最新冲刺英语六级考试大作战-模拟题

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2023年6月英语六级考试模拟试题及答案详解

Part I Writing (30 minutes)positio.o.th.topic.Travel-mat.Wanted.Yo.shoul.writ.a.leas.15.wor.followin.th.outlin.give.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)。

拟一个寻游伴的启事, 交代清楚日程安排、费用分担情况、对对方的规定等, 并说明对方和你一起出游的好处。

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W.hea.fro.man.parent.tha.wha.the.ha.se.asid.decline.i.valu.s.muc.tha.the.no.don'.hav.enoug.t.se.thei.stude nt.through,.say.Pen.Stat.financia.ai.directo.Ann.Griswold.wh.witnesse..1.percen.increas.i.loa.application.l as.year.Eve.wit..marke.tha.ma.b.slowl.recovering.i.wil.tak.time.perhap.severa.years.fo.peopl.t.recoup(补偿)thei.losses.Nadin.Sayeg.i.amon.thos.wh.didn'.hav.th.luxur.o.waitin.fo.he.colleg.nes.eg.t.gro.back.He.fathe.ha.investe. rg.chun.o.i.vanishe.whe.stock.wen.south.Nadin.wa.the.onl.partwa.throug.coll ege.B.graduation.sh.ha.take.ou.a.leas.$10,00.i.loans.an.he.mothe.ha.borrowe.eve.mor.o.he.behalf.No.22.N .school.havin.signe.fo.ye.mor.loan.t.pa.fo.that."Ther.wasn'.an.wa.t.d.i.differently,.sh.says ."an.I'.no.happ.abou.it.I'v.sa.dow.an.calculate.ho.lon.i.wil.tak.m.t.pa.of.everything.I'l.b.3.year.old..That'.i.s he'.schoo.tha.wil.pa.he.a.leas.$120,00..year.Dependent on Loans and Credit Cardscatio.ha.it.ow.calculatio.tha.show.ho.student.ar.mor.an.mor.dependen.o.loans.I. jus.fiv.years.fro.199.t.2023.th.media.loa.deb.a.publi.institution.ros.fro.$10,34.t.$15,e.fr o.federa.loans.whic.Congres.mad.mor.temptin.i.199.b.expandin.eligibilit.(hom.equit.n.longe.count.agains. you.assets.an.raisin.loa.limit.(.dependen.undergraduat.ca.no.borro.u.t.$23,ernment).Bu.student.aren'.stoppin.there.Th.Colleg.Boar.estimate.tha.the.als.borrowe.$4..billio.fro.privat.lender.i.th. 2023-202.academi.year.u.fro.$1..billio.jus.fiv.year.earlier.Fo.lot.o.students.th.wors.o.i.isn'.eve.th.weigh.o.thos.direc.studen.loans.It'.wha.the.rac.u.o.al.thos.plasti.car d.i.thei.wallets.A.o.tw.year.ago.accordin.t..stud.b.lende.Nelli.Mae.mor.tha.eigh.ou.o.te.undergrad.ha.thei. ow.credi.cards.wit.th.typica.studen.carryin.four.That'.n.bi.surprise.give.th.in-your-panies.whic.se.u.table.o.campu.t.entice(诱惑)student.t.sig.up.Som.college.ba.o.restric.thi.hawking.bu.other.giv.i..boost.Yo.kno.thos.credi.card.embl azone.wit..school'.pictur.o.it.logo.Fo.sanctionin.suc..card—.must-hav.fo.som.students—.colleg.departmen.o.associatio.get.payment.fro.th.issuer.Meanwhile.fro.freshma.yea.t.graduation.accordin .t.th.Nelli.Ma.study.student.tripl.th.numbe.o.credi.card.the.ow.an.doubl.thei.deb.o.them.A.o.2023.the.wer.i.th.hol.a.averag.$2,327.A Wise Choice?On.day.Moye.sa.dow.wit.hi.mother.Jann.O'.school.Don'.coun.o.it.O'D onnel.tol.him.Sh.couldn'.affor.th.cos.an.Moye.doubte.h.coul.ge..loan.give.ho.muc.h.owe.already."H.sai.h. fel.lik..failure,.O'Donnel.recalls."H.didn'.kno.ho.h.ha.gotte.int.suc..mess."ter.th.22-year-ol.hange.himsel.i.hi.bedroom.wher.hi.mothe.foun.him.O'Donnel.i.convince.th.mone.pressure.cause.hi.sui cide."Sea.trie.t.pa.hi.debt.off,.sh.says."An.h.couldn'.tak.it."mon.an.i.sometime.lead.student.t.rethin.whethe.colleg. wa.wort.it.I.fact.ther.ar.quit..fe.job.tha.don'.requir..colleg.degree.ye.pa.fairl.well.O.average.though.colleg. graduate.ca.expec.t.ear.8.percen.mor.tha.thos.wit.onl..hig.schoo.diploma.Also.al.bu.tw.o.th.5.highes.payin .job.(th.exception.bein.ai.traffi.controller.an.nuclea.powe.reacto.operators.requir..four-catio.i.ofte.no..wis.choice.s.Jun.fro.th.Universit.o.California.Riverside.i.gla.sh.borrowe.t.ge.throug.scho ol.Bu.sh.lef.Riversid.owin.$20,00.i.studen.loan.an.anothe.$7,.school.Meri.hope.t .becom..public-interes.attorney.ye.sh.ma.hav.t.postpon.tha.goal.whic.bother.her.T.handl.he.debt.she'l.probabl.nee.t.star.w it..mor.lucrative(有利的)lega.job.Lik.s.man.othe.students.Mikhai.too.ou.he.loan.o..kin.o.blin.fait.tha.sh.coul.dea.wit.th.consequences."Yo.s a.t.yourself.'ter.I'l.manage.'.Late.ha.no.arrived.an.Mikhai.i.findin.ou.th.tru.cos.o.he.colleg.degree.1.Griffit.worke.fo..fir.tha.specialize.i.economi.developmen.i.Washingto.D.C.becaus.sh.neede.mone.t.pa.f o.he.debt.2.Th.onl.proble.th.student.ar.facin.a.graduatio.i.th.disma.jo.market.3.On.reaso.wh.college.increas.tuitio.an.fee.i.tha.th.stat.suppor.i.shrinking.4.Nearl.al.th.familie.ca.manag.t.mee.th.soarin.tuitio.cost.throug.variou.investmen.plans.5.Accordin.t.Nadine'.calculation.sh.ca.pa.of.al.he.deb.whe.sh.i._______.i.sh.ca.ge..salar.o.$120,00..yea.ri .school.6.Student.ge.mone.fro.no.onl.federa.loan.bu.als.________.7.Th.colleg.departmen.o.associatio.ca.ge.payment.fro.th.issue.i.i.sanction.credi.card.decorate.wit._______ _.8.O'Donnel.think.tha.th.caus.o.he.22-year-ol.son'.suicid.i.________.catio.i.ofte.no..wis.choic.becaus._______.o.th.5.highes.payin.job.r equir..four-yea.colleg.degre.excep.fo.ai.traffi.controller.an.nuclea.powe.reacto.operators.10.Meri.wil.hav.t.star.wit..mor.lucrativ.lega.jo.instea.o.he.favorit.position—.public-interes.attorne.becaus.sh.ha.t.________.Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)Section ADirections.I.thi.section.ther.i..shor.passag.wit..question.o.incomplet.statements.Rea.th.passag.carefully.Th plet.th.statement.i.th.fewes.possibl.word.o.Answe.Shee.2.Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.Scientist.sa.the.hav.hig.hope.fo..dru.tha.coul.on.da.provid..ne.for.o.treatmen.fo.HIV-e.b.th.HI.viru.t.infec.huma.cells.ha.worke.extremel. wel.i.monkeys.I.th.dru.prove.effectiv.i.huma.trials.scientist.say.i.coul.bolster(加强)th.effectivenes.o.tw.existin.AID.drugs.particularl.i.fightin.drug-resistan.strain.o.th.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 to gain entrance into and infect human immune system cells.Inhibito.drug.hav.bee.develope.t.bloc.tw.o.th.proteins.t.slo.progressio.o.th.diseas.afte.infection.The.hav.b ecom.standar.therap.a.."cocktail.fo.peopl.infecte.wit.HIV.Thos.enzyme.ar.revers.transcriptas.(转录酶)an.protease(蛋白酶)rge.protein.in t.smalle.pieces.producin.smalle.vira.particle.tha.infec.ne.cells.Th.thir.pron.o.cellula.attac.i..protei.calle.integrase(整合酶)rmatio.s.i.ca.ente.the m.integras.act.lik..cu.an.past.operatio.i..wor.processor.deletin.a.immun.cell'.geneti.materia.an.replacin.i.w it.it.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."Thi.woul.offe..thir.clas.o.anti-bine.wit.revers.transcriptas.inhibitor.an.proteas.inhibitors.An.sinc.i.i..ne. pound.ar.activ.agains.multi-dru.resistan.variants.S.variant.tha.ar.resistan.t.al.curren.therapie.hav.bee.selecte.i.HIV-patients,.sh.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.po pan.woul.as.U.S.regulator.t.spee.approva.o.th.drug."Yeah..reall.thin.that'.wha.we'r.hopin.for,.h.said.".mean.w.nee.t.ge.dat.tha.sho.i.ha.robus.anti-vira.effect.i.people.An.i.we'r.abl.t.ge.tha.data..thin.w.woul.petitio.fo.fas.trac.status."Dr.Youn.say.a.integras.inhibito.ha.th.potentia.t.preven.dru.resistance."T.ensur.ou.bes.chanc.o.preventin.resistance.w.woul.giv.thi.a.par.o..cocktai.therapy,.h.added."An..thin.it'. reall.ou.pla.tha.w.woul.tes.thi.wit.revers.transcriptas.inhibitor.an.proteas.inhibitors.a.well."47.I.th.dru.prove.effectiv.i.huma.trials.i.coul.enhanc.th.effectivenes.o.existin.AID.drug.i.________.48.Wha.ha.becom.standar.cocktai.therapy?49.Whil.integras.delete.a.immun.cell'.geneti.materia.an.replace.i.wit.it.own.i.act.lik._______.i..wor.proces sor.50.Wh.woul.anti-AID.drug.sto.working?51.Accordin.t.Steve.Young.i.scientist.ge.th.dat.tha.________.the.woul.petitio.fo.fas.trac.status. Section BDirections.Ther.ar..passage.i.thi.section.Eac.passag.i.followe.b.som.question.o.unfinishe.statements.Fo.ea c.o.the.ther.ar.fou.choice.marke.[A].[B].[C.an.[D].Yo.shoul.decid.o.th.bes.choic.an.mar.th.correspondin.l ette.o.Answe.Shee..wit..singl.lin.throug.th.center.Passage OneQuestions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.Occasiona.self-medicatio.ha.alway.bee.par.o.norma.living.Th.makin.an.sellin.o.drug.hav..lon.histor.an.ar.closel.linked.lik s.hundre.year.o.s.ha.th.developmen.o.scientifi.tec hnique.mad.i.possibl.fo.som.o.th.cause.o.symptom.t.b.understood.s.tha.mor.accurat.diagnosi.ha.becom.po ssible.Th.docto.i.no.abl.t.follo.u.th.correc.diagnosi.o.man.illnesse.wit.specifi.treatmen.o.thei.causes.I.man .othe.illnesses.o.whic.th.cause.remai.unknown.i.i.stil.limited.lik.th.unqualifie.prescriber.t.th.treatmen.o.sy mptoms.Th.docto.i.traine.t.decid.whe.t.trea.symptom.onl.an.whe.t.attac.th.cause.thi.i.th.essentia.differenc. betwee.medica.prescribin.an.self-medication.Th.advanc.o.technolog.ha.brough.abou.muc.progres.i.som.field.o.medicine.includin.th.developmen.o.scie anizatio.i.improvin.an.people'.nutritiona.standard.hav.risen. .o.high-pressur.advertisin.b.th.pharmaceutica.industry.whic.ha.tende.t.influenc.bot.patient.an.doctor.an.ha.le.t.th.o c.o.exercise.over -eating.unsuitabl.eating.insufficien.sleep.excessiv.smokin.an.drinking.Peopl.wit.disorder.arisin.fro.fault.ha bit.suc.a.these.a.wel.a.fro.unhapp.huma.relationships.ofte.resor.t.self-medicatio.an.s.ad.th.takin.o.pharmaceutical.t.th.list.Advertiser.g.t.grea.length.t.catc.thi.market.Cleve.advertising.aime.a.chroni.sufferer.wh.wil.tr.anythin.becaus.doctor.hav.no.bee.abl.t.cur.them.ca.indu c.suc.fait.i..preparation.particularl.i.steepl.priced.tha.i.wil.produce—b.suggestion—plaint.suc.a.simpl.cold.a n.coughs.whic.clea.u.b.themselve.withi..shor.time.xatives.indigestio.remedies.painkillers.tonics.vitami.an.iro.tablet.an.man.othe. preparation.ar.foun.i.quantit.i.man.households.I.i.doubtfu.whethe.takin.thes.thing.eve.improve..person'.he alth.i.ma.eve.mak.i.worse.Wors.becaus.th.preparatio.ma.contai.unsuitabl.ingredients.wors.becaus.th.take.ma.becom.dependen.o.them.wors.becaus.the.migh.b.take.i.excess.wors.becaus.the.ma.caus.poisoning.an. wors.o.al.becaus.symptom.o.som.seriou.underlyin.caus.ma.b.maske.an.therefor.medica.hel.ma.no.b.sough t.52.Th.firs.paragrap.i.intende.t.________.[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 causesplaint.becaus.________.[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.Paragraph..an..explai.________.[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.Th.autho.tell.u.i.paragrap..________.[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.Th.bes.titl.fo.th.passag.woul.b.________.[A] Medical Practice [B] Clever Advertising[C] Self-Medication [D] Self-TreatmentPassage TwoQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.Th.ag.o.gilde.yout.i.over.Today'.under-thirtie.ar.th.firs.generatio.fo..centur.wh.ca.expec..lowe.livin.standar.tha.thei.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.t.i.th.evening.the.wil.b.mor.likel.t.retur.t..smal.rente.fla.tha.t..hous.o.thei.own.When.e ventually.the.retire.thei.pension.ar.fa.lowe.i.rea.term.tha.thos.o.thei.immediat.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'.olde.middle-age.an.elderl.ar.becomin.th.ne.winners,.sh.said."The.mad.relativel.smal.contribution.i.ta.bu.no.mak.relativ s.thre.t.fou.decade.fac.th.prospec.o.handin.ove.mor.th a..thir.o.thei.lifetime'.earning.t.car.fo.them."Th.surgin.numbe.o.olde.people.man.livin.alone.ha.als.increase.deman.fo.propert.an.pushe.u.hous.prices. Whil.previou.generation.foun.i.eas.t.rais..mortgage.today'.under-thirtie.hav.t.liv.wit.thei.parent.o.rent.I.the.ca.affor.t.bu..hom.i.i.mor.likel.t.b..fla.tha..house.Laur.Lenox-rg.hous.an.he.mothe.di.no.nee.t.work.Unlik.he.wealth.parents.sh.graduate.wit.st uden.an.postgraduat.loa.debt.o.￡13,000.Sh.no.earn.abou.￡20,00..year.preparin.foo.t.b.photographe.fo.magazines.He.hom.i..one-bedroo.fla.i.centra.Londo.an.sh.sublets(转租)th.lung.sofa-be.t.he.brother."M.fathe.too.pit.an.pai.of.m.studen.debts,.sh.said."Bu..stil.hav.n.pensio.an.n.chanc.o.buyin..propert.fo.a.le as..coupl.o.years—an.the.i.wil.b.somethin.smal.i..ba.area.M.onl.hop.i.th.traditiona.on.o.meetin..ric.man."Tinker's research reveals Lenox-Conyngham is representative of many young professionals, especially in London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol.57.B.sayin."th.growt.o.th.proportion...t.younge.generations..(Lin.2.Para.5).Anthe.Tinke.reall.mean.tha.__ ______.[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.Wh.ar.today'.olde.middle-age.an.elderl.becomin.th.ne.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.Whic.facto.pushe.u.hous.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.ur.Lenox-Conyngha.mak.he.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.W.ca.conclud.fro.th.passag.tha.________.[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.Thi.par.consist.o..shor.passage.I.thi.passage.ther.ar.altogethe.1.mistakes.on.i.eac.numbere.line. 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"Jus.a.ther.i.Paradis.i.heaven.ther.ar.Suzho.an.Hangzho.o.Earth".s..4-s.abou.thre.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.Those interested please contact me either through email () or phone call (12345678).Part II Reading Comprehension ( Skimming and Scanning)1..根据题干中的信息词Griffith和Washingto.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, 故该句表述对的。

2023年6月英语四级考试考前模拟考试试题

2023年6月英语四级考试考前模拟考试试题及答案(三)Part I writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Dormitory Life .You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:1.大学宿舍的集体生活是全新的体验。

2.宿舍生活与在家生活的不同之处。

3.宿舍生活利与弊。

Dormitory LifePart 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 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D].For question 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage。

Animals on the MoveIt looked like a scene from “Jaws” but without the dramatic music.A huge shark was lowly swimming through the water, its tail swinging back and forth like the pendulum of a clock。

英语六级考试全国统一模拟冲刺试卷答案及听力原文

Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) :1．C 2．D 3．B 4．A 5．D 6．B 7．D8．prevent a recurrence9．over a longer period of time10．a large randomized clinical trialPart Ⅲ Listening Comprehension:11．B 12．D 13．C 14．D 15．D16．A 17．C 18．C 19．A 20．C21．D 22．B 23．C 24．D 25．B26．B 27．A 28．D 29．C 30．A31．B 32．B 33．C 34．B 35．A36．broad 37．unknown38．academic 39．concentrate40．separation 41．activities42．except 43．journals44．When foreign learners first have the opportunity to speak to an English-speaking person, they may have a shock45．Thirdly, these people tend to use totally different styles of speech in different situations46．students have difficulty in understanding English-speaking people, these people may also have difficulty in understanding the students!Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension（Reading in Depth）:47．bringing fantasy and fun to families48．He had roots in his humble, middle-class upbringing.49．He joined the Red Cross.50．the ability to meld entertainment content with programming51．the international expansion52．C 53．B 54．D 55．C 56．D57．C 58．A 59．A 60．C 61．DPart V Cloze:62．C 63．B 64．A 65．C 66．A67．B 68．C 69．A 70．C 71．D72．B 73．B 74．A 75．C 76．C77．D 78．B 79．A 80．C 81．DPart VI Translation:82．the economic crisis brought such a giant impact to my company.83．are we able to win the battle84．To rebuild our new homes85．he was always regarded as the most unstable factors in the team86．If you had been aware of the importance of the issue earlier听力原文：Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)SECTION ADirections:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Example: You will hear:A) 2 hours. B) 3 hours.C) 4 hours. D) 5 hours.From the conversation we know that the two are talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D)“5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose ［D］on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.Sample Answer ［A］［B］［C］［D］11.M: How do you think of my new suit? I think I should dress more professionallyafter I got this new job.W: Well, the style is fine. But trust me, you might want to consider the choice of colorQ: What does the woman say about the man’s suit?12.M: Shall we try the new restaurant ? Joan said that it served the best food she hadever had.W: Sounds wonderful.. But I had to give a presentation tomorrow and I need to do a trail runQ: What is the woman going to do?13. W: I’ve been working on this thesis for more than 30 hours now. I feel exhausted,and the headache is killing me. I think I need a change of pace M: I hate to say but I told you soQ: What does the man suggest the woman to do?14. W: We haven’t had such a severe winter for so long. The forecast calls for heavysnow again tonight. I’m glad we’ll be getting away from this for a week.M: Me too . But let’s call tomorrow morning before we leave for the airport to make sure our flight hasn’t been delayed or canceledQ: What can we learn from the conversation?15. M: Oh, I must register for Dr Johnson’s class, but the problem is that I don’t getpaid until tomorrow. Could you hold a place for me until tomorrow?W: I’m sorry, but we are not permitted to reserve spaces in a class without full payment or a note from the professor .I’m afraid you’ll have to wait and take your chances.Q: What does the woman imply?16. W: So how was the play last night? Did I miss out anything good?M: Hardly, I kept looking at my watch the whole time.Q: What does the man mean?17. W: There are so many children at the school. I wonder how the teacher keeps track of them!M: I used to get cold feet at the thought of teaching a class of 100. That’s a fact.Q: What can we learn from the conversation?18. M: I heard that you’ve been to Maine for two weeks last summer. How is your vacation?W: The weather is terrible and the hotel food makes me sick. I used to enjoy going there though.Q: What conclusion can be made about the woman’s holiday?Conversation OneM: Listen! I’m terribly sorry. I’m l ate.W: I’ve only been waiting for over an hour, that’s allM: Yes, I know, and I would have…….Just let me explain . I…I tried to get here in time, but just after I left home, the car broke down,W: The car broke down?M: Yes, and ….well…luckily…there was a garage near me, And,,,,and it took them a while to repair it,W: Why didn’t you at least phone?M: I would have! But I didn’t know the number of the restaurant.W: You could have looked it up in the telephone book!M: Yes, but…You’ll never believe this…I couldn’t remember the name of therestaurant. I knew where it was, but forgot the name,W: I see, Well, it was lucky you find a garage to repair your carM: Yes, It was something I couldn’t do myself, It didn’t take too long, but that’s why I’m late, you see.W: HU huh. Which garage by the way?M: Uh……The one near my flat, Lewis Brothers.W: I know the garage very well!M: Yes, Let’s see now. Let’s have something to eat, What about some…..W: A pity it’s Sunday.M: Pardon?W: A pity it’s Sunday.. The gara ge is closed on Sunday!Questions19 to 22 are based on the longer conversation you have just heard.19. When should the appointment be?20. Which name did the man forget?21, Where does the conversation take place?22.What do we learn from the conversation?Conversation TwoW: What did you do during the earthquake, James?M: Stayed in bed.W: What do you mean? Didn’t you try to get outside?M: No, I’d got terrible flu, so I just stayed in bed,W: So what happened?M: Well, I must have slept through the first earthquake although nobody believes me.They said it was so noisy, Then I woke up about four in the morning, Stillfeeling terrible with the flu, Eyes running, nose running, You know how you feel when you got the flu.W: Don’t I just. I’ve been lucky so far this year though.M: So I decided to get up and make a cup of tea, I’d just got into the kitchen when I started to feel all unsteady on my feet, Then I got this roaring noise in my ears. I still thought it was the flu, you see.W: So what happened then?M: Well, I slowly realized that it wasn’t me feeling dizzy and the noises weren’t in my head. I heard the people upstairs screaming, The wooden floor started moving up and down, the doors and windows started rattling and banging, all the kitchen cupboards were thrown open and cups and saucers came crashing to the floor, the kitchen clock fell from the wall…….W: Well, what did you do?M: What could I do ?I just stood there and watched.W: Why didn’t you try to get out?M: I told you, I was feeling too ill. And the nearest park was a long walk from my flat, And I didn’t want to be with a lot of people. So I just stayed in bed and hoped for the best, I didn’t really think the house was going to fall down around me. Though several did, I found out there,Questions23 to 25 are based on the longer conversation you have just heard.23. What was wrong with the man?24. What happened to the man during the first earthquake?25. What was the man doing when the second earthquake came?SECTION BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneScientists in Canada say big ocean fish have almost disappeared from the world since the start of industrial fishing in the 1950s. The scientist found that populations of large fish like tuna, swordfish and cod have dropped by 90 percent in the past fifty years.The study took 10 years. The researchers gather records from fishing business and governments around the world. The magazine Nature published the findings.The scientists say the common method called longline fishing is especially damaging to populations of large fish. This method involves many fishing lines connected to one boat. These wires can be close to 100 kilometers long, They hold thousands of sharp metal hooks to catch fish.Longline fishing is especially common in the Japanese fishing industry,The scientists say industrial fishing can destroy groups of fish much faster than in the past. The study suggests that whole populations can disappear almost completely from new fishing areas within 10 to 15 years, Dr,Worm says the destruction could lead a complete re-organization of marine life systems. He also suggests that the decreased number of large fish is not the only worry. Even the population that are able to reproduce do not get the chance to live long enough to grow as big as their ancestors. He says not only are there fewer big fish ,they are smaller than those of the past.Questions26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26.Which of the following large fish is not mentioned whose populations have dropped dramatically during the past fifty years?27.What’s the problem of longline fishing?28.According to Dr,Worm, what will happen in the future?Passage TwoPeople often show their feelings by the body positions they adopt. These can contradict what you are saying, especially when you are trying to disguise the way you feel. For example, a very common defensive position, assumed when people feel threatened in some way, is to put your arm or arms across your body. This is a way ofshielding yourself from a threatening situation. This shielding action can be disguised as adjusting one's cuff or watchstrap. Leaning back in your chair especially with your arms folded is not only defensive, it's also a way of showing your disapproval, of a need to distance yourself from the rest of the company.A position which betrays an aggressive attitude is to avoid looking directly at the person you are speaking to. On the other hand, approval and desire to cooperate are shown by copying the position of the person you are speaking to. This shows that you agree or are willing to agree with someone. The position of one's feet also often shows the direction of people's thoughts, for example, feet or a foot pointing towards the door can indicate that a person wishes to leave the room. The direction in which your foot points can also show which of the people in the room you feel most sympathetic towards, even when you are not speaking directly to that person.Questions29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. According to the passage, what reveals a person’s feeling?30. According to the passage, what does a person mean when he puts his arms across his body?31.What does a man mean when he adopts the same position as the one he is speaking to?32. According to the passage, what may tell us if a person wants to leave?Passage ThreeHave you heard of the old saying that laughter is the best medicine? Then listen to this. Seriously, research has already shown that mental stress can restrict blood flow to the heart. But now a study has linked laughter to increased blood flow. Laughter appears to cause the tissue inside blood vessels to expand. As a result, laughing may be important to reduce the risk of heart disease So says Doctor Michael Miller of the university of MaryLand Medical Center. He led a study of 20 men and women, all healthy. To get them to laugh, they watched part of t he movie “Kingpin”, a 1996 comedy. To create the opposite emotions, they watched the opening battle in the 1998 war movie “Saving Private Ryan”.The researchers used ultrasound technology to measure changes in blood flow through an artery in the arm. Blood flow increased in 19of the 20 people after they watched “Kingpin”. The increase was an average of 22percent. Doctor Miller says that is similar to the effects of aerobic exercise.Blood flow decreased in 14 of the 20 people after they watched “Saving Priv ate Ryan”. The decrease was an average of 35 percent.Studies have shown that stress can reduce the body’s ability to fight disease. When the body is under stress, it produces hormones such as adrenalin. But too much of these hormones can be harmful.Questions33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard33.What can we learn about laughter from the passage?34.What did Doctor Michael Miller do to get the 20 people laugh?34According to the passage, how does stress do harm to a person?Section CDirection:In this section, you’ll hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words, Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上做答Students may face problems when they follow a course of study through the medium of English—if English is not their mother tongue.The problems can be divided into two （36）broad categories: psychological and linguistic.Some of the common psychological problems really involve fear of the （37）unknown: for example, whether one's （38）academic studies will be too difficult, whether one will fail the examinations, etc. All students share these apprehensions. It's probably best for a student not to look too far ahead but to （39）concentrate day-by-day on increasing his knowledge and developing his ability. The overseas student in Britain may also suffer from （40）separation from his family and possible homesickness; enjoyment of his （41）activities in Britain and the passage of time are the only real help here.Now let’s look at the linguistic problems. Most students will have learnt English at school, but if they've already been to college or university in their own countries they'll have studied mostly in their own language （42）except, perhaps, for reading some textbooks and （43）journals in English. In other words, they'll have had little everyday opportunity to practice using English.（44）When foreign learners first have the opportunity to speak to an English-speaking person they may have a shock: they often have great difficulty in understanding! There are a number of reasons for this. I'll just mention three of them.Firstly, it seems to students that English people speak very quickly. Secondly, they speak with a variety of accents. （45）Thirdly, these people tend to use totally different styles of speech in different situations, e.g. everyday spoken English, which is colloquial and idiomatic, is different from the English used for academic purposes. For all of these reasons students will have difficulty, mainly because they lack practice in listening to English people speaking English. Don't forget, by the way, that if （46）students have difficulty in understanding English-speaking people, these people may also have difficulty in understanding the students! That’s because they have the ideas, they knows what to say (in their own language) but they doesn't know how to say it in English.。

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英语六级考试模拟试题集锦模拟试题集锦实战演练一、听力理解Section AQuestions 1 to 3 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1. What is the man planning to do next Monday?2. What does the woman think of the idea?3. What does the woman think of the movie?Section BQuestions 4 to 7 are based on the conversation you have just heard.4. How does the man feel about his current job?5. Why is the man considering a career change?6. What advice does the woman give to the man?7. What does the woman suggest the man do first?二、阅读理解Passage 1Questions 8 to 10 are based on the passage you have just heard.8. What is the purpose of the experiment?9. What did the researchers find surprising?10. What is the main conclusion of the experiment?Passage 2Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. What is the main topic of the passage?12. What do scientists believe about memory training?13. What is the possible reason for the discrepancy between the conflicting findings?Passage 3Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. What is the main topic of the passage?15. What do researchers find about children who grow up with pets?16. How can having a pet benefit children?三、综合知识运用Section A17. The police have not been able to ______ the crime.18. The old man felt ______ after walking in the park.Section B19. The book was so fascinating that I found it ______ to put it down.20. The new road is designed to ______ the traffic congestion in the city.四、写作Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic "The Influence of Social Media". You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline below:1. 社交媒体的定义及其普及程度2. 社交媒体对个人生活的影响3. 社交媒体对社会交流的影响4. 你对社交媒体的看法The Influence of Social MediaSocial media refers to the websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking. In recent years, social media has become increasingly popular and widely used. It has had a significant impact on both individuals and society.Firstly, social media has greatly influenced personal lives. People can now easily connect with friends and family, no matter the distance between them. They can share their thoughts, photos, and videos instantly, which enhances communication and strengthens relationships. However, excessive reliance on social media can also lead to a sense of isolation and addiction. Many people find themselves spending too much time scrolling through social media feeds, neglecting real-life interactions.Secondly, social media has revolutionized social communication. It provides a platform for people to express their opinions and raise awarenessabout important issues. Social media plays a pivotal role in sparking social movements and promoting activism. Furthermore, businesses and organizations utilize social media to connect with their audience and advertise their products or services.In my opinion, social media is a double-edged sword. While it brings convenience and opportunities for connection, it also poses risks to personal privacy and mental health. It is crucial for individuals to maintain a balanced and healthy relationship with social media, using it as a tool to enhance their lives rather than as a substitute for real-life interactions. Meanwhile, society should also be aware of the negative impacts of social media and take measures to ensure its responsible use.Overall, the influence of social media is undeniable. It has changed the way we communicate, share information, and view the world. As users of social media, we should embrace its benefits while being mindful of its potential drawbacks.。

大学英语六级新题型最新考试冲刺试卷试题【附答案】之三

Part ⅠWriting (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Surfing on the Web. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below in Chinese.1. 有人网上冲浪为了娱乐；2. 有人认为应充分利用网络来学习；3. 我的观点。

Surfing on the Web__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Part ⅡListening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A)，B)，C) and D)，and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.1. A) Surfing the net. C) Packing a birthday gift.B) Watching a talk show. D) Shopping at a jewelry store.2. A) He enjoys finding fault with exams. C) He doesn’t know if he can do well in the exam.B) He is sure of his success in the exam. D) He used to get straight A’s in the exams he took.3. A) The man is generous with his good comments on people.B) The woman is unsure if there will be peace in the world.C) The woman is doubtful about newspaper stories.D) The man is quite optimistic about human nature.4. A) Study for some profession. C) Stay in business.B) Attend a medical school. D) Sell his shop.5. A) More money. C) A college education.B) Fair treatment. D) Shorter work hours.6. A) She was exhausted from her trip. C) She was impressed by Mexican food.B) She missed the comforts of home. D) She will not go to Mexico again.7. A) Cheer herself up a bit. . C) Seek professional advice.B) Find a more suitable job. D) Take a psychology course.8. A) He dresses more formally now. C) He has ignored his friends since graduation.B) What he wears does not match his position. D) He failed to do well at college.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A) To go sightseeing. C) To promote a new champagne.B) To have meetings. D) To join in a training program.10. A) It can reduce the number of passenger complaints. C) It can cut down the expenses for air travel.B) It can make air travel more entertaining. D) It can lessen the discomfort caused by air travel.11. A) Took balanced meals with champagne. C) Refrained from fish or meat.B) Ate vegetables and fruit only. D) Avoided eating rich food.12. A) Many of them found it difficult to exercise on a plane. C) Not many of them chose to do what she did.B) Many of them were concerned with their well-being. D) Not many of them understood the program.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13. A) At a fair. C) In a computer lab.B) At a cafeteria. D) In a shopping mall.14. A) The latest computer technology. C) The purchasing of some equipment.B) The organizing of an exhibition. D) The dramatic changes in the job market.15. A) Data collection. C) Corporate management.B) Training consultancy. D) Information processing.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A)，B)，C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) Improve themselves. C) Follow the cultural tradition.B) Get rid of empty dreams. D) Attempt something impossible.17. A) By finding sufficient support for implementation. C) By constantly keeping in mind their ultimate goals.B) By taking into account their own ability to change. D) By making detailed plans and carrying them out.18. A) To show people how to get their lives back to normal.B) To show how difficult it is for people to lose weight.C) To remind people to check the calories on food bags.D) To illustrate how easily people abandon their goals.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) Michael’s parents got divorced. C) Karen’s mother died in a car accident.B) Karen was adopted by Ray Anderson. D) A truck driver lost his life in acollision.20. A) He ran a red light and collided with a truck. C) He was killed instantly in a burning car.B) He sacrificed his life to save a baby girl. D) He got married to Karen’s mother.21. A) The reported hero turned out to be his father. C) Such misfortune should have fallen on him.B) He did not understand his father till too late. D) It reminded him of his miserable childhood.Passage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) Germany. C) The U. S.B) Japan. D) The U. K.23. A) By doing odd jobs at weekends. C) By putting in more hours each week.B) By working long hours every day. D) By taking shorter vacations each year.24. A) To combat competition and raise productivity. C) To help them maintain their living standard.B) To provide them with more job opportunities. D) To prevent them from holding a second job.25. A) Change their jobs. C) Reduce their working hours.B) Earn more money. D) Strengthen the government’s role. Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Growing numbers of bright students face missing out on their first choice university, academics warned today, as figures showed three-quarters of institutions are being forced to reduce places.Almost 100 out of 130 universities in England could be forced to take fewer 26 this year, following the introduction of Coalition reforms designed to drive down 27 fees.Many members of the elite Russell Group are among those facing 28 , with Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Southampton being particularly 29 .Data from the Government’s Higher Education Funding Council for England suggests some newer universities such as Bedfordshire and East London are expecting to lose around one-in-eight places.The cuts are being 30 following the introduction of new rules that effectively 31 universities charging more than ￡7,500 in student fees from this autumn.It means large numbers of places are being 32 towards cheap further education colleges.Ministers are also lifting controls on the number of bright students gaining at least two A grades and a B at A-level that universities can recruit—33 an inevitable scramble towards a small number of top institutions.The funding council’s chief executive denied the loss of student places would tip any institution into significant financial trouble.But Prof Michael Farthing, vice-chancellor of Sussex University and chairman of the 1994 Group, which represents many small research institutions, said the figures show that many excellent students will be denied places at their first choice universities."The number of students universities are allowed to recruit has been cut across the sector, with 20,000places 34 to institutions with lower than average fees, "he said."Far from giving the best universities freedom to 35 more students, this represents a push to a cut-price education."Part ⅢReading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Nearly a third of women are the main breadwinners in their household in Britain, according to a major survey.Researchers said that in many relationships it was no longer assumed that the man would bring in the bigger income, 36 in a time of widespread redundancies (裁员).In a 37 shift in attitudes, four out often women said that the career of whichever partner had the highest income would take 38 in the relationship.In one in ten families, a house husband looks after the children and does the 39 while their female partner works full time.Ten percent of women admitted this role 40 had put strains on their relationship and some said it had even led to them 41 company.The Women and Work Survey 2010，commissioned (受……委托) by Grazia magazine, found that almost half of full-time mothers 42 not earning their own money.And two thirds of the mothers among the 2，000 women in the survey said they wanted to keep working in some way after having children.A 43 higher number of those with children under three said they would prefer to work—preferably part-time—rather than stay at home.Victoria Harper of Grazia said, "Women are getting good jobs when they graduate, and working up the career 44 faster than they have ever done. "This means that there has to be more 45 between the roles of men and women in a relationship and when they have children.A) precedence I) especiallyB) connection J) partingC) prospect K) oppositeD) slightly L) choresE) ladder M) dislikedF) favored N) fluidityG) plan O) significantH) reversalSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Why Are Airlines Withholding Seats?A) A few months ago I booked a flight for two and then went to select seats on the airline’s site. Based on the destination and time of year, I was surprised to find only two adjacent seats were available without paying a premium (额外费用). But I was even more surprised a few weeks later, when we boarded the aircraft and a flight attendant announced that only 30% of seats were occupied, so we should all feel free to stretch out.B) So how could a flight that looked nearly full a month earlier wind up with seven out of ten seats empty? That’s a question only the airlines can answer, and they’re not eager to provide many details.C) Are some carriers intentionally holding back seat assignments, in the hope we’ll all pay for "premium" seats? It’s a fair question, and the evidence is intriguing.Behind the screen indeedD) An awful plot goes on behind airline and travel booking screens, and much of it is strictly off-limits to consumers. What we do know is that for decades now airlines have become masters of what the industry calls yield management, offering millions of combinations of fares based on advance purchase patterns and other booking trends, so nearly everyone pays a different price based on when they buy. But now that paying extra for your seat selection has become common practice, securing your reservation is just half the battle.E) Some industry experts have connected the dots. "They’re trying to get people to buy premium seats, " says George Hobica, ’s Fly Guy columnist and the founder of . "They want to increase revenue. And we’re getting more complaints about it. " He notes that it "really annoys" passengers who want to sit together, particularly when traveling with small children.F) He’s echoed by Kevin Mitchell, chairman of the Business Travel Coalition (联盟): "With yield management, consumers are aware and they know that airlines are constantly changing prices on seats. But if this is true, it is unethical—they’re grossly misleading us. The thing that I find so offensive is conveying to me that I have no options, but if I wait a week or two then I do have options. "G) According to the airlines, the reason for ancillary (附加的) revenue is unbundling (分类计价) ticket prices, so passengers who desire a given service—-say checking a bag or ordering a soft drink—pay for it, while those who don’t are spared the cost. But as Mitchell notes, "There’s another twist to this. The airlines are saying fees are for ’optional services. ’Well, seats aren’t optional!"H) Of course, securing a good seat isn’t an issue if you’re in first class or you’re an elite member of a frequent flyer program. But what about the rest of us? As I’ve pointed out repeatedly in recent columns, we’re faced with record-high load factors, the highest for the U. S. airline industry since World War II. But even with the average percentage of occupied seats for domestic flights at 82.7%，it’s still an average—some flights will be fuller but others will not, particularly weeks in advance. Yet searching for seats keeps getting harder and harder. Seats for saleI) Hobica cites the major airlines as the prime culprits (起因)，but he also notes even low-cost carriers can make securing seats difficult. On the flip side, he credits JetBlue and Virgin America for providing customers with clear policies. And then there is British Airways, which allows passengers in economy and business classes to select seats only 24 hours in advance. I asked an airline representative if seeing fewer free seats is a trend, and the response was: "That’s going to vary because there are so many variables. "J) I decided to check on seat availability at Delta. com. I inquired about economy-class availability for two seats on a busy route—Atlanta to Chicago—and conducted an apples-to-apples search for the same morning departure seven days in advance, and again 14 days in advance. For the flight one week out, a total of only eight seats were available, one preferred and seven standard, but only one set of two seats together. For the flight two weeks out, a total of 29 seats were available, consisting of 20 preferred and only nine standard, and still with only one set together. Remarkable how even twice the booking time still produced so few "free" seats, separately or together, yet there were plenty of seats that could be bought for the right price.K) I contacted Delta and a spokesman said the price for preferred economy varies "depending on a number of different factors, " so customers need to compare the costs on a flight-by-flight basis. The preferred seats are reserved primarily for Medallion (大勋章) members, and become available without additional charge 24 hours prior to departure. When asked if Delta has received complaints about a dearth of free seats, he stated, "Overall, our seat program has been received very well. "L) But my findings dovetailed (吻合) with recent complaints filed with Airfarewatchdog: (1) When (my husband) tried to get a seat assignment on the first flight there was just one "complimentary (免费的) seat"(near the back in the middle) available. . .the other available seats had to be purchased for $69. On the connecting flight there were no "complimentary seats" at all! Is this legal? He bought and paid for a ticket on these flights and now he is supposed to "buy" a seat! (2) (After) paying for the flight, a message popped up and said that I could only get a seat assignment when I checked in. In order to get a confirmed seat, I had to pay $129 extra! Unless I pay, without a confirmed seat, I am the first one to be bumped from the flight if they are overbooked. How do they get away with this? (3) Does checking in online at the 24-hour mark before the flight give me a number in line or let me select seats then? Or do we all rush the gate with our boarding passes (and no seat assignment) in order to get the seat assignment?How to respond?M) So what can you do? It’s a tough proposition. Usually I would offer strategies for countering such airline initiatives, but in this case the options are limited. That’s why some believe the U. S. Department of Transportation should investigate these practices. As Mitchell says, "The airlines are holding all the cards with this one. There is a sore need for transparency on this. When people are confused, they make bad decisions. "N) That said, consider the following: (1) When budgeting your airfares, make sure you consider not just baggage fees but the added cost of seat selection—for all travelers and in both directions. (2) If possible, book early, when there should be more seats available, and check in early too. Why the qualifier "should"? Because if availability is artificially manipulated, it’s hard to be certain. (3) Book airlines that offer more transparent seat-selection policies. Of course, this is not an issue with Southwest and other carriers that offer "open seating" policies. (4) Finally, the last resort is what Hobica calls "horse trading": negotiating seat swaps with other passengers. Butthis has become a risky and undesirable option with flights so full, overhead bins (行李仓) so crammed and fellow passengers who may have paid for premium seats in advance.46. Behind the airline and travel booking screens, a terrible plot is being carried out, much of which is rigorously kept confidential from passengers.47. The airlines’ excuse for additional fees is unbundling ticket prices, so those who want the given service like baggage check and soft drink ordering will have to pay.48. Whether some carriers withhold seats on purpose for earning consumers’ premium is a question deserving to be cleared up.49. Mitchell holds that there is an urgent need for transparency on carriers’ seat assignments.50. While Hobica ascribes the main responsibilities to the major airlines, he also mentions that the low-cost carriers are making securing seats difficult.51. Some believe that, in order to solve the problem of airlines’withholding seats, some actions should be taken by the U. S. Department of Transportation.52. When people budget their airfares, they should consider both the baggage fees and the added cost of seat selection.53. Kevin Mitchell considers the so-called yield management of the industry unethical and misleading.54. What the spokesman of Delta says suggests that the preferred economy-class tickets are available 24 hours in advance of the plane’s departure.55. The last strategy to counter the airline’s initiatives is to exchange seats with other passengers by negotiating with them.Section CDirections: 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 2with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.You hear the refrain all the time: the U. S. economy looks good statistically, but it doesn’t feel good. Why doesn’t ever-greater wealth promote ever-greater happiness? It is a question that dates back at least to the appearance in 1958 of The Affluent (富裕的) Society by John Kenneth Galbraith, who died recently at 97.The Affluent Society is a modern classic because it helped define a new moment in the human condition. For most of history, "hunger, sickness, and cold" threatened nearly everyone. Galbraith wrote "Poverty was found everywhere in that world. Obviously it is not of ours. " After World War Ⅱ，the dread of another Great Depression gave way to an economic boom. In the 1930s unemployment had averaged 18.2 percent; in the 1950s it was 4.5percent.To Galbraith, materialism had gone mad and would breed discontent. Through advertising companies conditioned consumers to buy things they didn’t really want or need. Because so much spending was artificial, it would be unfulfilling. Meanwhile, government spending that would make everyone better off was being cut down because people instinctively—and wrongly—labeled government only as "a necessary evil".It’s often said that only the rich are getting ahead; everyone else standing still or falling behind. Well, there are many undeserving rich—overpaid chief executive, for instance. But overany meaningful period, most people’s incomes are increasing. From 1995 to 2004，inflation-adjusted average family income rose 14.3 percent, to $43，200. People feel "squeezed" because their rising incomes often don’t satisfy their rising wants—for bigger homes, more health care, more education, faster Internet connections.The other great frustration is that it has not eliminated insecurity. People regard job stability as part of their standard of living. As corporate layoffs increased, that part has eroded. More workers fear they’re becoming "the disposable American, " as Louis Uchitelle puts it in his book by the same name.Because so much previous suffering and social conflict stemmed from poverty, the arrival of widespread affluence suggested utopian (乌托邦式的) possibilities. Up to a point, affluence succeeds. There is much less physical misery than before. People are better off. Unfortunately, affluence also creates new complaints and contradictions.Advanced societies need economic growth to satisfy the. multiplying wants of their citizens. But the quest for growth lets loose new anxieties and economic conflicts that disturb the social order. Affluence liberates the individual, promising that everyone can choose a unique way to self-fulfillment. But the promise is so extravagant that it predestines many disappointments and sometimes inspires choices that have anti-social consequences, including family breakdown and obesity (肥胖症). Statistical indicators of happiness have not risen with incomes.Should we be surprised? Not really. We’ve simply reaffirmed an old truth: the pursuit of affluence does not always end with happiness.56. What question does John Kenneth Galbraith raise in his book The Affluent Society?A) Why statistics don’t tell the truth about the economy. C) How happiness can be promoted today.B) Why affluence doesn’t guarantee happiness. D) What lies behind an economic boom.57. According to Galbraith, people feel discontented because ________ .A) public spending hasn’t been cut down as expected C) they are in fear of another Great DepressionB) the government has proved to be a necessary evil D) materialism has run wild in modem society58. Why do people feel squeezed when their average income rises considerably?A) Their material pursuits have gone far ahead of their earnings.B) Their purchasing power has dropped markedly with inflation.C) The distribution of wealth is uneven between the rich and the poor.D) Health care and educational costs have somehow gone out of control.59. What does Louis Uchitelle mean by "the disposable American" (Lines 2-3，Para. 5)?A) Those who see job stability as part of their living standard.B) People full of utopian ideas resulting from affluence.C) People who have little say in American politics.D) Workers who no longer have secure jobs.60. What has affluence brought to American society?A) Renewed economic security. C) New conflicts and complaints.B) A sense of self-fulfillment. D) Misery and anti-social behavior.Passage TwoQuestions 61 to 65 are bated on the following passage.The use of deferential (尊重的) language is symbolic of the Confucian ideal of the woman, which dominates conservative gender norms in Japan. This ideal presents a woman who withdraws quietly to the background, subordinating her life and needs to those of her family and its male head. She is a dutiful daughter, wife, and mother, master of the domestic arts. The typical refined Japanese woman excels in modesty and delicacy; she "treads softly (谨言慎行) in the world, " elevating feminine beauty and grace to an art form.Nowadays, it is commonly observed that young women are not conforming to the feminine linguistic (语言的)ideal They are using fewer of the very deferential "women’s" forms, and even using the few strong forms that are known as "men’s. " This, of course, attracts considerable attention and has led to an outcry in the Japanese media against the defeminization of women’s language. Indeed, we didn’t hear about "men’s language" until people began to respond to girls’appropriation of forms normally reserved for boys and men. There is considerable sentiment about the "corruption" of women’s language—which of course is viewed as part of the loss of feminine ideals and morality—and this sentiment is crystallized by nationwide opinion polls that are regularly carried out by the media.Yoshiko Matsumoto has argued that young women probably never used as many of the highly deferential forms as older women. This highly polite style is no doubt something that young women have been expected to "grow into"—after all, it is a sign not simply of femininity, but of maturity and refinement, and its use could be taken to indicate a change in the nature of one’s social relations as well. One might well imagine little girls using exceedingly polite forms when playing house or imitating older women—in a fashion analogous to little gifts’use of a high-pitched voice to do "teacher talk" or "mother talk" in role play.The fact that young Japanese women are using less deferential language is a sure sign of change—of social change and of linguistic change. But it is most certainly not a sign of the "masculinization" of girls. In some instances, it may be a sign that girls are making the same claim to authority as boys and men, but that is very different from saying that they are trying to be "masculine". Katsue Reynolds has argued that girls nowadays are using more assertive language strategies in order to be able to compete with boys in schools and out. Social change also brings not simply different positions for women and girls, but different relations to life stages, and adolescent girls are participating in new subcultural forms. Thus what may to an older speaker, seem like "masculine" speech may seem to an adolescent like "liberated" or "hip" speech.61. The first paragraph describes in detail ________ .A) the standards set for contemporary Japanese women C) the stereotyped role of women in Japanese familiesB) the Confucian influence on gender norms in Japan D) the norms for traditional Japanese women to follow62. What change has been observed in today’s young Japanese women?A) They pay less attention to their linguistic behavior. C) They confuse male and female forms of language.B) They use fewer of the deferential linguistic forms. D) They employ very strong linguistic expressions.63. How do some people react to women’s appropriation of men’s language forms as reported in the Japanese media?。

英语六级考试考前冲刺高质量模拟试题助你一臂之力

英语六级考试考前冲刺高质量模拟试题助你一臂之力第一部分：听力理解（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）请听下面的对话，根据对话内容从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项，回答问题或完成句子。

1. What are they talking about?A. Their favorite movies.B. Their weekend plans.C. Their recent activities.2. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Take a break.B. Go shopping.C. Finish his work first.3. Where does the conversation most likely take place?A. At a hotel.B. At a restaurant.C. At a tourist attraction.4. What does the woman mean?A. She doesn't want to go.B. She can't make it to the party.C. She wants the man to go alone.5. What does the man imply about the girl?A. He wants to meet her parents.B. He hasn't met her parents yet.C. He has already met her parents.请听下面的对话，根据对话内容从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项，回答问题或完成句子。

6. What is the woman's problem?A. She forgot her password.B. She can't access her email.C. She can't send attachments.7. What is the man's suggestion?A. Lock the computer.B. Change the password.C. Update the antivirus software.8. How often does the woman back up her files?A. Every month.B. Every week.C. Every day.9. What is the advantage of using cloud storage?A. It is free of charge.B. It is more secure.C. It offers more storage space.10. What does the man recommend the woman do?A. Ask for help from IT support.B. Use a different email provider.C. Delete unnecessary files.请听下面的对话，根据对话内容从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项，回答问题或完成句子。

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大学生英语六级考试冲刺训练题及答案大学生英语六级考试冲刺训练题及答案Reading enriches the mind.以下是店铺为大家搜索整理的`大学生英语六级考试冲刺训练题及答案，希望能给大家带来帮助!Every day 25 million U. S. children ride school buses. The safety record for these buses is much better than for passenger cars; but nevertheless, about 10 children are killed each year riding on large school buses, and nearly four times that number are killed outside buses in the loading zones. By and large, however, the nation's school children are transported to and from school safely.Even though the number of school bus casualties(死亡人数) is not large, the safety of children is always of intense public concern. While everyone wants to see children transported safely, people are divided about what needs to be done—particularly whether seat belts should be mandatory (强制性的)•Supporters of seat belts on school buses argue that seat belts are necessary not only to reduce death and injury, but also to teach children lessons about the importance of using them routinely in any moving vehicle. A side benefit, they point out, is that seat belts help keep children in their seats, away from the bus driver.Opponents of seat belt installation suggest that children are already well protected by the school buses that follow the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) safety requirement set in 1977. They also believe that many children won't wear seat belts anyway, and that they may damage the belts or use them as weapons to hurt other children.A new Research Council report on school bus safety suggeststhat there are alternate safety devices and procedures that may be more effective and less expensive. For example, the study committee suggested that raising seat backs four inches may have the same safety effectiveness as seat belts.The report sponsored by the Department of Transportation at the request of Congress, reviews seat belts extensively while taking a broader look at safety in and around school buses.26. Each year, children killed outside buses in the loading zones are about_______.A. 10B. 40C. 30D. 5027. Which of these words is nearest in meaning to the words "are divided" in Paragraph2?A. disagreeB. separateC. arrangeD. concern28. According to the passage, who has the greatest degree of control of the school buses' "safety"?A. A New Research Council.B. The Department of Transportation.C. The Medical Organizations.D. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.29. It may be inferred from this passage that_______.A. many of the opponents of seat belt installation are parents and officials of the Department of TransportationB. proposal of seat belts on school buses would be seriously consideredC. an alternate safety device (raising seat backs four inches) may be taken intoconsiderationD. The Department of Transportation may either take the idea of seat belts or other measures when it reviews the whole situation30. The best title which expresses the idea of the passage is_______.A. Making School Buses Even Safer for ChildrenB. Seat Belts Needed on School BusesC. Alternate Safety Devices and ProceduresD. Safety in and around School Buses参考答案26. B 27. A 28. D 29. D 30. A。

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For example, Sam’s bicycle is br oken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must see that there is a problem with his bicycle.?Next the thinker must define the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must find the reason why it does not work. For instance, he must determine if the problem is with the gears, the brakes, or the frame. He must make his problem more specific.?Now the person must look for information that will make the problem clearer and lead to possible solutions. For instance, suppose Sam decided that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the gear wheels. At this time, hecan look in his bicycle repair book and read about gears. He can talk to his friends at the bike shop. He can look at his gears carefully.?After studying the problem, the person should have several suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an illustration. His suggestions might be: put oil on the gear wheels; buy new gear wheels and replace the old ones; tighten or loosen the gear wheels. ?Eventually one suggestion seems to be the solution to the problem. Sometimes the final idea comes very suddenly because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a new way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees that there is a piece of chewing gum(口香糖)between the gear wheels. He immediately realizes the solution to his problem: he must clean the gear wheels.?Finally the solution is tested. Sam cleans the gear wheels and finds that afterwards his bicycle works perfectly. In short, he has solved the problem.?21.In analyzing a problem we should do all the following except ____.?A) recognize and define the problemB) look for information to make the problem clearer?C) have suggestions for a possible solutionD) find a solution by trial or mistake?22.By re ferring to Sam’s broken bicycle, the author intends to ____.?A) illustrate the ways to repair his bicycleB) discuss the problems of his bicycle?C) tell us how to solve a problemD) show us how to analyze a problem?23.Which of the following is NOT true??A) People do not analyze the problem they meet.B) People often accept the opinions or ideas of other people.?C) People may learn from their past experienceD) People cannot solve some problems they meet.?24.As used in the last sentence, the phras e “in short” means ____.A) in the long run B) in detail C) in a word D) in the end?25.What is the best title for this passage??A) Six Stages for Repairing Sam’s Bicycle.B) Possible Ways to Problem-solving.?C) Necessities of Problem Analysis.D) Suggestions for Analyzing a Problem.?Passage 2?Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:?Stone tools, animal bones and an incised mammoth tusk found in Russia’s frigid far north have provided what archaeologists say is the first evidence that modern humans or Neanderthals lived in the Arctic more than 30,000 years ago, at least 15,000 years earlier than previously thought.?A team of Russian and Norwegian archaeologists, describing the discovery in today’s issue of the journal Nature, said the campsite, at Mamontovaya Kurya, on the Ura River at the Arctic Circle, was the “oldest documented evidence for human resence at this high latitude. ”Digging in the bed of an old river channel close to the Ural Mountains, the team uncovered 123 mammal bones, including horse, reindeer and wolf. “The most important find,” they said, was a four-foot mammoth tusk with grooves made by chopping with a sharp stone edge, “unequivocally the work of humans.” The tusk was carbon-dated at about 36,600 years old. Plant remains found among the artifacts were dated at 30,000 to 31,000 years.?Other archaeologists said the analysis appeared to be sound. But they cautioned that it was difficult, when dealing with riverbed deposits, to be sure that artifacts had not become jumbled out of their true place, and thus time, in the geologic layers. They questioned whether the discoverers could reliably conclude tha the stone tools were in fact contemporary with the bones. But in a commentary accompanying the article, Dr. John A. J. Gowlett of the University of Liverpool in England wrote, “Although there are questions to be answered, the artifacts illustrate both the capacity of early humans to do the unexpected, and the value of archaeologists’ researching in unlikely areas.”?The discoverers said they could not determine from the few stone artifacts whether the site was occupied by Neanderthals, hominids who by then had a long history as hunters in Europe and western Asia, or some of the first anatomically modern humans to reach Europe.? In any case, other archaeologists said, the findings could be significant.If these toolmakers were Neanderthals, the findings suggested that these human relatives, who became extinct after 30,000 years ago, were more capable and adaptable than they are generally given credit for. Living in the Arctic climate presumably required higher levels of technology and social organization.?If they were modern humans, then the surprise is that they had penetrated so farnorth in such a short time. There has been no firm evidence for modern humans in Europe before about 35,000 years ago. It had generally been thought that the northernmost part of Eurasia was not occupied by humans until the final stage of the last ice age, some 13,000 to 14,000 yearsago, when the w orld’s climate began to moderate. Dr. Gowlett said the new findings indicated that the Arctic region of European Russia was extremely cold but relatively dry and ice-free more than 30,000 years ago.?26.What is the significance of the discovery??A) It shows that modern humans lived in the Arctic more than 3,000 years ago.B) It shows that Neanderthals lived in the Arctic more than 3,000 years ago.C) It shows the oldest documented evidence for human presence at such high latitude.?D) It shows human could use tools 30,000 years ago.?27.Why the team believed that the four-foot mammoth tusk was the most important find??A) Because it was the longest tusk ever found.?B) Because there were signs left by human’s tools on it.?C) Because there were grooves on it.?D) Because there are not any mammoth tusk all over the world.?28.When did the Neanderthals extinct??A) More than 30,000 years ago.B) After 30,000 years ago.?C) Before about 35,000 years ago.D) Some 13,000 to 14,000 years ago.?29.Who were those toolmakers??A) Neanderthals. B) Modern humans.C) Archaeologists. D) Not determined.?30.What’s the weather like in the Arctic region of European Russia more than 30,000 years ago??A) Moderate temperature, relatively dry and ice-free.?B) Extremely cold, relatively dry and ice-free.?C) Extremely cold, plenty of raining and ice-free.?D) Extremely cold, relatively dry and ice frosted. ?Passage 3Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:?After watching my mother deal with our family of five, I ca n’t understand why her answer to the question, “What do you do?” is always, “Oh, I’m just a housewife.” JUST a housewife?” Anyone who spends most of her time in meal preparation and cleanup, washing and drying clothes, keeping the house clean, leading ascout troop, playing taxi driver to us kids when it’s time for school, music lessons or the dentist, doing volunteer work for her favorite charity, and making sure that all our family needs are met is not JUST a housewife. She’ s the real Wonder Woman.?Why is it that so many mothers like mine think of themselves as second-class or something similar? Where has this notion come from? Have we males made them feel this way? Has our society made “going to work” outside the home seem more important than what a housewife must face each day??I would be very curious to see what would happen if a housewife went on strike. Dishes would pile up. Food in the house would run out. No meals would appear on the table. There would be no clean clothes when needed. High boots would be required just to make it through the house scattered with garbage. Walking and bus riding would increase. Those scout troops would have to break up. Charities would suffer.?I doubt if the man of the house would be able to take over. Oh, he might start out with the attitude that he can do just as good a job, but how long would that last? Not long, once he had to come home each night after work to more householdduties. There would be no more coming home to a prepared meal; he’d have to fix it himself. The kids would all be screaming for something to eat, clean clothes and more bus fare money. Once he quieted the kids, he’d have to clean the house, go shopping, make sure that kids got a bath, and fix lunches for the next day. Once the kids were down for the night, he might be able to crawl into an unmade bed and try to read the morning newspaper.?No, I don’t think many males are going to volunteer for the job. I know I don’t want it. So, thanks, mom! I’ll do what I can to create a national holiday for housewives. It could be appropriately called Wonder Woman Day.?31.By what means do the children of the author’s family go to school??A) They take school bus.B) They take a taxi.?C) Their mother drives for them.D) Scout troop sends them to school.32.If a housewife went on strike, which one of the following statements is NOT true??A) Children would scream for something to eat.?B) No meals would appear on the table.?C) The scout troops would have a wonderful time.?D) The man of the house wouldn’t be able to take over.?33.In the author’s opinion, ____.?A) many males are going to volunteer for housewives’ work?B) housewives deserve a national holiday named Wonder Woman Day?C) the man of the house would be able to take over the housewives’ work?D) housewives are second-class citizens or something similar ?34.The author’s attitude toward housewives’ work is ____.?A) critical B) indifferent C) ironical D) appreciative?35.The main idea of the passage is about ____.?A) housewives, the wonder women?B) what would happen if housewives went on strike?C) the replacement of women by men as housewives?D) the setting up of a national holiday for housewives?Passage 4Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:?Children are getting so fat they may be the first generation to die before their parents, an expert claimed yesterday. ?Today’s youngsters are already falling prey to potential killers such as diabetes because of their weight. Fatty fast-food diets combined with sedentary lifestyles dominated by televisions and computers could mean kids will die tragically young, says Professor Andrew Prentice, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.?At the same time, the shape of the human body is going through a huge evolutionary shift because adults are getting so fat. Here in Britain, latest research shows that the average waist size for a man is 36-38in and may be 42-44in by 2032.This compares with only 32.6in in 1972. Women’s waists have grown from an average of 22in in 1920 to 24 ins in the Fifties and 30in now. One of the major reasons why children now are at greater risk is that we are getting fatter younger. In the UK alone, more than one million under-16s are classed as overweight or obese — double the number in the mid-Eighties. One in ten four-year-olds are also medically classified as obese. The obesity pandemic — an extensive epidemic — which started in the US, has now spread to Europe, Australia, Central America and theMiddle East. ?Many nations now record more than 20 per cent of their population as clinically obese and well over half the population as overweight. Prof Prentice said the change in our shape has been caused by a glut of easily available high-energy foods combined with a dramatic drop in the energy we use as a result of technology developments. ?He is not alone in his concern. Only last week one medical journal revealed how obesity was fuelling a rise in cancer cases. Obesity also increases the risk factor for strokes and heart disease. An averagely obese per son’s lifespan is shortened by around nine years while a severely obese person by many more. ?Prof Prentice said: “So will parents outlive their children, as claimed recently by an American obesity specialist?” The answer is yes — and no. Yes, when the offspring become grossly obese. This is now becoming an alarmingly common occurrence in the US. Such children and adolescents have a greatly reduced quality of life in terms of both their physical and psychosocial health. So say No to that doughnut and burger.?36.What does the word “sedentary (Para. 2)” mean??A) sit still. B) eat too much. C) study very hardh. D) passive thinking.?37.Which statement is TRUE??A) The average waist size for a man is 36-38in.?B) The average waist size for a woman is 30in.?C) In the mid-Eighties, more than half million under-16s in the UK are classed as overweight.?D) The obesity pandemic has now spread to South America.?38.According to Prof Prentice, what are the reasons for the change in our shape??A) We eat too much and refuse to do physical exercises.?B) High-energy foods are easy to get and technology develops fast.?C) High-energy foods are the main diet and we use technology.?D) High-energy foods are easy to get and we consume less energy.?39.Obesity increases the risk factor of ____.?A) diabetes, short sight, cancer, strokesB) diabetes, cancer, strokes, psychosocial illness?C) cancer, strokes, fatty, heart diseaseD) strokes, heart disease, diabetes, headache?40.What does the author mean by “So say No to that doughnut and burger”??A) Answering the question “will parents outlive their children?”.?B) The doughnut and burger should be banned.?C) We should lead a healthy life.?D) We should begin dieting. ?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). 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大学英语六级模拟试题一、听力理解（共30分）1. 短对话理解（共8分）本部分包含8个短对话，每个对话后有一个问题。

请根据对话内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案。

1.1 What does the man mean by saying "It's a piece of cake"?A. It's too easy.B. It's a dessert.C. It's a cake.D. It's very difficult.1.2 Why did the woman refuse the man's invitation?A. She is busy.B. She doesn't like him.C. She has another appointment.D. She is not interested in the event....（此处省略其他对话及问题）2. 长对话理解（共10分）本部分包含2个长对话，每个对话后有3-4个问题。

请根据对话内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案。

2.1 What is the main topic of the conversation?A. Travel plans.B. Job interviews.C. Hobbies and interests.D. Academic research.2.2 What does the woman think about the man's suggestion?A. She agrees with it.B. She disagrees with it.C. She is not sure.D. She has no opinion....（此处省略其他对话及问题）3. 短文听力（共12分）本部分包含3篇短文，每篇短文后有3-4个问题。

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You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below.1. 现今，在高校有许多大学生通过助学贷款完成自己的学业2. 但是有些学生毕业后没有能力或拒绝按时还贷3. 我认为贷款的学生应如何对待还贷问题On Paying back Student LoansPart 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, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Reading Baby's MindThe helpless, seemingly awkward infant staring up at you from his little bed, has a lot more going on inside his head than you ever imagined. A wealth of new research is leading child psychologists to rethink their long-held beliefs about the emotional and intellectual abilities of even very young babies. Science is now giving us a much different picture of what goes on inside their hearts and heads. Long before they form their first words or attempt the feat of sitting up, they are already mastering complex emotions-jealousy, empathy (移情), frustration-that were once thought to be learned much later.A New Baby ResearchLittle Victoria Bateman is blue-eyed and as cute a baby as there ever was. At 6 months, she is also trusting and unsuspecting, which is a good thing, because otherwise she'd never go along with what's about to happen. It's a sunny June afternoon in Lubbock, Texas, and inside the Human Sciences lab at Texas Tech University, Victoria's mother is settling her daughter into a high chair, where she is the latest subject in an ongoing experiment aimed at understanding the way babies think. Sybil Hart, an associate professor of human development and leader of the study, trains video cameras on mother and daughter. Everything is set. Hart hands the mother, Cheryl Bateman, a children's book, Elmo Pops In, and instructs her to engross herselfin its pages. "Just have a conversation with me about the book, " Hart tells her. "The most important thing is, do not look at Victoria. " As the two women chat, Victoria looks around the room, feeling a little bored.After a few minutes, Hart leaves the room and returns cradling a lifelike baby doll. Dramatically, Hart places it in Cheryl Bateman's arms, and tells her to embrace the doll while continuing to ignore Victoria. "That's OK, little baby, " Bateman coos, hugging and rocking the doll. Victoria is not bored anymore. At first, she cracks her best smile. When that doesn't work, she begins kicking. But her mom pays her no mind. That's when Victoria loses it. Soon she's crying so hard it looks like she might spit up. Hart rushes in. "OK, we're done, " she says, and takes back the doll. Cheryl Bateman goes to comfort her daughter. "I've never seen her react like that to anything, "she says. Over the last 10 months, Hart has repeated the scene hundreds of times. It's the same in nearly every case: tiny babies, overwhelmed with jealousy. Even Hart was stunned to find that infants could experience an emotion, which, until recently, was thought to be way beyond their grasp.Findings of Baby ResearchThe new research is sure to confuse new parents-see, Junior is a genius-but it's more than just an academic exercise. Armed with the new information, pediatricians (儿科医生) are starting to change the way they evaluate their youngest patients. In addition to tracking physical development, they are now focusing much more deeply on emotional advancement. The research shows how powerful emotional well-being isto a child's future health. A baby who fails to meet certain key "emotional milestones" may have trouble learning to speak, read and, later, do well in school. By reading emotional responses, doctors have begun to discover ways to tell if a baby as young as 3 months is showing early signs of possible psychological disorders, including depression, anxiety, learning disabilities and perhaps autism. One of the earliest emotions that even tiny babies display is, admirably enough, empathy. In fact, concern for others may be hard-wired into babies' brains. Place a newborn down next to another crying infant, and chances are, both babies will soon be wailing (悲叹) away. "People have always known that babies cry when they hear other babies cry, " says Martin Hoffman, a psychology professor at New York University who did the first studies on infant empathy in the 1970s. "The question was, why are they crying?" Does it mean that the baby is truly concerned for his fellow human, or just annoyed by the racket? A recent study conducted in Italy, which built on Hoffman's own work, has largely settled the question. Researchers played for infants tapes of other babies' crying. As predicted, that was enough to start the tears flowing. But when researchers played babies, recordings of their own cries, they rarely began crying themselves. The verdict:"there is some empathy in place, right from birth, " Hoffman says. The intensity of the emotion tends to fade over time. Babies older than 6 months no longer cry but grimace (作苦相) at the discomfort of others. By 13 to 15 months, babies tend to take matters into their own hands. They'll try to comfort a crying playmate. "What I find most charming iswhen, even if the two mothers are present, they'll bring their own mother over to help, " Hoffman says.Part of that empathy may come from another early-baby skill, the ability to discern emotions from the facial expressions of the people around them. "Most textbooks still say that babies younger than 6 months don't recognize emotions, " says Diane Montague, assistant professor of psychology at LaSalle University in Philadelphia. To put that belief to the test, Montague came up with a twist on every infant's favorite game, and recruited dozens of 4-month-olds to play along. She began by peeking around a cloth with a big smile on her face. Predictably, the babies were delighted, and stared at her intently-the time-tested way to tell if a baby is interested. On the fourth peek, though, Montague emerged with a sad look on her face. This time, the response was much different. "They not only looked away, "she says, but wouldn't look back even when she began smiling again. Refusing to make eye contact is a classic baby sign of distress. An angry face got their attention once again, but their faces showed no pleasure. "They seemed primed to be alert, even vigilant, "Montague says. "I realize that's speculative in regard to infants. . . I think it shows that babies younger than 6 months find meaning in expressions. "They are also far more sophisticated intellectually than we once believed. Babies, as young as 4 months, have advanced powers of deduction and an ability to understand the intricate patterns. They have a surprisingly visual palette(燃料，调色板), which enables them to notice small differences, especially in faces, that adults and olderchildren lose the ability to see. Until a baby is 3 months old, he can recognize a photograph of his mother just as quickly as a photo in which everything is in the right place.Challenges and Dangers of Baby ResearchThis might be a good place to pause for a word about the challenges and dangers of baby research. Since the subjects can't speak for themselves, figuring out what's going on inside their heads is often a matter of reading their faces and body language. If this seems speculative, it's not. Over decades of trial and error, researchers have fine-tuned their observation skills and zeroed in on numerous consistent baby responses to various stimuli: how long they stare at an object, what they reach out for and what makes them recoil in fear or disgust can often tell experienced researchers everything they need to know. More recently, scientists have added EEGs and laser eye tracking, which allow more precise readings.1. The passage is mainly about those researches that focus on the emotional and intellectual abilities of those very young babies.2. The purpose of the experiment on Victoria Bateman is to find out how important the mother's love is to her baby.3. In the experiment, Victoria Bateman cried because she thought that her mother didn't love her any more.4. Only through reading emotional responses can doctors tell whether a 3-month baby will get possible psychological disorders.5. Pediatricians are now paying less attention to physical development of their baby patients but more to _________________.6. Hoffman's study revealed that babies are born to show other crying babies _________________.7. The findings of Diane's test demonstrated the baby's ability to recognize _________________.8. It is amazing to find that the visual palette of a baby helps him to notice _________________.9. As for the challenges, those researchers have to obtain those findings about babies' mind by reading _________________.10. In order to gain more precise readings about babies' mind, scientists have adopted the skills of EEGs and _________________.Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be askedabout what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.11. A) The man should stick to what he's doing.B) The man should take up a new hobby.C) The man should stop playing tennis.D) The man should find the cause for his failure.12. A) He is very forgiving and tolerant. B) He probably has a poor memory.C) He is well liked by his customers. D) He has been introduced to the staff.13. A) She'd like to have the windows open.B) She likes to have the air-conditioner on.C) The air is heavily polluted.D) The windows are already open.14. A) She is not interested in the course.B) She doesn't like the way the professor teaches.C) She's having a hard time following the professor's lectures.D) She's having difficulty with the heavy reading assignments.15. A) The deadline is drawing near. B) She can't meet the deadline.C) She turned in the proposals today. D) They are two days ahead of time.16. A) On the 6th of June. B) On the 8th of June.C) On the 9th of June. D) On the 19th of June.17. A) The man was sorry to miss the football game.B) The man attended the concert, but didn't like it.C) The man was sorry that he didn't attend the concert.D) The man is more interested in football than classical music.18. A) She's going away for a while.B) She did well in the test.C) She worked hard and earned a lot of money.D) She didn't have to work hard for the exam.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) She has a temperature. B) She suffers from a headache.C) She has a sore throat. D) She often feels dizzy.20. A) She didn't have enough sleep. B) She has caught a bad cold.C) She is dying from a serious disease. D) She is too nervous to feel at home.21. A) She should take some medicine and more water.B) She should take care of her rest and drink more water.C) She should give up her term paper for her health.D) She should receive more check-up.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.22. A) He doesn't want to take final exams.B) He hasn't prepared well for his tests.C) He has too many exams on the same day.D) He needs to get full scores on his tests.23. A) He should go to the Dean of Students Office.B) He ought to talk immediately to his professors.C) He should begin studying at once.D) He ought to decide which tests are most important.24. A) They are both excellent students.B) They both have to take history and psychology tests.C) They haven't taken final exams before.D) They live in the same dormitory.25. A) Psychology. B) History. C) Advanced Mathematics. D) Chemistry.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) They worked on their own land.B) They produced whatever their families needed.C) They could get along well by relying on themselves.D) They didn't keep commercial ties with others.27. A) Banks and railroads. B) Weather and their own efforts.C) The specialized crops they sold. D) Commercial ties with others.28. A) Their lives are free and simple like that of the 19th century.B) They have more worries than those in the past.C) They suffer from the shipping rates set by the railroads.D) They miss the simple life in the 19th century.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) The painting materials used by Grandma Moses.B) The major artistic influences on Grandma Moses.C) The folk art of Grandma Moses.D) The life of Grandma Moses.30. A) She started it without much success. B) She started it in her sixties.C) She started it after much study. D) She started it by producing greeting cards.31. A) Building. B) Needlework.C) Photographs. D) Country life. Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. A) More than 130 people. B) At least 400 people.C) Hundreds of people. D) The deaths were still unknown.33. A) Lack of safety measures. B) Checks on weather conditions.C) Underload. D) Lightning strikes.34. A) Epidemic disease. B) Ferry disaster.C) Big fire in the forest. D) Car accidents.35. A) The government has banned all the fishing boats at daytime.B) The government has banned all night ferries and night boats.C) The government has completely banned shipping.D) The government has paid for all the shipping lost.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46, you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.A group date differs from a (36) date in several ways. First, there are no special relationships in the group. No particular girl and boy are together all the time. Second, the group date may (37) on a weekend, but it may not be (38) in advance.A group of young people may decide on Saturday afternoon that they want to spend Saturday evening together. They may all decide to go to a movie, or to some other events. On a group date, no one is (39) with anyone else. As a result, every person pays for his or her own (40). This means that the girls must pay for themselves. They must pay their own (41) for the movies, for a cup of coffee, or for anything else that(42) money during the date.Many young people find the group date to be a great deal of(43). The young men on a group date are under no pressure. (44) . They do not have to pay for anyone but themselves. They do not have to be especially polite of formal during the date. Everyone can relax and have a good time. Group dates may lead to serious relationshipsfor some members of the group. (45). They may spend more time together, with the group, and with each other. But usually, (46). No one worries about a serious relationship.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.They are people who struggle to make their voice heard, but the world is likely to hear more and more about them. If they all belonged to one nation, it would be a fair size, as big as Chile or Kazakhstan. Yet by definition, they belong to no country at all:they are the world's growing band of stateless people who have no citizenship rights, and are often unable to claim the things that states can provide, like travel documents and education. According to international officials whose job is to cope with human flotsam and jetsam, the problem of statelessness is growing fast, despite a modest decline in the number of refugees in the strict sense.Some people become stateless because they are forced out of one country, and no other nation will accept them, or even grant them the rights which "refugees"-people whoseek shelter because of a proven risk of persecution-can claim. Some people never leave home but find they are stranded by the shift in borders. Also being ranked among the stateless are marginal groups who cannot claim civic rights because their births went unrecorded.As a classic case of statelessness, take the Biharis of Bangladesh. They mostly took the West Pakistani side in the 1971 war that led to the creation of Bangladesh, ensuring that they were unwelcome in the new state. Some were moved in organised exchanges-until Pakistan stopped taking them. Perhaps 300 000 remain stateless. In fact, legal limbo(前途未卜) is not an either-or condition; there are degrees of statelessness. Among the Palestinians who fled during the war that followed Israel's creation, some-those in Jordan-were given passports, but in other Arab states, they simply got "refugee travel documents". No Arab state wanted to naturalise the newcomers, but the level of rights has varied from place to place.António Guterres, the current high commissioner for refugees, says more and more countries agree, at least, that statelessness is a problem; and several have taken steps to alleviate it.47. If the stateless people belonged to one nation, their number would equal the population of ______________.48. Why do refugees leave their home country and seek protection somewhere else?49. The situation that people who never leave home become stateless resultsfrom______________.50. Why were the Biharis unwelcome in the newly established Bangladesh?51. Arab states' treatments of the fleeing Palestinians are different from place to place in terms of______________.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 centre.Passage oneQuestions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.Getting ready to go back to school in the good old days of, say, 1998 meant a few trips to the mall and a quick check of the bus route. This year, for many parents, there are some new things to remember: The teacher's e-mail address, the school's website and which night online homework helps chat will be offered. "The 1999-2000 school year will be the one when the majority of parents really feel the Internet's influence on their children's education at the everyday level, "says Jonathan Carson, chairman of the Family Education Co. , which offers a parenting website at www. familyeducation. com and a framework for local schools to create and maintain their own sites.This year promises to show a quantum leap in the spread of school technology: Parents in many districts can expect to be able to check the school lunch menu, read class notes, see activity calendar and view nightly homework assignments-all online. "The schools are wired, "says Carson. "A majority of parents now have access and the educators are ready to go. "Over the summer, parents of high school German students in Ithaca, N. Y. got to be part of a class to Europe, through their home computers. The class brought a digital camera and laptop with them to Germany and documented their visit on their web page. Hazy Ash, father of 16-year-old traveler Brian, found it reassuring to see his son's smiling face from half a world away. Before their kids left, parents had checked the site for scheduling information, a list of activities and advice on cultural differences.When it's designed well, a district, school or classroom website can change the relationship between the parents and the school, says Cynthia Lapier, Ithaca's director of information and instructional technology. "The more you can involve parents in school, the better, "Lapier says. "The technology gives us another way to reach them, especially parents of secondary school students, who tend to be less involved. "Ithaca high school physics teacher, Stever Wirt, gets e-mail from parents regular1y, some from the parents he believes might otherwise not pick up the phone with a concern. Using software called Blackboard Course Info, Wirt conducts online chats with his students often reviewing for a quiz or discussing homework problems. The way things are going, by the end of this year, many parents may be fully converted-and in fact dependent upon their schools' technological capabilities. At a recently wired school in Novi, Michigan, the school webmaster was just a few hours late posting the lunch-menu calendar on the website. In that time, more than a dozen parents called him by telephone to request the information. "A year ago, it never would have been there, "says Carson. And now parents are finding it's tough to get by without it.52. Many parents now remember the teacher's e-mail address and the school's website because __________.A) by doing so they needn't go to the store to buy stationery for their childrenB) they can reach their children's school and the teachers without traveling thereC) the e-mail and the website can help them find out what their children doD) they can observe how the Internet affect their children's education every day53. "The schools are wired. A majority of parents now have access and the educators are ready to go. "(Lines 3-4, Para. 2) means that __________.A) the schools and parents are connected by the Internet so that teachers will leave schoolB) parents can find out what happens to their children in school by visiting InternetC) parents and educators may discover that schools are strange by using computersD) the schools are online and parents now can teach their children and the teachers are to go54. The example of Ithaca high school is used to show __________.A) how important the school website is for parents to be involved in educationB) that the school online can reassure the parents about what their children doC) how the parents of the students got to be part of a class trip to EuropeD) it is more likely for parents to send teachers e-mails than to phone them55. According to the last paragraph, the attitude of parents towards the lunch-menu calendar on the website is.A) reliant B) optimistic C) baised D) opposite56. According to this passage，which of the following will be changed most?A) The relationship between teachers and schools.B) The connection between students and schools.C) The relationship between parents and schools.D) The association between websites and schools.Passage TwoQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.Traffic statistics paint a gloomy picture. To help solve their traffic woes, some rapidly growing U. S. cities have simply built more roads. But traffic experts say building more roads is a quick fix solution that will not alleviate the traffic problem in the long run. Soaring land costs, increasing concern over social and environmental disruptions caused by road-building, and the likelihood that more roads can only lead to more cars and traffic are powerful factors bearing down on a 1950s' style constructions program.The goal of smart-highway technology is to make traffic systems work at optimum efficiency by treating the road and the vehicles traveling on them as an integral transportation system. Proponents of this advanced technology say electronic detection systems, closed-circuit television radio communication,ramp metering (斜坡坡度计量), variable message signing, and other smart highway technology can now be used at a reasonable cost to improve communication between drivers and the people who monitor traffic.Pathfinder, a Santa Monica, California based smart highway project in which a 14 mile stretch of the Santa Monica Freeway, making up what is called a "smart corridor", is being instrumented with buried loops in the pavement. Closed circuit television cameras survey the flow of traffic, while communications linked to properly equipped automobiles advise motorists of the least congested routes or detours (便道). Not all traffic experts, however, look to smart-highway technology as the ultimate solution to traffic jam. Some say the high-tech approach is limited and can only offer temporary solutions to a serious problem."Electronics on the highway addresses just one aspect of the problem: how to regulate traffic more efficiently, "explains Michael Renner, senior researcher at the Worldwatch Institute. "It doesn't deal with the central problems of too many cars for roads that can't be built fast enough. It sends people the wrong message. ""They start thinking, ‘Yes, there used to be a traffic congestion problem, but that's been solved now because we have an advanced high-tech system in place. '"Larson agrees and adds, "smart highway is just one of the tools that we will use to deal with our traffic problems. It's not the solution itself, just part of the package. There are different strategies. "Other traffic problem-solving options being studied and experimented which include car pooling, rapid mass-transit systems, staggered or flexible work hours, and road pricing, a system whereby motorists pay a certain amount for the time they use ahighway. It seems that we need a new, major thrust to deal with the traffic problems of the next 20 years. There has to be a big change.57. In Para. 1, "a quick fix solution"is closest in meaning to __________.A) a best solution B) a fast solutionC) a ready solution D) an efficient solution58. According to the passage, the smart highway technology is aimed to __________.A) deploy sophisticated facilities on the interstate highwaysB) provide passenger vehicles with a variety of servicesC) optimize the highway capabilitiesD) improve communication between driver and the traffic monitors59．According to this passage the method of Highways Get Smart is __________.A) the ultimate solution to traffic congestionB) a wrong solution for the traffic problemsC) a venture to remedy traffic woesD) part of the package to relieve traffic gridlock60. According to Larson, to redress the traffic problem, __________.。

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