman probably do if the man can’t find one for her?22. B 23. C 24. A 25. DSection B Passage OneScientists held that what you ate determined your happiness and soundness. The right meat and drink were therefore seen as being crucial to mental wellbeing.Many scientists remain convinced of such a link between food and mood. Dr Sadaf Farooqi, of the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, believes research supports the idea that food can influence our moods and emotions.Farooqi adds, “So yes, food does affect mood and in different ways. But, it is just very difficult to pinpoint the mechanisms involved.”These points are backed by Professor Andy Smith, of Cardiff University. “Men and women certainly act as if they expect food to affect their behavior – by consuming foods that have no nutritional value at all, such as alcohol or caffeine, because they know these are going to affect their moods.”Smith also believes foods affect mood though he is equally sure these effects are delicate and hard to isolate. Certainly the relationship between nutrition and emotion is faced with methodological problems. “Often, when we appear to have isolated a food that seems to trigger a change in mood, we find what is really going on is the opposite. Mood is affecting choice of food.”Smith looked at studies which suggested that individuals who sat down for carefully cooked breakfasts tended to have more positive outlooks on the day ahead compared with those who did not have breakfasts. From this, it was argued that a good meal sets you up for the day. The idea does not survive detailed examination, however.“We examined those people who had positive outlooks and found they had them whether or not they had breakfast. They were just that kind of person.”Questions 26 to 29 are based on the conversation you have just heard.26.What does Dr. Sadaf Faroqi think of the link between food and mood?27.According to Professor Andy Smith, why do people choose to drink alcohol?28.What did Professor Andy Smith find about the way foods affect mood?29.How does a carefully prepared breakfast influence one’s spirits?26. C 27. A 28. C 29. BPassage TwoFunny, humorous, and confident messages will enhance the attraction between two young lovers. This requires that a boy be original, think creatively, and write with purpose. As an example, when asking a girl for her phone number, you can text her immediately with a short message that says, “Who is that amazing guy you are talking to?” instead of saying “Hi,” “Thanks,” or “Nice to meet you.” Don’t forget, text messages are often reread. Send something that reminds a girl who you are or how you made them feel.Another creative use of text messaging is to send pictures instead of texts. If you happen to know much about girls’ shoes and clothes, and if you’re looking forward to seeing a girl or want her to know that you’re thinking of her, you’ll take a picture of some great shoes and clothes and send it to her with a message that says, “You would look great in these” or “Thinking of you.” In these cases, the messages should be short, confident, and humorous.But, remember this, style almost always destroys the substance of a text message, since anything “substantial” should be said in person. If the message would better be “said” than “read,” then you probably shouldn’t send it.At the beginning of a relationship, first impressions can certainly be ruined by poorly written texts. Words, when used thoughtfully, can produce powerful emotional responses in people. Next time one sends a text, make sure it’s not just making conversation or replacing what should be a phone call. If a boy can do this, chances are that girls will appreciate it, text back, and look forward to hearing from you.Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.30.What is the advantage of text messages?31.When will having a face-to-face talk be better than sending messages?32.Why should one be careful with sending messages when starting a new relationship?30. C 31. A 32. CPassage ThreeEmail is increasingly becoming the primary way many of us communicate with one another. Often, people never meet their colleagues or clients face-to-face or even talk to them on the telephone. The only impression others have of us may be the one they get when they read our email messages. That is why it is so important to take great care in composing those messages. Before you hit the send button, ask yourself these questions.First, what does my email address say about me?If you are using your email account to send professional email make sure your address conveys a professional tone. Don’t use an address that is childish or cute. There is no place for that in work-related emails.Second, are the names and email addresses in the “TO:” field correct?Many email websites fill in the “TO:” field for you when you type in the first few letters of an email address or a recipient’s name. Make sure the right name is there. You want to make sure your message reaches its intended destination, or that it doesn’t reach an unintended one.Third, have I properly addressed the recipient?First names are often okay in business, but not always. If this is your first time communicating with the recipient you should use his title, i.e. Mr., Ms., or Dr., and last name. Look at how the recipient signs his messages before you decide whether you should be on a first name basis with him.And, besides, have I used the appropriate tone?As the saying goes, “It’s not what you say but how you say it.” It’s a lot easier to convey the meaning of your words when you speak than when you write. Make sure your tone is polite and friendly, but gets across your intended meaning.Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33.What should one mind while choosing an email address for use at work?34.When sending a first-time email to your client, how could you address him?35.What’s the right tone of emails in business?33. C 34. B 35. BSection CCompetitive pressures placed on young people in U.S. high schools are damaging many promising lives.Nearly a third of students (36) responding to a 2010 national survey of first-year college students reported they were (37) overwhelmed by the heavy workload in their last year of high school.Deborah Stipek, dean of the Stanford University School of Education, is an expert in what (38) motivates students to learn and says they are stressed. She says: “They are not enjoying what can be the (39) incredible satisfaction of learning and developing understandings and skills. Leaning can be an adventure, but instead of an adventure it’s really about the test. It’s about the college (40) application.”Stipek says educators must begin to rethink homework (41) policies, match students with colleges better suited to their interests and listen to what students say.“One of the things that schools are doing is doing (42) yearly surveys of students to find out what their sources of stress and (43) anxiety are and get their ideas on what the schools can do, what kinds of policies can be supportive of them. And (44) this has been amazing, because we’ve gone into schools where they say this isn’t a problem and then they do a survey of the students and they are shocked by what the students say when they are actually asked.”One teenager says she’s consumed by homework. “(45) I really can’t remember the last time I had a chance to go in the back yard and just run around,” she says.Stipek concludes, “These are students who feel under enormous pressure to perform as opposed to learn.”So, (46) educators and parents must respond by helping students to sharpen their interests, engagement and intellectual skills, and at the same time to reduce their stress.36. responding 37. overwhelmed 38. motivates 39. incredible40. application 41. policies 42. yearly 43. anxiety44.this has been amazing, because we’ve gone into schools where they say this isn’t a problem45.I really can’t remember the last time I had a chance to go in the back yard and just run aroundcators and parents must respond by helping students to sharpen their interests, engagement and intellectual skillsPart IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)Section A47.the urgency of repairs48.wait a week or so49.take care of it yourself50.the “co-parent”51.your appreciationSection B Passage One52.A 53. C 54. B 55. C 56. DPassage Two57. B 58. C 59. A 60. D 61. APart V Cloze (15 minutes)62. A 63. B 64. C 65. B 66. B67. C 68. C 69. D 70. D 71. B72. B 73. A 74. D 75. C 76. C77. C 78. B 79. A 80. A 81. DPart VI Translation (5 minutes)82.can not measure up to / meet the employer’s expectations83.changed forever the course of my life84.would never fulfill her dream of becoming a pop singer85.There’s nothing worse than86.When it comes to being on time。

大学英语六级考试模拟试题导语：勤加练习是通过的有效方式，以下是为大家精心的大学英语六级考试模拟，欢送大家参考！Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a position on the topic: A way from Net-bar Campaign. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:1. 新闻媒体披露，徐州某中学1000多名学生签名;庄严承诺“远离网吧”2. 分析“远离网吧”运动的原因3. 做出比照和评论Away from Net-bar CampaignPart II Reading 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 1-4, markY (for YES if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.For questions 5-10, plete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Suggestions for Your WorkAnnie is a longtime secretary/receptionist for two senior vice presidents at a big pany. They have been doing a lot of hiring lately, and almost all of the new middle-management personnel have been interviewed by one or the other of Annie's two bosses, so naturally they e through her office first.Some of these people are unbelievably rude. Either they treat Annie like a piece of furniture (no hello, no eye contact) or they think she is their errand(差使)girl. Lately, Annie's two bosses have started asking her for her impressions of job candidates. So far this week, two have been discourteous(失礼的)and dismissive, so Annie gave both the thumbs-down. Neither is getting called back for the next round of interviews.No one knows how mon this is, but if you are job hunting, it's necessary to be aware that the dummy at the reception desk may be anything but not "just a secretary".Suggestions to Job HuntersAording to Annie Stevens and Greg Gostanian, two partners at a Boston-based executive coaching firm called Clear Rock, it's not unusual these days for a hiring manager to ask everyone who meets a potential new hire to give an opinion of him or her. "One of the biggest reasons so many newly recruited managers fail in a new job is their inability to fit in and get along with the people who arealready there," says Stevens. "So employers now want to get staffers' impressions right at the start."Adds Gostanian:" A lot can be learned from how candidates treat receptionists. If the jobseeker is rude, condescending, or arrogant, this might be an indication of how he or she would treat coworkers or direct reports."Obviously, anyone looking for a new job would do well not to alienate the person who sits outside theinterviewer's door. Stevens and Gostanian offer these six tips for getting off to the right start:?Introduce yourself as you would to any other potential new colleague. Smile, shake hands, and so on. It seems odd that this has to be spelled out, but apparently it does; and, besides being a matter of mon courtesy, ordinary friendliness offers a practical advantage. "Learning and remembering an interviewer's receptionist's name can only help as you advance in the interviewing process," Stevens notes.?Don't regard a receptionist or other assistant as an underling(部下)—at least, not as your own personal underling. "Always ask the interviewer if you need help from anyone else in the office where you're interviewing, instead of seeking this directly yourself," says Gostanian. In other words, if you'd like to leave an extra copy ofyour resume, refrain from sending the interviewer's assistant to the Xerox machine.?It's fine to aept if you're offered a beverage, but keep it simple. "Don't ask for particular brand names or expect to be brewed a fresh pot of coffee," Stevens says. And of course, need we add that dispatching anybody to Starbucks is out of the question??Feel free to make small talk, but know that anything you say may well get back to the interviewer. "Don't ask probing questions about the pany or offer unsolicited opinions," Gostanian advises. No matter how hideous the office door, endless the hike from the parking lot, or inconvenient the wait to see the interviewer, keep it to yourself. Plenty of time for whining(抱怨)and grumbling after you're hired.?Don't talk on your cell phone in front of the receptionist, and try to put your BlackBerry aside. "If you have to make or take a call, leave the reception area," Stevens says. Preoupation with wireless devices will mark you, she says, as "a cold and fixated person".?Don't forget to say good-bye. "Failure to say good-bye to someone you've just met reflects negatively on you," Gostanian notes. "You'll e across as impersonal and uncaring." That's hardly the image any job hunter wants to project.How to Measure Your WorkAny job, like any relationship, has its difficult moments. And with the job market heating up, the temptations to change partners are growing.As with any relationship, however, you really should assess the full value of what you've got before giving it up wholesale, because—let's fact it—regret really is a waste of your time.Regardless of the main task of a job—be it bond trading, teaching, balancing the books, or cleaning hotel rooms—are there objective criteria that you can use to measure whether your job is wonderful or not?Workplace experts Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman have identified several. In their book First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently, they offer a useful guide in the form of 12 questions: ?Do I know what's expected of me at work??Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right??At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day??In the last 7 days, have I received recognition or praise for doing good work??Does my supervisor, or someone at work, seem to care about me as a person??Is there someone at work who encourages my development??At work, do my opinions seem to count??Does the mission/purpose of my pany make me feel myjob is important??Are my coworkers mitted to doing quality work??Do I have a best friend at work??In the last six months, has someone at work talked to me about my progress??This last year, have I had opportunities at work to learn and to grow?Buckingham and Coffman picked these 12 questions after looking for patterns among the responses of more than 1 million employees to workplace questions posed by theGallup Organization over the years."We were searching for those special questions wherethe most engaged employees ... answered positively, and everyone else...answered neutrally or negatively," they wrote.Their reasoning: they wanted to identify the key elements of a strong workplace that can attract and retain talent.Satisfaction with pay and benefits didn't make the list not because they're not important, Coffman said, but because they're important to all employees, whether they're engaged in their work or not.So, assuming you feel you're paid the going rate for your job, answering affirmatively to all or even most of the 12 questions can be an indication that you've got a great job that you should part with only for very good reason. And if job satisfaction is important to you, then the promise of a bigger paycheck alone may not be reason enough.When Coffman is asked what percentage of panies he thinks actually pass the 12-question test, his estimate is no more than 15 percent. But within a pany, he said, individual departments may meet the test, even if the pany overall doesn't.Why? The manager of a department makes all the difference. Coffman said when an employee quits, 70 percent of the time she's not leaving because of the job, she's leaving because of the manager.One cautionary note: your job may not be as wonderful for you as you think if you answer a majority of the 12 questions affirmatively but the few questions that youcan't are among the first six. That's because the first six questions make up the base on which job satisfaction rests, aording to Buckingham and Coffman. If your current job doesn't meet the first six criteria, you are more likely to be disengaged with your work and less productive than you could be.Consider question three after all. Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best everyday? "If you're not able to use your gifts every day, you'll be pretty frustrated," Coffman said.Of course, job satisfaction isn't a one-way street with a department either meeting your needs or not. In order to answer the 12 questions honestly, you need to know what it is that makes you tick and not blindly blame your department for any job dissatisfaction.Do you know what it is you like to do and what you do best? What kind of recognition do you like? Public or private? What are your values and do they square with your pany's goals? How do you like a manager to relate to you?Otherwise, your career, like a string of bad relationships, can bee a case of "different partner, same problems".1. When you go to a pany for an interview, there is no need to care the feelings of the receptionists.2. Aording to Annie Stevens, many newly recruited managers fail in a new job because they cannot get along with their coworkers.3. If you want to get off to the right start, you should treat the receptionists as your potential bosses.4. If you fail to say "thank you" to the receptionists, they will have negative impressions of you.5. If you want to give up a job wholesale, you should evaluate from it.6. When you are measuring your work, you should consider that if there is someone at work who encourages your development and talks to you about .7. The question about satisfaction with pay andbenefits is not included in the 12 questions because it's important to all employees, whether or not.8. Even if the pany overall cannot pass the 12-question test, may pass it.9. You should pay special attention to the first six questions of the 12 questions because they make up the base on which .10. 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大学英语六级分类模拟题388(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、(总题数：40，分数：100.00)1.The ______ majority of citizen tend to believe the death penalty will help decrease the crime rate.（分数：2.50）A.overwhelming √B.overflowingC.premiumD.prevalent解析：2.Researchers have discovered that ______ with animals in an active way may lower a person"s blood pressure.（分数：2.50）A.mergingB.migratingC.interacting √D.integrating解析：3.According to the theory of evolution, all living species are modified ______ of earlier species. （分数：2.50）A.descendants √B.defendantsC.developmentsD.dependants解析：4.Weight lifting, or any other sports that builds up your muscles, can make bones become denser and less ______ to injury.（分数：2.50）A.reconciledB.attachedC.immuneD.prone √解析：5.Enk"s website contains ______ photographs and hundreds of articles and short videos from his trip around the globe.（分数：2.50）A.simultaneousB.gorgeous √C.prosperousD.spacious解析：6.Philosophers believe that desire, hatred and envy are "negative emotions" which ______ the mind and lead it into a pursuit of power and possessions.（分数：2.50）A.distort √B.exertC.reinforceD.scramble解析：7.In the late 19th century, Jules Verne, the master of science fiction, foresaw many of the technological wonders that are ______ today.（分数：2.50）A.implicitB.transientmonplace √D.elementary解析：8.Optimism is a ______ shown to be associated with good physical health, less depression and longer life.（分数：2.50）A.traceB.trailC.trait √D.track解析：9.The advance of globalization is challenging some of our most ______ values and ideas, including our idea of what constitutes "home".（分数：2.50）A.charteredB.cherished √C.enrichedD.enlightened解析：10.The term "glass ceiling" was first used by the Wall Street Journal to describe the apparent barriers that prevent women from reaching the top of the corporate ______.（分数：2.50）A.heightB.seniorityC.superiorityD.hierarchy √解析：11.It seems somewhat ______ to expect anyone to drive 3 hours just for a 20-minute meeting. （分数：2.50）A.eccentricB.impossibleC.absurd √D.unique解析：12.This area of the park has been specially ______ for children, but accompanying adults are also welcome.（分数：2.50）A.inauguratedB.designated √C.entitledD.delegated解析：13.The girl"s face ______ with embarrassment during the interview when she couldn"t answer the tough question.（分数：2.50）A.beamedB.dazzledC.radiatedD.flushed √解析：14.Slavery was ______ in Canada in 1833, and Canadian authorities encouraged the slaves, who escaped from America, to settle on its vast virgin land.（分数：2.50）A.dilutedB.dissipatedC.abolished √D.resigned解析：15.Unfortunately, the new edition of dictionary is ______ in all major bookshops.（分数：2.50）A.out of reachB.out of stock √C.out of businessD.out of season解析：16.The hands on my alarm clock are ______, so I can see what time it is in the dark.（分数：2.50）A.exoticB.gorgeousC.luminous √D.spectacular解析：17.Psychologists have done extensive studies on how well patients ______ with doctors" orders. （分数：2.50）ply √B.correspondC.interfereD.interact解析：18.In today"s class, the students were asked to ______ their mistakes on the exam paper and put in their possible corrections.（分数：2.50）A.cancelB.omitC.extinguishD.erase √解析：19.The Government"s policies will come under close ______ in the weeks before the election. （分数：2.50）A.appreciationB.specificationC.scrutiny √D.apprehension解析：20.Police and villagers unanimously ______ the forest fire to thunder and lightning.（分数：2.50）A.ascribed √B.approachedC.confirmedD.confined解析：21.In some remote places there are still very poor people who can"t afford to live in ______ conditions.（分数：2.50）A.graciousB.decent √C.honorableD.positive解析：22.Since our knowledge is ______, none of us can exclude the possibility of being wrong. （分数：2.50）A.controlledB.restrainedC.finite √D.delicate解析：23.You shouldn"t ______ your father"s instructions. Anyway he is an experienced teacher. （分数：2.50）A.deduceB.deliberateC.defy √D.denounce解析：24.The company management attempted to ______ information that was not favorable to them, but it was all in vain.（分数：2.50）A.suppress √B.supplementC.concentrateD.plug解析：25.It is my hope that everyone in this class should ______ their errors before it is too late. （分数：2.50）A.refuteB.excludeC.expelD.rectify √解析：26.The boy"s foolish question ______ his mother who was busy with housework and had no interest in talking.（分数：2.50）A.IntriguedB.fascinatedC.irritated √D.stimulated解析：lions of people around the world have some type of physical, mental, or emotional ______ that severely limits their abilities to manage their daily activities.（分数：2.50）A.scandalB.misfortuneC.deficitD.handicap √解析：28.It is believed that the feeding patterns parents ______ on their children can determine their adolescent and adult eating habits.（分数：2.50）pelB.impose √C.evokeD.necessitate解析：29.If the value-added tax were done away with, it would act as a ______ to consumption.（分数：2.50）A.progressionB.primeC.stabilityD.stimulus √解析：30.The bride and groom promised to ______ each other through sickness and health.（分数：2.50）A.nourishB.nominateC.rosterD.cherish √解析：31.They"re going to build a big office block on that ______ piece of land.（分数：2.50）A.voidB.vacant √C.blankD.shallow解析：32.Without any hesitation, she took off her shoes, ______ up her skirt and splashed across the stream.（分数：2.50）A.tucked √B.revolvedC.twistedD.curled解析：33.Very few people could understand his lecture because the subject was very ______.（分数：2.50）A.faintB.obscure √C.gloomyD.indefinite解析：34.Professor Smith explained the movement of light ______ that of water.（分数：2.50）A.by analogy with √B.by virtue ofC.in line withD.in terms of解析：35.Tom is bankrupt now. He is desperate because all his efforts ______ failure.（分数：2.50）A.tumbled toB.hinged uponC.inflicted onD.culminated in √解析：36.While fashion is thought of usually ______ clothing, it is important to realize that it coversa much wider domain.（分数：2.50）A.in relation to √B.in proportion toC.by means ofD.on behalf of解析：37.The meaning of the sentence is ______; you can interpret it in several ways.（分数：2.50）A.skepticalB.intelligibleC.ambiguous √D.exclusive解析：38.Cancer is a group of diseases in which there is uncontrolled and disordered growth of ______ cells.（分数：2.50）A.irrelevantB.inferiorC.controversialD.abnormal √解析：39.At that time, the economy was still undergoing a ______, and job offers were hard to get. （分数：2.50）A.concessionB.supervisionC.recession √D.deviation解析：40.I could hear nothing but the roar of the airplane engines which ______ all other sounds. （分数：2.50）A.overturnedB.drowned √C.deafenedD.smoothed解析：。

大学英语六级模拟题及答案解析Part ⅡReading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.?Passage 1Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:?In a sense, the new protectionism is not protectionism at all, at least not in the traditional sense of the term. The old protectionism referred only to trade restricting and trade expanding devices, such as the tariff or export subsidy. The new protectionism is much broader than this: it includes interventions into foreign trade but is not limited to them. The new protectionism, in fact, refers to how the whole of government intervention into the private economy affects international trade. The emphasis on trade is still there, thus came the term “protection.” But what is new is the realization that virtually all government activities can affect international economic relations.?The emergence of the new protectionism in the Western world reflects the victory of the interventionist, or welfare economy over the market economy. Jab Tumiler writes, “The old protectionism…coexisted, without any apparent intellectual difficulty with the acceptance of the market as a national as well as an international economic distribution mechanism — indeed, protectionists as well as (if not more than) free traders stood for laissez faire(放任政策). Now, as in the 1930s, protectionism is anexpression of a profound skepticism as to the ability of the market to distribute resources and incomes to societies satisfaction.”?It is precisely this profound skepticism of the market economy that is responsible for the protectionism. In a market economy, economic change of various colorsimplies redistribution of resources and incomes. The same opinion in many communities apparently is that such redistributions often are not proper. Therefore, the government intervenes to bring about a more desired result.?The victory of the welfare state is almost complete in northern Europe. In Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and the Netherlands, government intervention in almost all aspects of economic and social life is considered normal. In Great Brita in this is only somewhat less true. Government traditionally has played a very active role in economic life in France and continued to do so. Only West Germany dares to go against the tide towards excessive interventionism in Western Europe. It also happens to be the most successful Western European economy.?The welfare state has made significant progress in the United States as well as in Western Europe. Social security, unemployment insurance, minimum wage laws, and rent control are by now traditional welfare state elements on the American scene. ?11.This passage is primarily concerned with discussing ____.?A) the definition of the new protectionism?B) the difference between new and old protectionism?C) the emergence of the new protectionism in the Western world?D) the significance of the welfare state?12.What does the phrase “stood for(Para.2)” mean??A) represented. B) held out. ?C) tolerated. D) disapproved. ?13.Which of the following statements is NOT a characteristic of a welfare state mentioned in this passage??A) Free education is available to a child.B) Laws are made to fix the minimum wage.?C) A jobless person can be insured.D) There are regulations for rent.?14.Which of the following inferences is true, according to this passage?A) The economy developed faster in welfare states than in non-welfare states.?B) In the 1930s, protectionism began to rise.?C) The new protectionism is so called mainly because it is the latest.?D) Government plays a more active role in economic life in Northern Europe than in Great Britain.?15.The passage supplies information for answering which of the following questions??A) When did the new protectionism arise??B) Why is the new protectionism so popular in northern European countries??C) Does the American government play a more active role in economic life than the British government??D) Why does the government intervene in economic lifePassage 2 ?Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:?When I was growing up, the whole world was Jewish. The heroes were Jewish and the villains were Jewish. The landlord, the doctor, the grocer, your best friend, the village idiot, and theneighborhood bully: all Jewish. We were working class and immigrants as well, but that just come with the territory. Essentially we were Jews on the streets of New York. We learned to be kind, cruel, and smart and feeling in a mixture of language and gesture that was part street slang, part grade-school English, part kitchen Yiddish.?One Sunday evening when I was eight years old my parents and I were riding in the back seat of my rich uncle’s car. We had been out for a ride and now we were back in the Bronx, headed for home. Suddenly, another car sideswiped us. My mother and aunt shrieked. My uncle swore softly. My father, in whose lap I was sitting, said out the window at the speeding car, “That’s all right. Nothing but a few Jews in here.” In an instant I knew everything. I knew there was a world beyond our streets, and in that world my father was a humiliated man, without power or standing.?When I was sixteen a girl in the next building had her nose straightened; we all went together to see Selma Shapiro lying in state, wrapped in bandages from which would emerge a person fit for life beyond the block. Three buildings away a boy went downtown for a job, and on his application he wrote “Anold Brown” instead of “Anold Braunowiitz.” The news swept through the neighborhood like a wild fire. A name change? What was happening here? It was awful; it was wonderful. It was frightening; it was delicious. Whatever it was, it wasn’t standstill.Thing felt lively and active. Self-confidence was on the rise, passivity on the wane. We were going to experience challenges. That’s what it meant to be in the new world. For the first time we could imagine ourselves out there.?But whom exactly do I mean when I say we? I mean Arinie, not Selma. I mean mybrother, not me. I mean the boys, not the girls. My mother stood behind me, pushing me forward. “The girls goes to college, too,” she said. And I did. But my going to college would not mean the same thing as my brother’s going to college, and we all knew it. For my brother, college meant going from the Bronx to Manhattan. But for me? From the time I was fourteen I yearned to get out of the Bronx, but get out into what? I did not actually imagine myself a working person alone in Manhattan and nobody else did either. What I did imagine was that I would marry, and that the man I married would get me downtown. He would break the perils of class and race, and some how I’d be there alongside him.?16.In the passage, we can find the author was____.?A) quite satisfied with her life?B) a poor Jewish girl?C) born in a middle-class family?D) a resident in a rich area in New York?17.Why did the author’s father say “Nothing but a few Jews in here”?A) He was asking for help.?B) He was complaining.?C) He was reassuring.?D) He wanted to know why their car was sideswiped.?18.Selma Shapiro had her nose straightened because she wanted ____.?A) to look her best?B) to find a new job in the neighborhood?C) to live a new life in other places?D) to marry very soon?19.Anold Brown changed his name because ____.?A) there was racial discrimination in employment?B) Brown was just the same as Braunowiitz?C) it was easy to write?D) Brown sounds better?20.From the passage we can infer that ____.?A) the Jews were satisfied with their life in the Bronx?B) the Jewish immigrants could not be rich?C) all the immigrants were very poor?D) the young Jews didn’t accept the stern reality??Passage 3Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:?It is all very well to blame traffic congestion, the cost of petrol and the hectic pace modern life, but manners on the roads are becoming deplorable. Everybody knows that the nicest men become monsters behind the wheel. It is all very well, again to, to have a tiger in the tank, but to have one in the driver’s seat is another kettle of fish altogether. You might tolerate the odd road hog, but nowadays the well-mannered motorist is the exception to the rule. Perhaps the situation calls for a “Be Kind to Other Drivers” ca mpaign, otherwise it may get completely out of hand.?Road courtesy is not only good manners, but good sense too. It takes the most levelheaded and good-tempered of drivers to resist the temptation to retaliate when subjected to uncivilized behavior. On the other hand, a little courtesy goes along way towards relieving the tensions and frustrations of motoring. A friendly nod or a wave of acknowledgement in response to an act of courtesy helps to create an atmosphere of goodwill and tolerance so necessary in modern traffic conditions. But such acknowledgements of courtesy are all too rare today. Manydrivers nowadays don’t even seem able to recognize courtesy when they see it.?Contrary to general opinion, young drivers (especially sports-car owners, who take pride in their driving) have better manners than their seniors. But this attitude is short-lived in the world of modern driving where many drivers neither expect nor give any quarter. This may be a commendable trait on the battlefield but is out of place on the roads.?Lorry drivers say they have almost abandoned the practice of signal cars to over take when the road is clear, because many of the cars took too long to pass. Their drivers couldn’t be bothered to select a lower gear. Others, after overtaking, slowed down again and hogged the road. Again, a motoring magazine has recently drawn attention to the increasing number of drivers who never wait for gaps.“They manufacture them by force, using their direction indicators as a threat rather than a warni ng.” Slanting matches and even punch-ups are quite common. It can’t be long before we hear of pistols and knives being used: we can then call our dual carriageways duel carriageways, and solve a spelling problem in the process.?Driving is essentially a state of mind. However technically skilled a driver maybe, he can’t be an advanced motorist if he is always arrogant and aggressive.?21.What does the author mean by “another kettle of fish altogether” (Para.1, sentence 3)??A) completely another awkward and difficult situation?B) another net of fish put together?C) completely another kind of situation?D) completely another kind of driver ?22.The phrase “get completely out of hand” (Para. 1, last sentence) stands for ____.?A) get without giving it much thought completely?B) get out of order completely?C) get out of control completely?D) get ready completely?23.Road courtesy is good sense because ____.?A) it minimizes friction?B) most drivers never make acknowledgements?C) it cuts down the number of drivers?D) most drivers will hit you if offended?24.A common example of bad manners on the roads is ____.?A) not signaling when overtaking?B) that they couldn’t be bothered to select a lower gear ?C) preventing other vehicles from overtaking?D) making holes in the roads on purpose?25.According to the author, discourtesy on the roads is caused primarily by ____.?A) too many vehicles on the roads?B) the way people have to rush around nowadays?C) the aggressiveness of most drivers?D) too many pedestrians walking aboutPassage 4?Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:?Unlike any earlier building complex anywhere in the world, Rockefeller in New York City was built, not as a place where people could live, but as a city in which they could work. It was the biggest building project of its kind, a city within a city, and of the forerunner of projects that have sprung up all over the world. 30 architects, 120 draftsmen, and hundreds of other artistsand technicians were employed just to draft the plans. Before the buildings could be erected,229 old buildings had to be emptied of 4,000 tenants and razed. Just to buy up the leases took over two years and cost over $6,000,000. The unusual shape and setbacks of the 70-story RCA building resulted primarily from practical considerations such as lighting, the movement of people and the building’s services. The lower concourse and basement level were set aside for shops. A sunken plaza, complete with gardens and fountains, was designed to provide access to these shops. Today the plaza, which is used for ice-skating in winter and dining and dancing in summer , is one of the centre’s most popular attractions.?26.Which of the following statement is the main idea of the passage??A) The pleasant work environment.?B) The purpose of the RCA building setbacks.?C) The recreational facilities at Rockefeller.?D) The architectural significance of Rockefeller centre.?27.From the passage we know, Rockefeller centre was originally planed to serve as what kind of complex??A) Commercial. B) Recreational.?C) Housing.D) T ourist.?28.Which of the following is true about Rockefeller centre??A) It was patterned after an ancient design.?B) It has been imitated numerous times. ?C) All shopkeepers were required to take two-year leases.?D) 4,000 tenants are located in the complex.?29.According to the passage, what does the shape of the RCA building reflect ??A) Architectural creativity.B) City regulation.?C) Practical considerations.D) Decreased space needs.?30.The sunken plaza at Rockefeller centre was originally designed as ____.?A) an entrance of shopsB) an ice-skating rink?C) a restaurantD) a tourist attraction??Part ⅢVocabulary (20 minutes)Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D).Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet witha single line through the centre.31.This is his ____ price. He refuses to lower it any further.?A) minimal B) minus C) small D) miniature?32.You can ____ the dangers of driving by taking care to obey the rules of the road.?A) maximize B) theorizeC) standardize D) minimize?33.“Tell me at the end of the week how many hours you have worked and I’ll ____ with you then.” his employer said. ?A) settle up B) draw up C) work up D) come up?34.Some people secretly ________ goods into China to avoid paying attention custom duty them.?A) steal B) transport C) smuggle D) import ?35.He’s trying to ____all the supporters he can obtain for the political party he’s formed.?A) paralyze B) mechanizeC) standardize D) mobilize?36.Mrs. Palmer was offended by the clerk’s____ remark.?A) tasty B) nasty C) misty D) muddy?37.In buying a suit, a difference of ten cents in prices is____.?A) ignorant B) negativeC) negligible D) negligent?38.____ at the concerts went down after the price of tickets increased.?A) Presence B)Attention C) Attendance D) Consent?39.All sorts of grain ____ very well because the soil here is fat.?A) profit B) thrive C) prosper D) succeed?40.The ____ is a coin used in the U.S.A valued at 5 cents.?A) Currency B) Note C) Nickel D) Token?41.He has to ____ his small salary by living economically.?A) upset B) offset C) outset D) preset?42.I am the ____ of a musician and a scientist.?A) ownership B) friendshipC) offspring D) masterpiece?43.Don’t ____ to lock the door when you leave.?A)ignoreB) disregard C) neglect D) overlook?44.When he finally emerged from the cave after thirty days, John was ____ pale.?A) enormouslyB) dramaticallyC) startlingD) uniquely ?45.They were trying to find out about the____temperature for the growth of this kind of plant.?A) optical B) optionC) optimum D) optimism?46.I have the ____ of accepting all or part of the money.?A) orientation B) optionC) optimum D) ornament?47.There was nothing anywhere in ____. ?A) sight B) glimpseC) glanceD) seeing ?48.He’s always ____ about his ability. ?A) coaxing B) rebuking C) teasing D) boasting ?49.I am sure her decision will be fair and just, for she has hada reputation for being ____.?A) impartialB) imperative C) impulsiveD) improper?50.You shouldn’t change jobs constantly, or people will become suspicious of your ability to ____ any job.?A) hold B) sustain C) engage D) uphold?51.It was so dark outside that he was just able to ____ the road in the dark.?A)derive B)discernC)diminishD) displace?52.The basketball coach asked the players to ____ with their training after he gave some instructions.?A) proceedB) precede C) precept D) process?53.The water table fluctuated from season to season and year to year because it is affected by climate ____.?A) difference B) conditions C) disturbance D) variations?54.We can easily bend a piece of wire, it is ____. ?A)delicate B)extensibleC)flexibleD)foldable ?55.A leading member should never concentrate all his attention on one or two problems, to the ____ of others.?A)displacement B) elimination C) exclusion D) exception?56.All parts of this sewing machine are ____ so that it is very simple to get replacements for them.?A) mechanizedB) minimized C) modernized D) standardized57.When asked why he had played truant, little Frank ____ a good excuse.?A) came up with B) caught up with?C) put up with D) kept up with?58.All the men in the room ____ towards the beautiful girl.?A) gravitated B) absorbedC) moved D) tolerated?。

大学英语六级阅读模拟考试题大学英语六级阅读模拟考试题You are your greatest enemy if you are a coward, but if you are brave, you are your greatest friend.以下是店铺为大家搜索整理的大学英语六级阅读模拟考试题，希望能给大家带来帮助!PART 1The Man on the Street and the Men on the MoonDoes walking on the moon make life better for people on earth? Considering all the problems of our own world, why should we be spending huge sums on trips to outer space? Such questions as these are often asked, especially by those whose tax money is paying for space exploration. The answers to these questions are many and varied.Up to now, the practical benefits resulting from space research have included the development of new methods and skills, new processes, new services, new products, and even new companies created to make use of what has been learned through space travel. Also among the benefits are better education (especially in scientific subjects), more efficient management, higher quality of industrial products, and rapid economic growth. People all over the world are now served by improved weather predictions, better communication systems, and better understanding of the earth and its environment. Everyone will benefit as observations from space make it possible to measure the earth's resources and to observe whether or not they are being used properly. Increasingly, the space program will help our world deal with the problems of the environment. It has already brought a new appreciation of the complex system of which man is only a part.One of the first areas of daily life to feel the effects of space travel was education. Americans felt challenged by the news of Sputnik I in 1957. Immediately their government responded by providing greatly increased financial support for U. S. education. Emphasis was placed on teaching more science and leaching it better, from the elementary grades through post-graduate school. Because education emphasized science and engineering, thousands of scientists and engineers were produced. These specialists participated more widely in government and industry than ever before..In discussing how space travel has contributed to life on earth, some writers also emphasize the management methods which were developed in the effort to land men on the moon. That complex operation required new methods for directing the combined endeavours of thousands and thousands of minds, some ingovernment, some in universities, some in private industry—all working together for a common purpose. Of the set of management techniques that made the walk on the moon possible, one writer, Tom Alexander, has written in Fortune magazine: " This is potentially the most powerful tool in man's history. . . The question now is whether such techniques can be refashioned and turned to other tasks as well. "Another result of the space travel has concerned the quality of industrial products. Early in the Space Age, some of the equipment used by astronauts failed to perform properly. Space program managers were convinced by these events that space travel would require greater assurance of quality and dependability than had previously been demanded in industry.To deal with the problem of quality and dependability, thosein charge of the space program emphasized the need for testing industrial products. Many companies that had to develop tests for the space program also manufactured products for use on earth, such as cars and planes. Since some parts are used both in space systems and in products for ordinary life, the emphasis on quality had spread through American industry. Many products are now more reliable than they might have been if men had not been sent to the moon.In addition to improving the quality of existing products, the space program has been responsible for the development and improvement of new ones. The most important is the computer. To bring the endangered Apollo 13 home safely in 1970, a new flight plan had to be made taking account of an unbelievably complex combination of elements. The computer accomplished this task in seventy-two minutes, whereas a man or a woman working with pencil and paper would have taken more than a million years! If there had been no space program, it is doubtful that computers would now be so widely used in industry and government. More than 800, 000 people in the United States are now employed in jobs related to computers: it is a field in which some of the highest salaries are paid.part 2Student expeditions do a great deal of good work on the Arctic islands but from time to time cause trouble in the huts, probably because students are not familiar with the 11 of the little wooden huts dotted all over the islands of the Spizbergen group.Each hut 12 has an inner and an outer door, shutters over the windows, a store of wood 13 up outside, dry chopped wood inside, utensils and cutlery, and above all, a small store of food.All these things must be completely in 14 whenever the hut is left.It makes no 15 if it is only the middle of July. That 16 hut may not be visited again before the winter. A door left open can lead either to snow filling up the hut to the ceiling, or 17 still, wind blowing the roof off. Unfastened shutters leave the windows an easy prey for polar bears 18 for food and the result is again snow in the hut. The ready-chopped wood is also very important.A traveler visiting the hut in the middle of the dark time and perhaps in bad weather, his feet, hands and face bitten by the frost, will have his difficulties doubled if the wood he left has been used up by others and he had nothing with which to 19 a fire.Ten or more years ago there were enough hunters to look after most of the huts, but now many buildings have become useless because there is no one to repair them and because of 20A. worseB. peculiarC. laidD. lightE. generallyF. orderG. particularH. conventionsI. carelessness J. difference K. built L. fashionsM. searching N. ordinarily O. result11. H 12. E 13. C 14. F 15. J 16. G 17. A 18. M 19. D 20. I。

大学英语六级分类模拟题454(总分497,考试时间90分钟)Reading ComprehensionSection AMinority ReportAmerican universities are accepting more minorities than ever. Graduating them is another matter. A．Barry Mills, the president of Bowdoin College, was justifiably proud of Bowdoin"s efforts to recruit minority students. Since 2003 the small, elite liberal arts school in Brunswick, Maine, has boosted the proportion of so-called under-represented minority students in entering freshman classes from 8% to 13%. "It is our responsibility to reach out and attract students to come to our kinds of places," he told a NEWSWEEK reporter. But Bowdoin has not done quite as well when it comes to actually graduating minorities. While 9 out of 10 white students routinely get their diplomas within six years, only 7 out of 10 black students made it to graduation day in several recent classes.B．"If you look at who enters college, it now looks like America," says Hilary Pennington, director of postsecondary programs for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has closely studied enrollment patterns in higher education. "But if you look at who walks across the stage for a diploma, it"s still largely the white, upper-income population."C．The United States once had the highest graduation rate of any nation. Now it stands 10th. For the first time in American history, there is the risk that the rising generation will be less well educated than the previous one. The graduation rate among 25- to 34-year-olds is no better than the rate for the 55- to 64-year-olds who were going to college more than 30 years ago. D．Studies show that more and more poor and non-white students want to graduate from college—but their graduation rates fall far short of their dreams. The graduation rates for blacks, Latinos, and Native Americans lag far behind the graduation rates for whites and Asians. As the minority population grows in the United States, low college graduation rates become a threat to national prosperity.E．The problem is pronounced at public universities. In 2007 the University of Wisconsin-Madison—one of the top five or so prestigious public universities—graduated 81% of its white students within six years, but only 56% of its blacks. At less-selective state schools, the numbers get worse. During the same time frame, the University of Northern Iowa graduated 67% of its white students, but only 39% of its blacks. Community colleges have low graduation rates generally—but rock-bottom rates for minorities. A recent review of **munity colleges found thatwhile a third of the Asian students picked up their degrees, only 15% of African-Americans did so as well.F．Private colleges and universities generally do better, partly because they offer smaller classes and more personal attention. But when it comes to a significant graduation gap, Bowdoin **pany. Nearby Colby College logged an 18-point difference between white and black graduates in 2007 and 25 points in 2006. Middlebury College in Vermont, another top school, had a 19-point gap in 2007 and a 22-point gap in 2006. The most selective private schools—Harvard, Yale, and Princeton—show almost no gap between black and white graduation rates. But that may have more to do with their ability to select the best students. According to data gathered by Harvard Law School professor Lani Guinier, the most selective schools are more likely to choose blacks who have at least one immigrant parent from Africa or the Caribbean than black students who are descendants of American slaves.G．"Higher education has been able to duck this issue for years, particularly the more selective schools, by saying the responsibility is on the individual student," says Pennington of the Gates Foundation. "If they fail, it"s their fault." Some critics blame affirmative action—students admitted with lower test scores and grades from shaky high schools often struggle at elite schools. But a bigger problem may be that poor high schools often send their students to colleges for which they are "undermatched": they could get into more elite, richer schools, but instead go to community colleges and low-rated state schools that lack the resources to help them.H．Some schools out for profit cynically increase tuitions and count on student loans and federal aid to foot the bill—knowing full well that the students won"t make it. "The school keeps the money, but the kid leaves with loads of debt and no degree and no ability to get a better job. Colleges are not holding up their end," says Amy Wilkins of the Education Trust.I．A college education is getting ever more expensive. Since 1982 tuitions have been rising at roughly twice the rate of inflation. In 2008 the net cost of attending a four-year public university—after financial aid—equaled 28% of median (中间的) family income, while a four-year private university cost 76% of median family income. More and more scholarships are based on merit, not need. Poorer students are not always the best-informed consumers. Often they wind up deeply in debt or simply unable to pay after a year or two and must drop out.J．There once was a time when universities took pride in their dropout rates. Professors would begin the year by saying, "Look to the right and look to the left. One of you is not going to be here by the end of the year." But such a Darwinian spirit is beginning to give way as at least a few colleges face up to the graduation gap.K．At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the gap has been roughly halved over the last three years. The university has poured resources into peer counseling to help students from inner-city schools adjust to the rigor (严格要求) and faster pace of a university classroom—and also to help minority students **e the stereotype that they are less qualified. Wisconsin has a "laserlike focus" on building up student skills in the first three months, according to vice provost (教务长) Damon Williams.L．State and federal governments could sharpen that focus everywhere by broadly publishing minority graduation rates. For years private colleges such as Princeton and MIT have had success bringing minorities onto campus in the summer before freshman year to give them some preparatory courses. The newer trend is to start recruiting poor and non-white students as early as the seventh grade, using innovative tools to identify kids with sophisticated verbal skills. Suchprograms can be expensive, of course, but **pared with the millions already invested in scholar-ships and grants for kids who have little chance to graduate without special support. M．With effort and money, the graduation gap can be closed. Washington and Lee is a small, selective school in Lexington, Va. Its student body is less than 5% black and less than 2% Latino. While the school usually graduated about 90% of its whites, the graduation rate of its blacks and Latinos had dipped to 63% by 2007. "We went through a dramatic shift," says Dawn Watkins, the vice president for student affairs. The school aggressively pushed mentoring (辅导) of minorities by other students and "partnering" with parents at a special pre-enrollment session. The school had its first-ever black **ing. Last spring the school graduated the same proportion of minorities as it did whites. If the United States wants to keep up in the global economic race, it will have to pay systematic attention to graduating minorities, not just enrolling them.1. The graduation rate of the United States now drops behind 9 other nations around the world.2. Some private colleges have provided minority students with some preparatory courses during the summer before freshman year.3. Low college graduation rates will have a negative effect on the national prosperity with the growth of the minority population in the United States.4. The most selective private schools show almost no gap between black and white graduation rates mainly because they recruit the best students.5. The gap of graduation rates between whites and minorities can be closed by investing effort and money.6. Some students drop out after a year or two because they cannot afford the high tuition.7. The white, upper-income population in the United States has a better chance of obtaining an advanced diploma.8. Generally speaking, minorities in Community colleges have lower graduation rates than other their white counterparts.9. The graduation rates in private colleges and universities are higher in part due to smaller classes and more personal attention.10. Universities in the United States used to be proud of their dropout rates.Section BPassage One"Deep reading"—as opposed to the often superficial reading we do on the Web—is an endangered practice, one we ought to take steps to preserve as we would a historic building or a significant work of art. Its disappearance would jeopardize the intellectual and emotional development of generations growing up online, as well as the preservation of a critical part of our culture: the novels, poems and other kinds of literature that can be appreciated only by readers whose brains, quite literally, have been trained to understand them.Recent research in cognitive science and psychology has demonstrated that deep reading—slow, immersive, rich in sensory detail and emotional and **plexity—is a distinctive experience, different in kind from the mere decoding of words. Although deep reading does not, strictlyspeaking, require a conventional book, the built-in limits of the printed page are uniquely helpful to the deep reading experience. A book"s lack ofhyperlinks(超链接), for example, frees the reader from making decisions—Should I click on this link or not?—allowing her to remain fully immersed in the narrative.That immersion is supported by the way the brain handles language rich in detail, indirect reference and figures of speech: by creating a mental representation that draws on the same brain regions that would be active if the scene were unfolding in real life. The emotional situations and moral dilemmas that are the stuff of literature are also vigorous exercise for the brain, propelling us inside the heads of fictional characters and even, studies suggest, increasing our real-life capacity forempathy(认同).None of this is likely to happen when we"re browsing through a website. Although we call the activity by the same name, the deep reading of books and the information-driven reading we do on the Web are very different, both in the experience they produce and in the capacities they develop.A growing body of evidence suggests that online reading may be less engaging and less satisfying, even for the "digital natives" to whom it is so familiar. Last month, for example, Britain"s National Literacy Trust released the results of a study of 34,910 young people aged 8 to 16. Researchers reported that 39% of children and teens read daily using electronic devices, but only 28% read printed materials every day. Those who read only onscreen were three times less likely to say they enjoy reading very much and a third less likely to have a favorite book. The study also found that young people who read daily only onscreen were nearly two times less likely to be above-average readers than those who read daily in print or both in print and onscreen.1. What does the author say about "deep reading"?A. It serves as a complement to online reading.B. It should be preserved before it is too late.C. It is mainly suitable for reading literature.D. It is an indispensable part of education.2. Why does the author advocate the reading of literature?A. It helps promote readers" intellectual and emotional growth.B. It enables readers to appreciate **plexity of language.C. It helps readers build up immersive reading habits.D. It is quickly becoming an endangered practice.3. In what way does printed-page reading differ from online reading?A. It ensures the reader"s cognitive growth.B. It enables the reader to be fully engaged.C. It activates a different region of the brain.D. It helps the reader learn rhetorical devices.4. What do the studies show about online reading?A. It gradually impairs one"s eyesight.B. It keeps arousing readers" curiosity.C. It provides up-to-date information.D. It renders reading less enjoyable.5. What do we learn from the study released by Britain"s National Literacy Trust?A. Onscreen readers may be **petent readers.B. Those who do reading in print are less informed.C. Young people find reading onscreen more enjoyable.D. It is now easier to find a favorite book online to read.Interactive television advertising, which allows viewers to use their remote controls to click on advertisements, has been pushed for years. Nearly a decade ago it was predicted that viewers of "Friends", a popular **edy, would soon be able to purchase a sweater like Jennifer Aniston"s with a few taps on their remote control. "It"s been the year of interactive television advertising for the last ten or twelve years," says Colin Dixon of a digital-media consultancy.So the news that Cablevision, an American **pany, was rolling out interactive advertisements to all its customers on October 6th was greeted with some skepticism. **mercials, an overlay will appear at the bottom of the screen, prompting viewers to press a button to request a free sample or order a catalogue. Cablevision hopes to allow customers to buy things with their remote controls early next year.Television advertising could do with a boost. Spending fell by 10% in the first half of the year. The popularization of digital video recorders has caused advertisers to worry that **mercials will be skipped. Some are turning to the Internet, which is cheaper and offers concrete measurements like click-through rates—especially important at a time when marketing budgets are tight. With the launch of interactive advertising, "many of the dollars that went to the Internet **e back to the TV," says David Kline of Cablevision. Or so the industry hopes.In theory, interactive advertising can engage viewers in a way that 30-second spots do not. Unilever recently ran an interactive campaign for its Axedeodorant(除臭剂), which kept viewers engaged for more than three minutes on average.The amount spent on interactive advertising on television is still small. Magna, an advertising agency, reckons it will be worth about $138 million this year. That falls far short of the billions of dollars people once expected it to generate. But DirecTV, Comcast and Time Warner Cable have all invested in it. A new effort led by Canoe Ventures, a coalition of leading cable providers, aims to make interactive advertising available across America later this year. BrightLine iTV, which designs and sells interactive ads, says interest has surged: it expects its revenues almost to triple this year. BSkyB, Britain"s biggest satellite-television service, already provides 9 million customers with interactive ads.Yet there are doubts whether people watching television, a "lean back" medium, crave interaction. Click-through rates have been high so far (around 3-4%, compared with less than 0.3% online), but that may be a result of the novelty. Interactive ads and viewers might not go well together.6. What does Colin Dixon mean by saying "It"s been the year of interactive television advertising for the last ten or twelve years" (Line 4, Para. 1)?A. Interactive television advertising will become popular in 10-12 years.B. Interactive television advertising has been under debate for the last decade or so.C. Interactive television advertising is successful when incorporated into **edies.D. Interactive television advertising has not achieved the anticipated results.7. What is the public"s response to Cablevision"s planned interactive TV advertising program?A. Pretty positive.B. Totally indifferent.C. Somewhat doubtful.D. Rather critical.8. What is the impact of the wide use of digital video recorders on TV advertising?A. It has made TV advertising easily accessible to viewers.B. It helps advertisers to measure the click-through rates.C. It has placed TV advertising at a great disadvantage.D. It enables viewers to check the sales items with ease.9. What do we learn about Unilever"s interactive campaign?A. It proves the advantage of TV advertising.B. It has done well in engaging the viewers.C. It helps attract investments in **pany.D. It has boosted the TV advertising industry.10. How does the author view the hitherto high click-through rates?A. They may be due to the novel way of advertising.B. They signify the popularity of interactive advertising.C. They point to the growing curiosity of TV viewers.D. They indicate the future direction of media reform.The poor old consumer! We"d have to pay a great deal more if advertising didn"t create mass markets for products. It is precisely because of the heavy advertising that consumer goods are so cheap. But we get the wrong idea if we think the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods. Another equally important function is to inform. A great deal of the knowledge we have about household goods derives largely from the advertisements we read. Advertisements introduce us to new products or remind us of the existence of ones we already know about. Supposing you wanted to buy a washing machine, it is more than likely you would obtain details regarding performance, price, etc., from an advertisement.Lots of people pretend that they never read advertisements, but this claim may be seriously doubted. It is hardly possible not to read advertisements these days. And what fun they often are, too! Just think what a railway station or a newspaper would be like without advertisements. Would you enjoy gazing at a blank wall or reading railway bylaws while waiting for a train? Would you like to read only closely-printed columns of news in your daily paper? A cheerful, witty advertisement makes such a difference to a dull wall or a newspaper full of the daily ration of calamities.We must not forget, either, that advertising makes a positive contribution to our pockets. Newspapers, commercial radio station and **panies could not survive without this source of revenue. The fact that we pay so little for our daily paper, or can enjoy so many broadcast programs is due entirely to the money spent by advertisers. Just think what a newspaper would cost if we had to pay its full price!Another thing we mustn"t forget is the "small ads", which are in virtually every newspaper and magazine. What a tremendously useful service they perform for **munity! Just about anything can be accomplished through these columns. For instance, you can find a job, buy or sell a house, announce a birth, marriage or death in what used to be called the "hatch, match and dispatch" column but by far the most fascinating section is the personal or "agony" column. No other item in a newspaper provides such entertaining reading or offers such a deep insight into human nature. It"s the best advertisement for advertising there is!11. We are different from the old consumers in that ______.A. we have cheap goods because of heavy advertisingB. we know to inform is one of the functions of advertisingC. we have much knowledge about household goodsD. we believe the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods12. What does advertising do with the products we already know about?A. To introduce their new functions.B. To compare them with new products of the same sort.C. To tell that they are still available.D. To correct any impropriate information about them.13. What do the railway bylaws most probably refer to?A. Newspapers published by **pany.B. Lengthy regulations of the **pany.C. Boring advertisements about useless products.D. Cheerful and witty advertisements on the station.14. What does the author mean by saying that "advertising makes a positive contribution to our pockets"?A. Advertisements are informative.B. Advertisements are entertaining.C. Advertisements save money for consumers.D. Advertisements serve the **munity.15. Which of the following statements is true about the "agony" column?A. It is classified as a kind of "small ads".B. It mainly consists of distressful news.C. It only provides helpful advertisements for households.D. It is included in the "hatch, match and dispatch" column.Passage TwoIt would be all too easy to say that Facebook"s market meltdown is coming to an end. After all, Mark Zuckerberg"s social network burned as much as $50 billion of shareholders" wealth in just a couple months. To put that in context, since its debut (初次亮相) on NASDAQ in May, Facebook has lost value nearly equal to Yahoo, AOL, Zynga, Yelp, Pandora, OpenTable, Groupon, LinkedIn, and Angie"s **bined, plus that of the bulk of the publicly traded newspaper industry.As shocking as this utter failure may be to the nearly I billion faithful Facebook users around the world, it"s no surprise to anyone who read the initial public offering (IPO) prospectus (首次公开募股说明书). Worse still, all the crises that emerged when **pany debuted—overpriced shares, poor corporate governance, huge challenges to the core business, and a damaged brand—remain today. Facebook looks like a prime example of what Wall Street calls a falling knife—that is, one that can cost investors their fingers if they try to catch it.Start with the valuation (估值). To justify a stock price close to the lower end of the projected range in the IPO, say $28 a share, Facebook"s future growth would have needed to match that of Google seven years earlier. That would have required increasing revenue by some 80 percent annually and maintaining high profit margins all the while.That"s not happening. In the first half of 2012, Facebook reported revenue of $2.24 billion, up 38 percent from the same period in 2011. At the same time, **pany"s costs surged to $2.6 billion inthe six-month period.This so-so performance reflects the Achilles" heel of Facebook"s business model, which **pany clearly stated in a list of risk factors associated with its IPO: It hasn"t yet figured out how to advertise effectively on mobile devices. The number of Facebook users accessing the site on their phones surged by 67 percent to 543 million in the last quarter, or more than half its customer base. Numbers are only part of the problem. The mounting pile of failure creates a negative feedback loop that threatens Facebook"s future in other ways. Indeed, the more Facebook"s disappointment in the market is catalogued, the worse Facebook"s image becomes. Not only does that threaten to rub off on users, it"s bad for recruitment and retention of talented hackers, who are the lifeblood of Zuckerberg"s creation.Yet the brilliant CEO can ignore the sadness **plaints of his shareholders thanks to the super-voting stock he holds. This arrangement also was fully disclosed at the time of the offering. It"s a pity so few investors apparently bothered to do their homework.1. What can be inferred about Facebook from the first paragraph?A. Its market meltdown has been easily halted.B. It has increased trade with the newspaper industry.C. It has encountered an utter failure since its stock debut.D. Its shareholders have invested $50 billion in a social network.2. The crises that Facebook is facing ______.A. have been disclosed in the IPO prospectusB. are the universal risks the Wall Street confrontsC. disappoint its faithful usersD. have existed for a long time3. To make its stock price reasonable, Facebook has to ______.A. narrow the IPO price rangeB. cooperate with GoogleC. reap big profitsD. invest additional $2.6 billion4. It can be inferred from the context that the "Achilles" heel" (Line 1, Para. 5) refers to ______.A. a deadly weaknessB. a problem unsolvedC. an indisputable factD. a potential risk5. What effect will Facebook"s failure in the market have?A. Its users" benefits will be threatened.B. Talented hackers will attack the website.C. The CEO will hold the super-voting stock.D. **pany"s innovation strength will be damaged.Since Andrew Benton graduated from college less than four years ago, he has dropped out of a Princeton Ph.D. program in economics, moved to rural Georgia to start a Web-**pany that he"s trying to sell, and now works freelance (自由职业) for a ****pany in Silicon Valley. He buys his own health insurance and contributes to his retirement accounts; neither his policy nor his accounts receive corporate contributions. Does his job instability and lack of benefits worry him? Nope. The 26-year-old does not expect to hold a traditional 9-to-5 job unless he starts his ownbusiness again, and he is not overly pessimistic about the recession"s long-term effect on his career. "I don"t pay that much attention to what is going on in the economy," he says. "I just found stuff I was interested in."Whatever you make of this attitude-smart, entitled, tech savvy (聪明的), risky, or bold-Benton is arguably the prototype (典型) of the new and perhaps ideal worker in the post-recession economy. Still, this savvy demographic group isn"t immune from the career setbacks of the recession. Workers born after 1980, who are having a harder time gaining a foothold in the job market, may face lower earnings over the next several years of their careers.Those who opt for traditional corporate careers have had to readjust their expectations. For some young, well-educated workers such as 24-year-old Adrian Muniz, the recession has been startling. Muniz graduated from Brown University in 2007 and moved to New York City, expecting to easily find work at a magazine. Instead, he ended up working at high-end retail stores for the past three years and doing media internships on the side to build up his.When the economy does pick up, experts warn that millennials, i.e. people born in or after 1980, may leave **panies for better jobs and higher paychecks. They will quit to travel the world, or simply because they did not like their boss. When more jobs become available, the millennials will use their tech savvy to promote themselves on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks. They will have no problem accepting contract, short-term work in place of a steadier paycheck. "The economy is actually creating a type of work that suits millennials well and does not suit baby boomers," says Karl Ahlrichs, a human-resources consultant. In part, that"s because the economy is generating jobs in technology, computers, education, and health care that require serious technological, entrepreneurial, and creative skills as opposed to expertise in operations or management.Armed with their education, parental support, or savings, millennials seem to have plenty of answers when it comes to dealing with the current economy. Still, questions remain. In their 30s and 40s, will they start their own businesses rather than joining the ranks of middle management? Will their innovative and entrepreneurial streak survive as they move through adult rites (仪式) of passage such as buying houses, raising children, or caring for aging parents? Ask a millennial and they"ll tell you that they"ll find or invent new answers to such age-old questions.6. What do we learn about Andrew Benton"s work experience?A. He has now an unsteady job without corporate welfare benefits.B. Without a Ph.D., he was at a disadvantage when applying for job.C. He gave up the chance to take a traditional corporate job.D. It takes about four years for him to realize what he wants to be.7. What is a main concern of Andrew Benton?A. Whether the economy is going to pick up quickly.B. When he should start and run another software firm.C. Whether the job interests him and arouses his curiosity.D. How he can find an ideal job unaffected by the recession.8. According to the passage, in the job market, workers born after 1980 ______.A. earn much more than their predecessors。

大学英语六级模拟试题MPS星火六级模拟试卷1-1-大学英语六级考试星火模拟试卷Model Test OnePart ⅠWriting标准时间实际用时30 minDirections：For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Food Safety. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below.1. 食品安全事故屡有发生2. 人们对食品的安全越来越担心3. 怎样才能解决好食品的安全问题Food SafetyPart ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) 标准时间实际用时15 minDirections: 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.A Guide to Job HuntingDeveloping your career and finding a new job can take over your life if you're not careful. That's why recruitment experts Kelly Services have come up with a great list of shortcuts and top tips that will help you manage your time and achieve your goals. According to latest research from Kelly, which last year found over 10 000 people permanent jobs across a wide range of business sectors, employers are looking for top talent combined with commitment and enthusiasm. Prioritize your needsWork out your priorities. What's important to you, what sort of company do you want to work for and what type of job you are after? How ambitious are you, would you be prepared to relocate, how far are you willing to commute and how importantis job satisfaction? This initial homework will help you to recognize your own key requirements and could save a huge amount of time that could be wasted chasing after the wrong type of job.Consult the expertsTake the hassle out of job hunting by discussing your career options with the experts. Staffing giants Kelly Services have over 500 experienced recruitment consultants in 120 High Street locations who can take the leg work out of job hunting for you. They have contacts with multi-national “blue chips” as well as withsmaller local companies and, with cutting edge technology in place, they can look at all available jobs nationwide at the touch of a button.Executive CV tipsSelling yourself and your skills successfully in your CV can make all the difference between securing an interview or finding yourself on the reject list. Remember to focus on your achievements, to give examples特别说明：星火英语命题研究组的命题专家独家对最近20次大学英语四、六级考试的相应题型分别进行了实考次数统计，星火英语大学四、六级模拟试卷完全按照此考频命制。

大学英语六级试题模拟试卷及答案解析Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Travel-mate Wanted. You should write at least 150 word following the outline given below:假设你是李明，假期即将到来，你打算做一次为期三周的旅行，希望找个外国朋友作为游伴(Travel-mate)。

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Travel-mate WantedPart II Reading 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 1-4, mark Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.For questions 5-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Is College Really Worth the Money?The Real WorldEste Griffith had it all figured out. When she graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in April 2001, she had her sights set on one thing: working for a labor union.The real world had other ideas. Griffith left school with not only a degree, but a boatload of debt. She owed $15,000 in student loans and had racked up $4,000 in credit card debt for books, groceries and other expenses. No labor union job could pay enough to bail her out.So Griffith went to work instead for a Washington, D.C. firm that specializes in economic development. Problem solved? Nope. At age 24, she takes home about $1,800 a month, $1,200 of which disappears to pay her rent. Add another $180 a month to retire her student loans and $300 a month to whittle down her credit card balance. "You do the math," she says.Griffith has practically no money to live on. She brown-bags(自带午餐)her lunch and bikes to work. Above all, she fears she'll never own a house or be able to retire. It's not that she regrets getting her degree. "But they don't tell you that the trade-off is the next ten years of your income," she says.That's precisely the deal being made by more and more college students. They're mortgaging their futures to meet soaring tuition costs and other college expenses. Like Griffith, they're facing a one-two punch at graduation: hefty(深重的)student loans and smothering credit card debt—not to mention a job market that, for now anyway, is dismal."We are forcing our children to make a choice between two evils," says Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard Law professor and expert on bankruptcy. "Skip college and face a life of diminished opportunity. or go to college and face a life shackled(束缚)bydebt."Tuition HikesFor some time, colleges have insisted their steep tuition hikes are needed to pay for cutting-edge technologies, faculty and administration salaries, and rising health care costs. Now there's a new culprit(犯人): shrinking state support. Caught in a severe budget crunch, many states have sharply scaled back their funding for higher education.Someone had to make up for those lost dollars. And you can guess who—especially if you live in Massachusetts, which last year hiked its tuition and fees by 24 percent, after funding dropped by 3 percent, or in Missouri, where appropriations(拨款)fell by 10 percent, but tuition rose at double that rate. About one-third of the states, in fact, have increased tuition and fees by more than 10 percent.One of those states is California, and Janet Burrell's family is feeling the pain. A bookkeeper in Torrance, Burrell has a daughter at the University of California at Davis Meanwhile, her sons attend two-year colleges because Burrell can't afford to have all of them in four-year schools at once.Meanwhile, even with tuition hikes, California's community colleges are so strapped for cash they dropped thousands of classes last spring. The result: 54,000 fewer students.Collapsing InvestmentsMany families thought they had a surefire plan: even if tuition kept skyrocketing, they had invested enough money along the way to meet the costs. Then a funny thing happened on the way to Wall Street. Those investments collapsed with the stock market. Among the losers last year: the wildly popular "529" plans—federal tax-exempt college savings plans offered by individual states, which have attracted billions from families around the country. "We hear from many parents that what they had set aside declined in value so much that they now don't have enough to see their students through," says Penn State financial aid director Anna Griswold, who witnessed a 10 percent increase in loan applications last year. Even with a market that may be slowly recovering, it will take time, perhaps several years, for people to recoup(补偿)their losses.Nadine Sayegh is among those who didn't have the luxury of waiting for her college nest egg to grow back. Her father had invested money toward her tuition, but a large chunk of it vanished when stocks went south. Nadine was then only partway through college. By graduation, she had taken out at least $10,000 in loans, and her mother had borrowed even more on her behalf. Now 22, Nadine is attending law school, having signed for yet more loans to pay for that. "There wasn't any way to do it differently," she says, "and I'm not happy about it. I've sat down and calculated how long it will take me to pay off everything. I'll be 35 years old." That's if she's very lucky: Nadine based her calculation on landing a job right out of law school that will pay her at least $120,000 a year.Dependent on Loans and Credit CardsThe American Council on Education has its own calculation that shows how students are more and more dependent on loans. In just five years, from 1995 to 2000, themedian loan debt at public institutions rose from $10,342 to $15,375. Most of this comes from federal loans, which Congress made more tempting in 1992 by expanding eligibility (home equity no longer counts against your assets) and raising loan limits (a dependent undergraduate can now borrow up to $23,000 from the federal government).But students aren't stopping there. The College Board estimates that they also borrowed $4.5 billion from private lenders in the 2000-2001 academic year, up from $1.5 billion just five years earlier.For lots of students, the worst of it isn't even the weight of those direct student loans. It's what they rack up on all those plastic cards in their wallets. As of two years ago, according to a study by lender Nellie Mae, more than eight out of ten undergrads had their own credit cards, with the typical student carrying four. That's no big surprise, given the in-your-face marketing by credit card companies, which set up tables on campus to entice(诱惑)students to sign up. Some colleges ban or restrict this hawking, but others give it a boost. You know those credit cards emblazoned with a school's picture or its logo? For sanctioning such a card—a must-have for some students—a college department or association gets payments from the issuer. Meanwhile, from freshman year to graduation, according to the Nellie Mae study, students triple the number of credit cards they own and double their debt on them. As of 2001, they were in the hole an average $2,327.A Wise Choice?One day, Moyer sat down with his mother, Janne O'Donnell, to talk about his goal of going to law school. Don't count on it, O'Donnell told him. She couldn't afford the cost and Moyer doubted he could get a loan, given how much he owed already. "He said he felt like a failure," O'Donnell recalls. "He didn't know how he had gotten into such a mess."A week later, the 22-year-old hanged himself in his bedroom, where his mother found him. O'Donnell is convinced the money pressures caused his suicide. "Sean tried to pay his debts off," she says. "And he couldn't take it."To be sure, suicides are exceedingly rare. But despair is common, and it sometimes leads students to rethink whether college was worth it. In fact, there are quite a few jobs that don't require a college degree, yet pay fairly well. On average, though, college graduates can expect to earn 80 percent more than those with only a high school diploma. Also, all but two of the 50 highest paying jobs (the exceptions being air traffic controllers and nuclear power reactor operators) require a four-year college degree. So foregoing a college education is often not a wise choice.Merit Mikhail, who graduated last June from the University of California, Riverside, is glad she borrowed to get through school. But she left Riverside owing $20,000 in student loans and another $7,000 in credit card debt. Now in law school, Merit hopes to become a public-interest attorney, yet she may have to postpone that goal, which bothers her. To handle her debt, she'll probably need to start with a more lucrative(有利的)legal job.Like so many other students. Mikhail took out her loans on a kind of blind faiththat she could deal with the consequences. "You say to yourself, 'I have to go into debt to make it work, and whatever it takes later, I'll manage.'" Later has now arrived, and Mikhail is finding out the true cost of her college degree.1. Griffith worked for a firm that specialized in economic development in Washington D.C. because she needed money to pay for her debt.2. The only problem the students are facing at graduation is the dismal job market.3. One reason why colleges increase tuition and fees is that the state support is shrinking.4. Nearly all the families can manage to meet the soaring tuition costs through various investment plans.5. According to Nadine's calculation, she can pay off all her debt when she is if she can get a salary of $120,000 a year right out of law school.6. Students get money from not only federal loans but also .7. The college department or association can get payments from the issuer if it sanctions credit cards decorated with .8. O'Donnell thinks that the cause of her 22-year-old son's suicide is .9. The author says that foregoing a college education is often not a wise choice because of the 50 highest paying jobs require a four-year college degree except for air traffic controllers and nuclear power reactor operators.10. Merit will have to start with a more lucrative legal job instead of her favorite position—a public-interest attorney because she has to .Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words on Answer Sheet 2.Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.Scientists say they have high hopes for a drug that could one day provide a new form of treatment for HIV-AIDS. A compound, which interferes with an elusive protein used by the HIV virus to infect human cells, has worked extremely well in monkeys. If the drug proves effective in human trials, scientists say, it could bolster(加强)the effectiveness of two existing AIDS drugs, particularly in fighting drug-resistant strains of the virus.Researchers at the pharmaceutical(制药的)company Merck are very excited about an experimental drug, which has worked as well in monkeys infected with a primate version of the virus as any of the existing anti-AIDS drugs.It works by blocking one of three proteins, or enzymes, the HIV virus uses togain entrance into and infect human immune system cells.Inhibitor drugs have been developed to block two of the proteins, to slow progression of the disease after infection. They have become standard therapy as a "cocktail" for people infected with HIV.Those enzymes are reverse transcriptase (转录酶)and protease(蛋白酶). The first converts the virus' genetic material into that of its host cells. The second chops up the resulting larger proteins into smaller pieces, producing smaller viral particles that infect new cells.The third prong of cellular attack is a protein called integrase(整合酶), which experts say has been harder to block. Once HIV fools host cells by changing its genetic information so it can enter them, integrase acts like a cut and paste operation in a word processor, deleting an immune cell's genetic material and replacing it with its own.An integrase inhibitor would give doctors a third line of attack against HIV infection, according to virologist Daria Hazuda of the division of Virus and Cell Biology at Merck."This would offer a third class of anti-retroviral medications that can be combined with reverse transcriptase inhibitors and protease inhibitors. And since it is a new mechanism of action, these compounds are active against multi-drug resistant variants. So variants that are resistant to all current therapies have been selected in HIV-patients," she said.Current anti-AIDS drugs eventually become resistant to therapy, or stop working, because the virus changes its shape.While researchers are encouraged by the success with the compound's effectiveness in monkey trials, developing a drug that is equally effective in humans can be difficult.Steven Young is executive director of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at Merck. He says, if scientists find a compound that is equally effective in people, the company would ask U.S. regulators to speed approval of the drug."Yeah, I really think that's what we're hoping for," he said. "I mean, we need to get data that show it has robust anti-viral effects in people. And if we're able to get that data, I think we would petition for fast track status."Dr. Young says an integrase inhibitor has the potential to prevent drug resistance."To ensure our best chance of preventing resistance, we would give this as part of a cocktail therapy," he added. "And I think it's really our plan that we would test this with reverse transcriptase inhibitors and protease inhibitors, as well."47. If the drug proves effective in human trials, it could enhance the effectiveness of existing AIDS drugs in ________.48. What has become standard cocktail therapy?49. While integrase deletes an immune cell's genetic material and replaces it with its own, it acts like ________ in a word processor.50. Why would anti-AIDS drugs stop working?51. According to Steven Young, if scientists get the data that ________, they would petition for fast track status.Section BDirections: 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.Occasional self-medication has always been part of normal living. The making and selling of drugs have a long history and are closely linked, like medical practice itself, with the belief in magic. Only during the last hundred years or so has the development of scientific techniques made it possible for some of the causes of symptoms to be understood, so that more accurate diagnosis has become possible. The doctor is now able to follow up the correct diagnosis of many illnesses with specific treatment of their causes. In many other illnesses, of which the causes remain unknown, it is still limited, like the unqualified prescriber, to the treatment of symptoms. The doctor is trained to decide when to treat symptoms only and when to attack the cause: this is the essential difference between medical prescribing and self-medication.The advance of technology has brought about much progress in some fields of medicine, including the development of scientific drug therapy. In many countries public health organization is improving and people's nutritional standards haverisen. Parallel with such beneficial trends have two adverse effects. One is the use of high-pressure advertising by the pharmaceutical industry, which has tended to influence both patients and doctors and has led to the overuse of drugs generally. The other is the emergence of the sedentary society with its faulty ways of life: lack of exercise, over-eating, unsuitable eating, insufficient sleep, excessive smoking and drinking. People with disorders arising from faulty habits such as these, as well as from unhappy human relationships, often resort to self-medication and so add the taking of pharmaceuticals to the list. Advertisers go to great lengths to catch this market.Clever advertising, aimed at chronic sufferers who will try anything because doctors have not been able to cure them, can induce such faith in a preparation, particularly if steeply priced, that it will produce—by suggestion—a very real effect in some people. Advertisements are also aimed at people suffering from mild complaints such as simple colds and coughs, which clear up by themselves within a short time.These are the main reasons why laxatives, indigestion remedies, painkillers, tonics, vitamin and iron tablets and many other preparations are found in quantity in many households. It is doubtful whether taking these things ever improves a person's health; it may even make it worse. Worse because the preparation may contain unsuitable ingredients; worse because the taker may become dependent on them; worse because they might be taken in excess; worse because they may cause poisoning, and worse of all because symptoms of some serious underlying cause may be masked and therefore medical help may not be sought.52. The first paragraph is intended to ________.[A] suggest that self-medication has a long history[B] define what diagnosis means exactly[C] praise doctors for their expertise[D] tell the symptoms from the causes53. Advertisements are aimed at people suffering from mild complaints because ________.[A] they often watch ads on TV[B] they are more likely to buy the drugs advertised[C] they generally lead a sedentary life[D] they don't take to sports and easily catch colds54. Paragraphs 2 and 3 explain ________.[A] those good things are not without side effects[B] why clever advertising is so powerful[C] why in modern times self-medication is still practised[D] why people develop faulty ways of life55. The author tells us in paragraph 4 ________.[A] the reasons for keeping medicines at home[B] people's doubt about taking drugs[C] what kind of medicine people should prepare at home[D] the possible harms self-medication may do to people56. The best title for the passage would be ________.[A] Medical Practice [B] Clever Advertising[C] Self-Medication [D] Self-TreatmentPassage TwoQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.The age of gilded youth is over. Today's under-thirties are the first generation for a century who can expect a lower living standard than their parents.Research into the lifestyles and prospects of people who were born since 1970 shows that they are likely to face a lifetime of longer working hours, lower job security and higher taxes than the previous generation.When they leave work late in the evening, they will be more likely to return to a small rented flat than to a house of their own. When, eventually, they retire, their pensions are far lower in real terms than those of their immediate forebears.These findings are revealed in a study of the way the ageing of Britain's population is affecting different generations.Anthea Tinker, professor of social gerontology(老人学)at King's College London, who carried out much of the work, said the growth of the proportion of people over 50 had reversed the traditional flow of wealth from older to younger generations."Today's older middle-aged and elderly are becoming the new winners," she said. "They made relatively small contributions in tax but now make relatively big claims on the welfare system. Generations born in the last three to four decades face the prospect of handing over more than a third of their lifetime's earnings to care for them."The surging number of older people, many living alone, has also increased demand for property and pushed up house prices. While previous generations found it easy to raise a mortgage, today's under-thirties have to live with their parents or rent. If they can afford to buy a home it is more likely to be a flat than a house.Laura Lenox-Conyngham, 28, grew up in a large house and her mother did not need to work. Unlike her wealthy parents, she graduated with student and postgraduate loan debts of ￡13,000. She now earns about ￡20,000 a year, preparing food to be photographed for magazines. Her home is a one-bedroom flat in central London and she sublets(转租)the lunge sofa-bed to her brother."My father took pity and paid off my student debts," she said. "But I still have no pension and no chance of buying a property for at least a couple of years—and then it will be something small in a bad area. My only hope is the traditional one of meeting a rich man."Tinker's research reveals Lenox-Conyngham is representative of many young professionals, especially in London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol.57. By saying "the growth of the proportion...to younger generations." (Line 2, Para. 5), Anthea Tinker really means that ________.[A] currently wealth flows from old generation to younger generation[B] traditionally wealth flows from younger generation to old generation[C] with the increasingly big population of over 50, the trend arises that wealth flows from younger generation to old generation[D] with more and more people of over 50, traditions have been reversed58. Why are today's older middle-aged and elderly becoming the new winners?[A] Because they made relatively small contributions in tax, but younger generation will possibly hand over more than a third of their lifetime's earnings for the care of them.[B] Because they contributed a lot in tax and now can claim much on the welfare system.[C] Because they made small contributions, but now can make money easily.[D] Because they outnumber younger generation and enjoy more privileges in the present society.59. Which factor pushed up house prices?[A] Many young men, who live alone, have increased demand for houses.[B] Many young men need to rent more houses.[C] It is easy to apply for a mortgage for young generation.[D] The number of older people, many of whom live alone, becomes bigger and bigger.60. In what way does Laura Lenox-Conyngham make her living?[A] By taking photographs for magazines.[B] By marring a rich man.[C] By subletting the lounge sofa-bed to her brother.[D] By preparing food for photographs for some magazines.61. We can conclude from the passage that ________.[A] today's under-thirties are leading a miserable life in Britain[B] Laura Lenox-Conyngham's attitude to work and life represents that of many young professionals in Britain[C] Life can get harder for under-thirties in Britain[D] elders enjoy extremely high living standards in BritainPart 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/periodMany of the arguments having used for the study of literature 2. /as a school subject are valid for ∧ study of television. 3. theMore people than ever are drinking coffee thesedays—but in small quantities than they used to. Some 62. ________manufactures of coffee makers are trying to make 63. ________advantage of this trend by developing diminutivemachines that brew(煮)smaller amounts of coffee.Two U.S. appliance companies—Black &Decker,basing in Towson, Maryland, and Toastmaster Inc. of 64. ________Columbia, Missouri—has recently introduced "drip" 65. ________coffee makers that brew one or two cup servings ofcoffee. Neither of the products brew the coffee 66. ________directly into a cup or mug, eliminating the need for aseparate carafe. Since many people make a pot ofcoffee in the morning and drink only a single cup, the 67. ________new coffee makers should reduce the wasted coffee.Black &Decker's Cup-at-a-Time spends $27, while 68. ________Toastmaster's Coffee Break retails for $20.Black &Decker also makes a coffee makerdrips coffee directly into a carry-around thermal 69. ________carafe. The carafe, a glass vacuum bottle, is supposedto keep the coffee fresh for hours. The product,called the Thermal Carafe Coffee-maker, comes witha built-in lid that opens during the brewing process,closes when it is completed. There are several models, 70. ________including one that fits under the counter, rangingfrom $60 to $110 at price. 71. ________Part VI Translation (5 minutes)Directions: Complete the following sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.72. The area gets ________________(年降雨量不足五厘米).73. The only sounds are bird calls and the soft noise ________________(当水缓缓推动草时草所发出的).74. The visitors planned to ________________(花最少的时间游览公园以外的地方).75. Life is too short ________________(不可每天将时间浪费在看电视上).76. He told the story in such minute detail ________________(简直就像他亲眼看见一样).答案解析Part I WritingTravel-mate WantedI'm a l9-year-old female sophomore named Li Ming. I hereby earnestly invite a foreign young lady—college student preferred—to make a three week touring trip with me.My plan is to set off next weekend, when the summer vacation officially begins. The first stop is Kunming, the world-renowned city for its beauty and mild temperature. We’ll get there by train and stay for 2 days, and then we’ll head for Jinggangshan, a former revolutionary base as well as a natural beauty spot.After a 3-day visit there, we will take a long-distance coach to a nearby port city by the Yangtze River and board a downstream ship to Shanghai, so that we can enjoy the great scenery alongside the third longest river in the world. As everybody knows, Sha nghai is one of the busiest and fastest developing cities in China. I’d like to have a good tour in Shanghai, so the stay there will be about half a week.A famous Chinese saying goes, "Just as there is Paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on Earth", so a 4-day visit to these two cities near Shanghai is a must. All together, our trip will last about three weeks.I only expect that my travel-mate could bear her own expenses and talk with me in beautiful English, and I would be an excellent guide for her since I major in tourist guiding.Thoseinterestedpleasecontactmeeitherthroughemail(**************)or phone call (12345678).Part II Reading Comprehension ( Skimming and Scanning)1. Y 根据题干中的信息词Griffith和Washington D.C. 定位到第一个小标题下的第三段，再结合上一段内容可知，Griffith想去工会工作，但其薪水无法支付她欠下的学生贷款和信用卡债务，因此她转而去一家经济发展公司工作，故该句表述正确。

大学英语考试大学英语六级CET6模拟题2020年(28)(总分100,考试时间130分钟)Translation1. 1.  自1949年以来，中国农业科学家共培育出40多种农作物，包括近5000个高产、优质、抗性强的新品种，使主要农作物品种更新四至五次，每更新一次，一般增产10%至30%。

中国粮食作物单产已由1950年的1.16吨/公顷(hectare)增加到4.82吨/公顷。

与此同时，农业部门从世界各地引进农作物、苗木10万多种，并培育了水稻、玉米、小麦等作物的新品种。

许多新的先进技术也得以在农业生产中广泛应用，对提高农民科技素质起到重要作用。

2. 2.  中国政府非常重视汽车工业的发展。

自1949年中华人民共和国成立以来，为了将汽车工业发展成为民族工业，政府对其给予高度保护。

然而，事与愿违，在诸多汽车企业中，上规模的为数不多。

自20世纪80年代中期以来，在对外投资优惠政策的鼓励下，国际大型汽车制造企业纷纷在中国建立合资企业，这表明中国汽车工业前景广阔。

中国加入WTO 后，国内市场面临着巨大挑战，大幅降价仅仅是挑战之一。

只有通过激烈竞争，中国的汽车工业才能发展壮大。

3. 3.  新型合作医疗制度将切实提高农村居民抵御重大疾病风险的能力，防止因病致贫、因病返贫。

我国农村还有约3000万贫困人口，有6000万人徘徊在温饱线上。

中国正致力于在未来的20年内全面建设小康社会。

提高占全国人口70%的农民的生活水平，是实现这个目标的关键问题。

因此，不解决农民的看病问题，就很难最终实现全面建设小康社会的目标。

中国政府下决心为9亿农民建立新型合作医疗制度。

截至2010年，这项制度已经基本覆盖全国。

4. 4.  远程教育(distance education)与传统教育有两大区别，即远程教育具有灵活性和开放性，不受时空和学习进度的限制。

教师在一处授课，而学生在另一处学习，打破了地域限制。

大学英语六级（2013年12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷13(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Writing 2. Listening Comprehension 3. 4. Reading Comprehension 5. TranslationPart I Writing1．For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled On Charity Work following the outline given below. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1.1．随着我国经济的发展和社会进步，慈善事业逐渐成为人们关注的焦点2．有人认为做慈善是富人们的事情，有人则提倡平民慈善3．我的看法On Charity Work 正确答案：On Charity Work Nowadays, as a result of social and economic development, charity work is becoming a hot issue on mass media and drawing close attention from all walks of life. Opinions on this issue vary widely, especially concerning who is supposed to contribute more to promoting charity work, the rich or the commoners. Many people hold that the rich should take more social responsibility and donate more fortune to charity. Since they enjoy favorable economic policies and the working class help them get rich, it is their duty to repay society, which can also help narrow the widening gap between the rich and the poor. However, some take a different side and argue that charity is not a thing just involving rich people. More ordinary people should get involved. The public is the solid foundation for charity. Charity work should never end up as a fashion show filled up with tycoons, movie stars and celebrities. As for me, to take part in charity work is a voluntary act and not the exclusive domain of a certain group of people. Therefore, both ordinary people and the rich should play a positive role in building a healthy and sustainable environment for charity work.Part II Listening ComprehensionSection A听力原文：W: I don’t want my son Tim to hang out with Bob, who drinks and once stole his father’s car.M: Well, it’s important to discuss your concerns with your son. Calmly explain why you think spending time with Bob is not in his best interests.Q: What is the woman most probably doing?2．A．Blaming her son.B．Consulting the man.C．Complaining to Bob’s father.D．Seeking help from her lawyer.正确答案：B解析：推理判断题。