6月全国大学英语六级考试全真模拟试题

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篇1：6月全国大学英语六级考试全真模拟试题

6月全国大学英语六级考试全真模拟试题

Part I Listening Comprehension （20 minutes）(略)

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension （35 minutes）?

Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices mared A）, B）, C） and D）.You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.?

Passage One?

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:?

There are three basic ways in which individual economic units interact with one another. They are the market system, the administered system, and the traditional system.?

In a market system, individual economic units are free to interact among each other in the market place. Transactions may take place through barter or money exchange. In a barter economy,real goods such as automobiles, shoes, and pizzas are traded against each other. Obviously, finding somebody who wants to trade an old car in exchange for a sailboat may not always be an easy task. Hence the introduction of money as a medium of exchange eases transactions considerably.?

An alternative to the market system is administered control by some agency over all transactions. This agency will issue laws or commands as to how much each goods and service should be produced, exchanged, and consumed by each economic unit. Central planning may be one way of administering such an economy. The central plan drawn up by the government shows the amount of each commodity produced by the various firms and distributed to different households for consumption.?

In a traditional society, production and consumption patterns are governed by tradition. Each person′s place with the economic system is fixed by parentage, religion, and custom. Transactions take place on the basis of tradition, too

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篇2：206月全国大学英语六级全真模拟试题

part i listening comprehension （20 minutes）(略)

part ⅱ reading comprehension （35 minutes）

directions: there are 4 passages in this part. each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. for each of them there are four choices mared a）, b）, c） and d）.you should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.

passage one

questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

there are three basic ways in which individual economic units interact with one another. they are the market system, the administered system, and the traditional system.

in a market system, individual economic units are free to interact among each other in the market place. transactions may take place through barter or money exchange. in a barter economy,real goods such as automobiles, shoes, and pizzas are traded against each other. obviously, finding somebody who wants to trade an old car in exchange for a sailboat may not always be an easy task. hence the introduction of money as a medium of exchange eases transactions considerably.

an alternative to the market system is administered control by some agency over all transactions. this agency will issue laws or commands as to how much each goods and service should be produced, exchanged, and consumed by each economic unit. central planning may be one way of administering such an economy. the central plan drawn up by the government shows the amount of each commodity produced by the various firms and distributed to different households for consumption.

in a traditional society, production and consumption patterns are governed by tradition. each person′s place with the economic system is fixed by parentage, religion, and custom. transactions take place on the basis of tradition, too. people belonging to a certain group or caste may have an obligation to care for other persons, provide them with food and shelter, care for their health,and provide for their education. clearly, in a system where every decision is made on the basis of tradition alone progress may be difficult to achieve.

21. what is the main purpose of the passage?

a） to explain the science of economics.

b） to outline types of economic systems.

c） to argue for the superiority of one economic system.

d） to compare barter and moneyexchange markets.

22. in the second paragraph, by which of the following could the word “real” best be replaced?

a） high quality.

b） concrete.

c） utter.

d） essential.

23. according to the passage, a barter economy can lead to 

a） rapid speed of transactions

b） misunderstandings

c） inflation

d） difficulties for the traders

24. according to the passage who has the greatest degree of control on an administered system?

a） individual households.

b） small businesses.

c） major companies.

d） the government.

25. which of the following statements is true?

a） the central plan drawn up by the government is mainly based on the needs of the state as a whole.

b） the economic system in china is based on the traditional system.

c） in a market system, transactions are controlled by the government.

d） in a traditional society, economy develops very fast.

passage two

questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:

in the atmosphere, carbon dioxide （二氧化碳） acts rather like a one-way mirror—the glass in the roof of a greenhouse which allows the sun′s rays to enter but prevents the heat from escaping.according to a weather expert′s prediction, the atmosphere will be 3℃ warmer in the year 2050 than it is today, if man continues to burn fuels at the present rate. if this warming up took place, the ice caps in the poles would begin to melt, thus raising sea level several metres and severely flooding coastal cities, also, the increase in atmospheric temperature would lead to great changes in the climate of the northern hemisphere, possibly resulting in an alteration of the earth′s-chief food-growing zones.

in the past, concern about a man-made warming of the earth has concentrated on the arctic because the antarctic is much colder and has a much thicker ice sheet. but the weather experts are now paying more attention to west antarctic, which may be affected by only a few degrees of warming: in other words, by a warming on the scale that will possibly take place in the next fifty years from the burning of fuels. satellite pictures show that large areas of antarctic ice are already disappearing. the evidence available suggests that a warming has taken place. this fits the theory that carbon dioxide warms the earth.

however, most of the fuel is burnt in the northern hemisphere,where temperatures seem to be falling. scientists conclude,therefore, that up to now natural influences on the weather have exceeded those caused by man. the question is: which natural cause has most effect on the weather?

one possibility is the variable behavior of the sun. astronomers at one research station have studied the hot spots and “cold” spots（that is, the relatively less hot spots） on the sun.as the sun rotates, every 27.5 days, it presents hotter or “colder” faces to the earth, and different aspects to different parts of the earth. this seems to have a considerable effect on the distribution of the earth′s atmospheric pressure, and consequently on wind circulation. the sun is also variable over a long term: its heat output goes up and down in cycles, the latest trend being downward.

scientists are now finding mutual relations between models or solar-weather interactions and the actual climate over many thousand of years, including the last ice age. the problem is that the models are predicting that the world should be entering a new ice age and it is not. one way of solving this theoretical difficulty is to assume a delay of thousands of years while the solar effects overcome the inertia of the earth′s climate. if this is right, the warming effect of carbon dioxide might thus be serving as a useful counter-balance to the sun′s diminishing heat.

26. it can be concluded that a concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would .

a） prevent the sun′s rays from reaching the earth′s surface

b） mean a warming up in the arctic

c） account for great changes in the climate in the northern hemisphere

d） raise the temperature of the earth′s surface

27. the article was written to explain .

a） the greenhouse effect

b） the solar effects on the earth

c） the models of solarweather interactions

d） the causes affecting weather

28. although the fuel consumption is greater in the northern hemisphere, temperatures there seem to be falling. this is .

a） mainly because the levels of carbon dioxide are rising

b） possibly because the ice caps in the poles are melting

c） exclusively due to the effect of the inertia of the earth′s climate

d） partly due to variations in the output of solar energy

29. on the basis of their models, scientists are of the opinion that .

a） the climate of the world should be becoming cooler

b） it will take thousands of years fro the inertia of the earth′s climate to take effect

c） the manmade warming effect helps to increase the solar effect

d） the new ice age will be delayed by the greenhouse effect

30. if the assumption about the delay of a new ice age is correct, .

a）the best way to overcome the cooling effect would be to burn more fuels

b） ice would soon cover the northern hemisphere

c） the increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could warm up the earth even more quickly

d）the greenhouse effect could work to the advantage of the earth

passage three

questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

before the 1850′s the united states had a number of small colleges, most of them dating from colonial days. they were small,church-connected institutions whose primary concern was to shape the moral character of their students.

throughout europe, institutions of higher learning had developed, bearing the ancient name of university. in germany a different kind of university had developed. the german university was concerned primarily with creating and spreading knowledge,not morals. between midcentury and the end of the 1800′s, more than nine thousand young americans, dissatisfied with their training at home, went germany for advanced study. some of them returned to become presidents of venerable （受人尊敬的 ） colleges—harvard, yale, columbia—and transform them into modern universities the new presidents broke all ties with the churches and brought in a new kind of faculty. professors were hired for their knowledge of a subject, not because they were of the proper faith and had a strong arm for disciplining students. the new principle was that a university was to create knowledge as well as pass it on,and this called for a faculty composed of teacherscholars. drilling and learning by rote （死记硬背 ） were replaced by the german method of lecturing, in which the professor′s own research was presented in class. graduate training leading to the ph. d, an ancient german degree signifying the highest level of advanced scholarly attainment, was introduced. with the establishment of the seminar system, graduate students learned to question, analyze,and conduct their own research.

at the same time, the new university greatly expanded in size and course offerings, breaking completely out of the old, constricted curriculum of mathematics, classics, rhetoric, and music. the president of harvard pioneered the elective system, by which students were able to choose their own courses of study. the notion of major fields of study emerged. the new goal was to make the university relevant to the real pursuits of the world. paying close heed to the practical needs of society, the new universities trained men and women to work at its tasks, with engineering students being the most characteristic of the new regime. students were also trained as economists, architects, agriculturalists, social welfare workers, and teachers.

31. the word “this” （sentence 8, para. 2） refers to which of the following?

a） creating and passing on knowledge. b） drilling and learning by rote.

c） disciplining students. d） developing moral principles.

32. according to the passage, the seminar system encouraged students to .

a） discuss moral issues b） study the classics, rhetoric, and music

c） study overseasd） work more independently

33. it can be inferred from the passage that before 1850, all of the following were characteristic of higher education except .

a） the elective systemb） drilling

c） strict disciplined） rote learning

34. those who favored the new university would be likely to agree with which of the following statements?

a） learning is best achieved through discipline and drill.

b） shaping the moral character of students should be the primary goal.

c） higher education should prepare students to contribute to society.

d） teachers should select their students courses.

35. why many students decided to study aboard?

a）because thousands of young americans wanted to go to germany to study.

b）because young americans were not satisfied with their school system in the usa.

c）because american professors were not as good as those abroad.

d）because european universities were not connected with churches.

passage four

questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

the nuclear age in which the human race is living, and may soon be dying, began for the general public with the dropping of an atom bomb on hiroshima on 6 august 1945. but for nuclear scientists and for certain american authorities, it had been known for some time that such a weapon was possible.

an atom consists of a tiny core called the “nucleus” with attendant electrons circling round it. the hydrogen atom, which is the simplest and lightest, has only one electron. heavier atoms have more and more as they go up the scale. the first discovery that had to do with what goes on in nuclei was radioactivity, which is caused by particles being shot out of the nucleus. it was known that a great deal of energy is locked up in the nucleus, but until just before the outbreak of the second world war, there was no way of releasing this energy in any large quantity. a revolutionary discovery was that, in certain circumstances, mass can be transformed into energy in accordance with einstein′s formula which states that the energy generated is equal to the mass lost multiplied by the square of the velocity of light.

the a-bomb, however, used a different process, depending upon radioactivity. in this process, called “fission”, a heavier atomsplits into two lighter atoms. in general, in radioactive substances this fission proceeds at a constant rate which is slow where substances occurring in nature are concerned. but there is one form of uranium called “u235” which, when it is pure, sets up a chain reaction which spreads like fire, though with enormously greater rapidity. it is this substance that was used in making the atom bomb.

the political background of the atomic scientists′ work was the determination to defeat the nazis. it was held—i think rightly—that a nazi victory would be an appalling disaster. it was also held, in western countries, that german scientists must be well advanced towards making an a-bomb, and that if they succeeded before the west did they would probably win the war. when the war was over,it was discovered, to the complete astonishment of both american and british scientists, that the germans were nowhere near success, and, as everybody knows, the germans were defeated before any nuclear weapon had been made. but i do not think that nuclear scientists of the west can be blamed for thinking the work urgent and necessary. even einstein favored it.

when, however, the german war was finished, the great majority of those scientists who had collaborated towards making the a-bomb considered that it should not be used against the japanese,who were already on the verge （边缘） of defeat and, in any case,did not constitute such a menace to the world as hitler. many of them made urgent represent ations to the american government advocating that, instead of using the bomb as a weapon of war, they should after a public announcement, explode it in a desert, and that future control of nuclear energy should be placed in the hands of an international authority. seven of the most eminent of nuclear scientists drew up what is known as “the franck report” which they presented to the secretary of war in june 1945. this is a very admirable and far-seeing document, and if it had won the assent of the politicians, none of our subsequent terrors would have arisen.

36. we may infer that the writer′s attitude towards the a bomb is that .

a） it is a necessary evil

b） it is a terrible threat to the whole of mankind

c） it played a vital part in defeating the japanese

d） it was a wonderful invention

37. according to the passage, an atom is heavy if .

a） it has a large nucleusb） it is radioactive

c） its nucleus has many electronsd） its nucleus shoots out many particles

38. the american and british scientists were astonished at the end of the second world war against germany because .

a）the germans had been defeated without the use of nuclear weapons

b）the western countries had won before they had invented nuclear weapons

c） they thought the germans would probably win the war

d）the germans had made little progress in developing nuclear weapons

39. according to the writer, most scientists who had helped in making the a bomb considered that it should not be used against the japanese because . 

a） it was such a dangerous weapon

b） its use against the japanese, was unnecessary

c） it was a very inhumane weapon

d） the german war was finished

40.it is implied that the nuclear scientists .

a）might not have agreed to develop the bomb if there had been no nazi threat

b） would have developed the bomb even without the nazi threat

c）would have made the bomb, under peacetime conditions, but only for the use of an international authority

d）developed the bomb because einstein thought it urgent and necessary

part ⅲ vocabulary (20 minutes)

directions: there are 30 incomplete sentences in this part.

for each sentence there are four choices marked a), b), c) and

d). choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a

single line through the center.

41.the british library____ the right to a free copy of every

new book published in the united kingdom.

a) contains b) retires

c) retains d) conveys

42.the secretary____ the foreign minister____ an interview he

was to give that afternoon.

a) reminded … of 

b) reassured…about 

c) consulted…about 

d) questioned…to

43. the way other people behave towards us influences how

we____ ourselves.

a) conceive of b) consist ofc) confront with d) conform to

44. i suppose some people create an idea of who they want to

be and, they ____ it____.

a) work…over b) bear…outc) live…out d) get… over

45.with the economy of the country growing strong, the____

mood is one of optimism .

a) presiding b) circulating c) floating d) prevailing

46. these technological advances in communication have____ the

way people do business.

a) revolted b) represented c) adopted d) transformed

47. the workers of the textile mill ____ that trade union

leaders be elected from the workshops . 

a) urged b) related c) combated d) adapted

48. it is a____ of our company to give refunds if goods are

faulty.

a) policy b) discipline c) decision d) determination

49. ____ friends helped him to get appointed ambassador to

france .

a) efficient b) influential c) impressive d) effective 

50.their ambitious schemes for making money quickly____.

a) took a chance 

b) came to nothing 

c) went into action 

d) got to the point

51.she knew who wrote the letter, so without opening it she

tore it into pieces____a) in excitement 

b) in disappointment 

c) in disgust 

d) in expectation

52.he had always been ____the way ruth looked, and had never

once paid her a compliment .

a) oblivious to b) guilty of c) wary of d) subject to

53.familarity with a wide range of idiomatic expressions, and

the ability to use them appropriately____ are among the

distinguishing marks of command of english like a native.

a) in context b) in practice c) in place d) in case

54.we are still____ things here, but i can’t guarantee the

situation will stay that way.

a) in memory of 

b) in search of 

c) in control of 

d) in need of

55.democratic government is a phrase that is notoriously hard

to____.

a) credit b) defy c) modify d) define

56.bill is rich. his house is full of ____ such as expensive

high-tech video systems and all the latest computer

equipment.

a) luxuries b) festivities c) dimensions d) instruments

57.she is quite capable, but the problem is that she is

not____.

a) consistent b) insistent c) beneficent d) resistant

58.based on the____ that every business is now free to

formulate its own strategy in light of the changing market, i

would predict a market improvement in the efficiency of

china’s economy.

a) guidance b) instruction c . premise d) eminence

59.nurses should do all they can to make their patients feel

____.

a .on board b) at ease c) at leisure d) at heart

60.the accused was ____to have been the leader of the plot to

overthrow the governmenta) reconciled b) blended c) alleged

d) referred

61. she ____the letter, put it in the envelope and handed it

to her father.

a) folded b) wrapped c) rolled d) slided

62. in the last century, new drugs have ____ improved health

throughout the world.a) inconsistently b) supposedly c)

notedly d) markedly 

63. now a paper argues that organic chemicals in the rock come

mostly from ____ on earth rather than bacteria on mars.

a) configuration 

b) constitution 

c) condemnation 

d) contamination

64. when he went to the airport for the ticket, tom suddenly

realized that his passport had ____ for half a year.

a) abolished b) expired c) amended d) constrained

65. since the information was easily____, we found it

immediately.

a) acceptable b) accessory c) accessible d) possible

66.there is no known cure for sars, but doctors are developing

ways to help sufferers ____ it.

a) retard b) eliminate c) dispense d) handle

67. she was____ her brains to remember the man’s time, but her

bad memory failed her.

a) hitting b) beating c) racking d) exhausting 

68. many apartments have doors with a security window so that

one may____ outside and observe visitors without being seen.

a) peer b) peek c) peel d) pile

69. french cars are more elegantly styled than their british

____.

a) counterparts b) equals c) ones d) copies

70. after failing his driving test four times, he finally____

trying to pass.

a) gave up b) gave away c) gave off d) gave in

part ⅳ error correction (15 minutes）

directions: this part consists of a short passage. in this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. you may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. if you change a word, cross it out write the correct word in the corresponding blank. if you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧） in the correct place and write the missing word in the blank. if you delete a word, cross it out and be sure to put slash (/) in the blank.[wthz]

error correction:

the first man known to use a signal other than

a bonfire(大篝火)used a chandelier(枝形吊灯).

he was lord of a castle that stood near a rocky seacoast.

.he hang the chandelier, containing many 71_________

large tallow candles ,in the highest tower of his castle .

thus he warned passing ship from the danger 72________

along the coast.

candles soon became the common fuel for signal lights.

they were later replaced by oil lamps,

that could burn longer and brighter. kerosene and 73_________

gas lamps also tried .these are still in use now in 74_________

some smaller lighthouses. but today most lighthouses

sent electric light blazing out over the sea. 75_________

the ancient fire signals could only say “danger!

keep off !”but the modern lighthouse also

identifies it in a code known to all shipping .most of 76_________

the great lights have their own special signals. the

light may be one that blinks—as a giant firefly in the 77_________

night .or it may be a revolved light that is red and 78_________

then green. or it may be only white .but however 79__________

the signal ,it is sent very regularly. a ship within its

range is never at a loss to know which lighthouse it

is , and where it is being located . 80__________

part ⅴ writing （30 minutes）

directions: for this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to writes a composition entitled the tears of a bird.your compositiom should be based on the outline below and should be no less than 150 words.

(1)describe the cartoon and deduce the purpose of the drawer of the picture;

(2)state the harmful effects of the phenomenon;

(3)give suggestions as to how to solve the problem.

the tears of a bird

part ⅱ

21. b）文章第一段点明了三种不同类型的经济体系。

接下来分别介绍了这三种体系。由此可见，b）为正确答案。

22. b）第二段第二句说明了物物交换的经济形式（barter economy）。可见，real一词在此指的是“实体的，具体的”。选项b）为正确答案。另三词的含义分别为“高质量”；“完全的，全然的”;“重要的”均不符合文章内容。

23. d） 答案在第二段第四句：显然要找到想用旧车来交换帆船的人不是件容易的事。所以，物物交换会给商人带来麻烦。d）正确。

24. d） 由第三段可知，在管理经济模式下，政府通过主导中央计划来管理控制一切的业务。由此推知，在管理经济体制中，政府具有最大限度的控制权。d）正确。

25. a）由第三段最后一句可知，政府拟定的中央计划显示了由不同公司生产的商品的数量，并根据数量把商品分送到不同的家庭消费。所以，中央计划是根据整个国家的需求来拟定的。选项a）正确。选项b）与d）文章未提及。选项c）与内容不符。

26. d）文章第一段讲到二氧化碳在大气中就像温室的玻璃屋顶一样吸收太阳的光线并阻挡光热的流失，文章第三段最后一句话又再次提到二氧化碳能使地球变热的理论。因此，正确答案为d）。

27. d）全文讲述的是影响天气的诸多原因。选项a），b），c）在文中均被提及但不足以概括全文的主旨，只有d）是比较全面的。

28. d）文章第四段提及这一现象时讲到，科学家们认为： 这一现象的产生是因为到目前为止自然界对天气的影响要大于人类对天气的影响。而究竟是哪种自然力量对天气的影响最大呢? 文章第五段第一句话给出了答案：其中一个可能就是太阳的不断变动。选项d）与此意相符。

29. a） 文章最后一段提到科学家们模拟太阳与天气之间的相互作用，并试图找出这种模拟与数千年来真正的气候之间的相互关系。此段第二句讲到：这些模拟结果都预测全球会进入一个新的冰河时代。所以，选项a）应为正确答案。

30. d） 本题涉及对文章最后一段最后一句话的理解。 如果有关太阳光能延缓新冰河时代到来的推测是正确的，那么二氧化碳的温室效应将发挥有效的作用来平衡太阳日益减少的光热。选项d）与此意相符。

31. a）第二段第八句this指代前面的“creating and passing on knowledge”。

32. d）第二段最后一句讲到，随着研讨制度的确立，学生开始学会提出问题、分析并开展自己的研究，也即学生开始独立。

33. a）第三段第二句说，哈佛大学校长开创了选举制度, 学生能选择自己喜爱的课程，由此可推断，a）选举制度不是1850年以前学校的一个特征，而b），c），d）都是特征。〖zk）〗

34. c）文中a），b），d）均为传统高校教育模式的特征，而最后一段讲到，1850年以后的大学的新目标是要使它与世界真正的要求相符合，大学须关注社会的实际需要，由此可推断，c）为正确答案。

35. b）答案在第二段第四句：19世纪中下叶，九千多名美国人因不满美国的教育方法，来欧洲学习。故b）为正确答案。

36. b）文章第一段第一句讲到：人类现在正生活在核时代里，而且也许很快就会死在这一时代。文章最后一段最后一句也讲到：如果七位最杰出的核科学家提出的报告能够得到政治家们的同意，我们今后就不必再恐惧了。由此可推断出作者对原子弹的态度应与选项b）相符。

37. c）文章第二段第一句至第三句讲到：原子是由一个极小的叫做“核”的中心物质以及绕核运动着的电子组成的。氢原子只有一个电子，是最简单、最轻的原子。原子越重，电子就越多。由此可判断出选项c）为正确答案。

38. d）文章第四段第四句讲到：二战结束后，英美两国科学家惊讶地发现德国人根本没有成功研制出核武器，因此，正确答案为d）。

39. b）文章第五段第一句讲到：对德战争结束后，绝大多数参与研制原子弹的科学家都认为不该把它用来对付日本人，因为他们已处在战败的边缘，不像希特勒那样对世界构成威胁。因此，正确答案为b）。

40. a）从文章第四段可以看出研制原子弹的政治背景是为了打败纳粹，所以，选项为正确答案。

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41.【答案】c。contain是及物动词，意思是“包括，包含”；retire是不及物动词，意思是“撤退，退休”；retain是及物动词，意思是“保持，保留，留有”；convey是不及物动词，意思是“传达，传递”。结合整句话的意思和结构，我们可知只有retain才能与right搭配。故本题的正确答案选c。

42. 【答案】a。remind of的意思是“提醒某人某事”；reassure about的意思是“使确信”；consult about的意思是“咨询某事”；question

to没有这个结构。根据整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是a。

43. 【答案】a。conceive of的意思是“认为，以为，想象”；consist of的意思是“包括，包含”；confront with的意思是“使某人面对”；conform to的意思是“遵守，遵从，与…相一致”。根据整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是a。

44. 【答案】b。work...over的意思是“彻底查”；bear...out的意思是“证明…，证实”；live...out的意思是“活过…，度过…，熬过；不在工作处住，通勤”；get...over的意思是“爬过，越过；克服，超越；淡忘，恢复；知道相信”。根据整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是b。

45. 【答案】d。preside的意思是“主宰，主理”；circulate的意思是“循环，周流”；float的意思是“漂浮”；prevail的意思是“遍布，普遍，到处”。根据整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是d。

46. 【答案】d。revolted是不及物动词，意思是“反叛，造反，反抗”；represent是及物动词，意思是“代表”；adopt是及物动词，意思是“采用，采纳”；transform是及物动词，意思是“改变，改动，更改”。根据我们的常识判断，我们也知道只有transform才能与way搭配。故本题的正确答案选d。

47. 【答案】a。urge是及物动词，意思是“要求”；relate是及物动词，意思是“把…与…相关”；combat是及物动词，意思是“向…宣战”；adapt是及物动词，意思是“改变”。在这四个选项中，只有urge后面的宾语从句中的谓语动词能用动词原形来表示虚拟语气。故本题的正确答案选a。

48. 【答案】b。policy的意思是“政策”，是一个比较正式的单词，一般指的是国家的政策；discipline的意思是“规矩，要求”，一般指某一机构的要求和策略；decision的意思是“决定，决心”，一般指会议的决定；determination的意思是“坚决，决心”。结合整句话的意思，我们可知本题的正确答案是b。

49. 【答案】b。efficient的意思是“效率高的”；influential的意思是“有影响的，有影响力的”；impressive的意思是“印象深的”；effective的意思是“有效的”。根据整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是b。

50. 【答案】b。took a chance的意思是“抓住机会”；came to nothing的意思是“化为泡影”；went into action的意思是“开始行动”；got to the point的意思是“适当地，得要领地”。根据整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是b。

51. 【答案】b。in excitement的意思是“激动地”，这在意思上与整个句子的意思不一致；in disappointment的意思是“失望地”，与整句话的意思相一致；in disgust的意思是“憎恨地”，与选项b相比在意思上不够合适；in expectation的意思是“期望地”，在感情色彩上与整个句子不合拍。根据整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是b。

52.【答案】a。oblivious to的意思是“对…不注意”；guilty of的意思是“对…有负罪感”；wary of的意思是“小心的，机警的，慎重的”；subject to的意思是“屈服于”。根据整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是a。

53. 【答案】b。in context的意思是“在上下文中”；in practice的意思是“在实践中”；in place的意思是“代替”；in case的意思是“万一”。根据整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是b。

54. 【答案】d。in memory of的意思是“为纪念…”；in search of的意思是“寻找，寻求，试图发现”；in control of的意思是“管理，掌握”；in need of的意思是“需要”。根据整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是d。

55. 【答案】d。credit的意思是“信赖，相信”；defy的意思是“辩驳，驳倒”；modify的意思是“修饰，修改”；define的意思是“给…下定义”。根据整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是d。

56. 【答案】a。luxury的意思是“豪华，奢侈品”；festivity的意思是“欢庆气氛，庆祝活动”；dimension的意思是“尺寸，大小，容积”；instrument的意思是“仪器，设备”。根据整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是a。

57. 【答案】a。consistent的意思是“前后一致的，符合”；insistent的意思是“极力主张的，坚持要的，引人注目的”；beneficent的意思是“有同情心的，亲切的”；resistant的意思是“抵制的”。根据整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是a。

58. 【答案】c。guidance的意思是“指导，引导，率领；学生指导，辅导”；instruction的意思是“讲授，教育，指导；命令，指示”；premise的意思是“前提，根据”；eminence的意思是“著名，名声，显赫”。根据整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是c。

59. 【答案】b。on board的意思是“在船上，在飞机上”；at ease的意思是“放松，稍息”；at leisure的意思是“空闲的，有空的”；at heart的意思是“在心底，实际上”。根据整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是b。

60. 【答案】c。reconcile的意思是“使和好，调停”；blend的意思是“混合，调和”；allege的意思是“宣称，指控”；refer的意思是“指，参考”。根据整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是c。

61. 【答案】a。fold是及物动词，意思是“折叠”；wrap是及物动词，意思是“把…用…包起来”；roll是及物动词，意思是“滚动，转动，把…搓成卷”；slide是不及物动词，意思是“顺着…滑动”。fold the letter是常用短语，意思是“把信折起来”。况且，根据我们的常识判断，我们也会知道是“把信折起来”。故本题的正确答案选a。

62. 【答案】d。inconsistently的意思是“矛盾地，不协调地”；supposedly的意思是“原则上，想象上，恐怕，大概”；notedly的意思是“著名地”；markedly的意思是“显著地，明显地”。根据整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是d。

63. 【答案】d。condemnation的意思是“谴责”；configuration的意思是“构造，结构，外形”；constitution的意思是“建立，设立，制定，任命”；contamination的意思是“污染，污染物”。结合整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是d。

64. 【答案】b。expire的意思是“（一段时间）终止，到期”；abolish的意思是“废止，废除，革除（战争，奴役，旧习俗）”；amend的意思是“改善，改良，改正”；constrain的意思是“强迫，勉强（某人）做某事，（良心、内在力量）驱使”。根据整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是b。

65. 【答案】c。acceptable的意思是“可以接受的”；accessory是名词，其意思是“附件，附属品”；accessible的意思是“可以接近的，可进入的，可用的，可参观的”；possible的意思是“可能的”。根据整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是c。

66. 【答案】d。retard的意思是“阻止，妨碍”；eradicate的意思是“根除，削减”；dispense的意思是“分配，分发，分给”；handle的意思是“处理，对付”。根据整句话的意思和搭配判断，我们可知本题的正确答案是d。

67. 【答案】c。hit是及物动词，意思是“击，打”；beat是及物动词，意思是“打，战胜”；rack是及物动词，意思是“过度剥削”；exhaust是及物动词，意思是“使筋疲力尽”。结合整句话的意思和结构，我们可知只有rack才能与brains一起构成固定搭配rack one’ s brains。故本题的正确答案选c。 

68. 【答案】b。peer是不及物动词，意思是“凝视，注视”；peek是不及物动词，意思是“偷看，窥视”；peel是及物动词，意思是“削皮”；pile是及物动词，意思是“堆积”。结合整句话的意思和结构，我们可知本题的正确答案选b。

69. 【答案】a。counterpart的意思是“互相对应的人和物，配对物”；equal的意思是“同等的人”；one是代词，意思是“一个”；copy的意思是“复制品”。结合整句话的意思和结构，我们可知本题的正确答案选a。

70. 【答案】a。gave up的意思是“放弃”；gave away的意思是“送掉，赠送”；gave off意思是“发出，释放出”；gave in意思是“屈服”。结合整句话的意思和结构，我们可知本题的正确答案选a。 

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71． hang 意作“悬挂”时，时态变化“hang，hung，hung”；意作“吊死，该死”时，时态变化为“hang ，hanged ，hanged”。此处作“悬挂”讲，且全篇叙述都用的是过去时，所以应该使用过去式hung。

72． “warn sb of sth ”为固定搭配，所以将from改成of。

73． 定语从句中，如先行词后出现逗号，为非限制性定语从句，则关系代词应用which。

74． “tired”不是动词，是分词形式的形容词。一个句子中不可能没有谓语动词，所以填上一个“were”，因为“be tired”表示“劳累”。

75． “b.ut today ”暗示这句话应转为现在时，所以应把过去式sent改成现在时send。

76． “modern lighthouse”辩认identify 的对象是它自己，所以应该使用反身代词itself。

77． 此句意思是“light”像“giant firefly ”，as不表示“像”的意思，所以将其改成like。

78． 动词变成形容词修饰名词时，如果与名词是主谓关系，动词变成-ing形式，如果与名词是动宾关系，动词变成过去分词形式。“light”与“revolve”应是主谓关系，所以应用动名词形式revolving来修饰名词light。

79． how 与however后面直接接形容词，然后再加名词，如：how beautiful the flowers are ！what 与whatever后面直接接名词，如：what beautiful flowers！此句应用whatever，因为 其后紧跟着一个名词“the signal”。

80．and 前后句子结构对称，“which lighthouse it is ”与“where it isolated”对称，不需要being。另外，此处强调的是状态，不是动作，“being”表示正在定位于何处。

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as can be clearly seen from the cartoon, a bird is sitting on the top of a huge ax, with tears streaming from its eyes. because all the trees are cut down, the bird will have no habitat. the cartoon conveys the meaning that it is urgent to preserve the woods for the birds and protect the environment for human beings.

the cutting of trees, as well as the destruction of our environment, may lead to several harms as follows. in the first place, the trees provide us with many vital things we humans need, such as oxygen, food, shelter and so on. the animals, such as the bird in the picture, also need the trees. in the second place, if trees are cut down, then there will be nothing to retain the rain water, thus floods will happen more often in the future. last but not least, there is only one earth. if the environment is destroyed, then we will have no place to live in.

since this phenomenon causes so many harmful effects, we have to come up with some measures to deal with it. first of all, the authorities should adopt the policy of “sustainable development”, just as our government has been doing. what’s more, every citizen should realize the seriousness of the problem and make concerted efforts to protect our environment.

篇3：大学英语六级考试模拟试题

Part I Writing

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: A way from Net-bar Campaign. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:

1. 新闻媒体披露，徐州某中学1000多名学生签名;庄严承诺“远离网吧”

2. 分析“远离网吧”运动的原因

3. 做出对比和评论

Away from Net-bar Campaign

Part 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.

Suggestions for Your Work

Annie is a longtime secretary/receptionist for two senior vice presidents at a big company. They have been doing a lot of hiring lately, and almost all of the new middle-management personnel have been interviewed by one or the other of Annie's two bosses, so naturally they come through her office first.

Some of these people are unbelievably rude. Either they treat Annie like a piece of furniture (no hello, no eye contact) or they think she is their errand(差使)girl. Lately, Annie's two bosses have started asking her for her impressions of job candidates. So far this week, two have been discourteous(失礼的)and dismissive, so Annie gave both the thumbs-down. Neither is getting called back for the next round of interviews.

No one knows how common this is, but if you are job hunting, it's necessary to be aware that the dummy at the reception desk may be anything but not “just a secretary”.

Suggestions to Job Hunters

According to Annie Stevens and Greg Gostanian, two partners at a Boston-based executive coaching firm called Clear Rock, it's not unusual these days for a hiring manager to ask everyone who meets a potential new hire to give an opinion of him or her. “One of the biggest reasons so many newly recruited managers fail in a new job is their inability to fit in and get along with the people who are already there,” says Stevens. “So employers now want to get staffers' impressions right at the start.”

Adds Gostanian:“ A lot can be learned from how candidates treat receptionists. If the jobseeker is rude, condescending, or arrogant, this might be an indication of how he or she would treat coworkers or direct reports.”

Obviously, anyone looking for a new job would do well not to alienate the person who sits outside the interviewer's door. Stevens and Gostanian offer these six tips for getting off to the right start:

?Introduce yourself as you would to any other potential new colleague. Smile, shake hands, and so on. It seems odd that this has to be spelled out, but apparently it does; and, besides being a matter of common courtesy, ordinary friendliness offers a practical advantage. “Learning and remembering an interviewer's receptionist's name can only help as you advance in the interviewing process,” Stevens notes.

?Don't regard a receptionist or other assistant as an underling(部下)―at least, not as your own personal underling. “Always ask the interviewer if you need help from anyone else in the office where you're interviewing, instead of seeking this directly yourself,” says Gostanian. In other words, if you'd like to leave an extra copy of your resume, refrain from sending the interviewer's assistant to the Xerox machine.

?It's fine to accept if you're offered a beverage, but keep it simple. “Don't ask for particular brand names or expect to be brewed a fresh pot of coffee,” Stevens says. And of course, need we add that dispatching anybody to Starbucks is out of the question?

?Feel free to make small talk, but know that anything you say may well get back to the interviewer. “Don't ask probing questions about the company or offer unsolicited opinions,” Gostanian advises. No matter how hideous the office door, endless the hike from the parking lot, or inconvenient the wait to see the interviewer, keep it to yourself. Plenty of time for whining(抱怨)and grumbling after you're hired.

?Don't talk on your cell phone in front of the receptionist, and try to put your BlackBerry aside. “If you have to make or take a call, leave the reception area,” Stevens says. Preoccupation with wireless devices will mark you, she says, as “a cold and fixated person”.

?Don't forget to say good-bye. “Failure to say good-bye to someone you've just met reflects negatively on you,” Gostanian notes. “You'll come across as impersonal and uncaring.” That's hardly the image any job hunter wants to project.

How to Measure Your Work

Any job, like any relationship, has its difficult moments. And with the job market heating up, the temptations to change partners are growing.

As with any relationship, however, you really should assess the full value of what you've got before giving it up wholesale, because―let's fact it―regret really is a waste of your time.

Regardless of the main task of a job―be it bond trading, teaching, balancing the books, or cleaning hotel rooms―are there objective criteria that you can use to measure whether your job is wonderful or not?

Workplace experts Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman have identified several. In their book First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently, they offer a useful guide in the form of 12 questions:

?Do I know what's expected of me at work?

?Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right?

?At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day?

?In the last 7 days, have I received recognition or praise for doing good work?

?Does my supervisor, or someone at work, seem to care about me as a person?

?Is there someone at work who encourages my development?

?At work, do my opinions seem to count?

?Does the mission/purpose of my company make me feel my job is important?

?Are my coworkers committed to doing quality work?

?Do I have a best friend at work?

?In the last six months, has someone at work talked to me about my progress?

?This last year, have I had opportunities at work to learn and to grow?

Buckingham and Coffman picked these 12 questions after looking for patterns among the responses of more than 1 million employees to workplace questions posed by the Gallup Organization over the years.

“We were searching for those special questions where the most engaged employees ... answered positively, and everyone else...answered neutrally or negatively,” they wrote.

Their reasoning: they wanted to identify the key elements of a strong workplace that can attract and retain talent.

Satisfaction with pay and benefits didn't make the list not because they're not important, Coffman said, but because they're important to all employees, whether they're engaged in their work or not.

So, assuming you feel you're paid the going rate for your job, answering affirmatively to all or even most of the 12 questions can be an indication that you've got a great job that you should part with only for very good reason. And if job satisfaction is important to you, then the promise of a bigger paycheck alone may not be reason enough.

When Coffman is asked what percentage of companies he thinks actually pass the 12-question test, his estimate is no more than 15 percent. But within a company, he said, individual departments may meet the test, even if the company overall doesn't.

Why? The manager of a department makes all the difference. Coffman said when an employee quits, 70 percent of the time she's not leaving because of the job, she's leaving because of the manager.

One cautionary note: your job may not be as wonderful for you as you think if you answer a majority of the 12 questions affirmatively but the few questions that you can't are among the first six. That's because the first six questions make up the base on which job satisfaction rests, according to Buckingham and Coffman. If your current job doesn't meet the first six criteria, you are more likely to be disengaged with your work and less productive than you could be.

Consider question three after all. Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best everyday? “If you're not able to use your gifts every day, you'll be pretty frustrated,” Coffman said.

Of course, job satisfaction isn't a one-way street with a department either meeting your needs or not. In order to answer the 12 questions honestly, you need to know what it is that makes you tick and not blindly blame your department for any job dissatisfaction.

Do you know what it is you like to do and what you do best? What kind of recognition do you like? Public or private? What are your values and do they square with your company's goals? How do you like a manager to relate to you?

Otherwise, your career, like a string of bad relationships, can become a case of “different partner, same problems”.

1. When you go to a company for an interview, there is no need to care the feelings of the receptionists.

2. According to Annie Stevens, many newly recruited managers fail in a new job because they cannot get along with their coworkers.

3. If you want to get off to the right start, you should treat the receptionists as your potential bosses.

4. If you fail to say “thank you” to the receptionists, they will have negative impressions of you.

5. If you want to give up a job wholesale, you should evaluate ________ from it.

6. When you are measuring your work, you should consider that if there is someone at work who encourages your development and talks to you about __________.

7. The question about satisfaction with pay and benefits is not included in the 12 questions because it's important to all employees, whether ________ or not.

8. Even if the company overall cannot pass the 12-question test, ________ may pass it.

9. You should pay special attention to the first six questions of the 12 questions because they make up the base on which ________.

10. If you want to answer the 12 questions honestly, you should know what makes you not blindly blame your department for ________.

篇4：6月大学英语六级模拟试题及答案

Part I Writing (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Travel-mate Wanted. You should write at least 150 word following the outline given below:

假设你是李明，假期即将到来，你打算做一次为期三周的旅行，希望找个外国朋友作为游伴(Travel-mate)。拟一个寻游伴的启事，交代清楚日程安排、费用分担情况、对对方的要求等，并说明对方和你一起出游的好处。

Travel-mate Wanted

Part 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.

Is College Really Worth the Money?

The Real World

Este Griffith had it all figured out. When she graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in April , she had her sights set on one thing: working for a labor union.

The real world had other ideas. Griffith left school with not only a degree, but a boatload of debt. She owed $15,000 in student loans and had racked up $4,000 in credit card debt for books, groceries and other expenses. No labor union job could pay enough to bail her out.

So Griffith went to work instead for a Washington, D.C. firm that specializes in economic development. Problem solved? Nope. At age 24, she takes home about $1,800 a month, $1,200 of which disappears to pay her rent. Add another $180 a month to retire her student loans and $300 a month to whittle down her credit card balance. “You do the math,” she says.

Griffith has practically no money to live on. She brown-bags(自带午餐)her lunch and bikes to work. Above all, she fears she'll never own a house or be able to retire. It's not that she regrets getting her degree. “But they don't tell you that the trade-off is the next ten years of your income,” she says.

That's precisely the deal being made by more and more college students. They're mortgaging their futures to meet soaring tuition costs and other college expenses. Like Griffith, they're facing a one-two punch at graduation: hefty(深重的)student loans and smothering credit card debt―not to mention a job market that, for now anyway, is dismal.

“We are forcing our children to make a choice between two evils,” says Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard Law professor and expert on bankruptcy. “Skip college and face a life of diminished opportunity. or go to college and face a life shackled(束缚)by debt.”

Tuition Hikes

For some time, colleges have insisted their steep tuition hikes are needed to pay for cutting-edge technologies, faculty and administration salaries, and rising health care costs. Now there's a new culprit(犯人): shrinking state support. Caught in a severe budget crunch, many states have sharply scaled back their funding for higher education.

Someone had to make up for those lost dollars. And you can guess who―especially if you live in Massachusetts, which last year hiked its tuition and fees by 24 percent, after funding dropped by 3 percent, or in Missouri, where appropriations(拨款)fell by 10 percent, but tuition rose at double that rate. About one-third of the states, in fact, have increased tuition and fees by more than 10 percent.

One of those states is California, and Janet Burrell's family is feeling the pain. A bookkeeper in Torrance, Burrell has a daughter at the University of California at Davis Meanwhile, her sons attend two-year colleges because Burrell can't afford to have all of them in four-year schools at once.

Meanwhile, even with tuition hikes, California's community colleges are so strapped for cash they dropped thousands of classes last spring. The result: 54,000 fewer students.

Collapsing Investments

Many families thought they had a surefire plan: even if tuition kept skyrocketing, they had invested enough money along the way to meet the costs. Then a funny thing happened on the way to Wall Street. Those investments collapsed with the stock market. Among the losers last year: the wildly popular “529” plans―federal tax-exempt college savings plans offered by individual states, which have attracted billions from families around the country. “We hear from many parents that what they had set aside declined in value so much that they now don't have enough to see their students through,” says Penn State financial aid director Anna Griswold, who witnessed a 10 percent increase in loan applications last year. Even with a market that may be slowly recovering, it will take time, perhaps several years, for people to recoup(补偿)their losses.

Nadine Sayegh is among those who didn't have the luxury of waiting for her college nest egg to grow back. Her father had invested money toward her tuition, but a large chunk of it vanished when stocks went south. Nadine was then only partway through college. By graduation, she had taken out at least $10,000 in loans, and her mother had borrowed even more on her behalf. Now 22, Nadine is attending law school, having signed for yet more loans to pay for that. “There wasn't any way to do it differently,” she says, “and I'm not happy about it. I've sat down and calculated how long it will take me to pay off everything. I'll be 35 years old.” That's if she's very lucky: Nadine based her calculation on landing a job right out of law school that will pay her at least $120,000 a year.

Dependent on Loans and Credit Cards

The American Council on Education has its own calculation that shows how students are more and more dependent on loans. In just five years, from 1995 to , the median loan debt at public institutions rose from $10,342 to $15,375. Most of this comes from federal loans, which Congress made more tempting in 1992 by expanding eligibility (home equity no longer counts against your assets) and raising loan limits (a dependent undergraduate can now borrow up to $23,000 from the federal government).

But students aren't stopping there. The College Board estimates that they also borrowed $4.5 billion from private lenders in the 2000-2001 academic year, up from $1.5 billion just five years earlier.

For lots of students, the worst of it isn't even the weight of those direct student loans. It's what they rack up on all those plastic cards in their wallets. As of two years ago, according to a study by lender Nellie Mae, more than eight out of ten undergrads had their own credit cards, with the typical student carrying four. That's no big surprise, given the in-your-face marketing by credit card companies, which set up tables on campus to entice(诱惑)students to sign up. Some colleges ban or restrict this hawking, but others give it a boost. You know those credit cards emblazoned with a school's picture or its logo? For sanctioning such a card―a must-have for some students―a college department or association gets payments from the issuer. Meanwhile, from freshman year to graduation, according to the Nellie Mae study, students triple the number of credit cards they own and double their debt on them. As of 2001, they were in the hole an average $2,327.

A Wise Choice?

One day, Moyer sat down with his mother, Janne O'Donnell, to talk about his goal of going to law school. Don't count on it, O'Donnell told him. She couldn't afford the cost and Moyer doubted he could get a loan, given how much he owed already. “He said he felt like a failure,” O'Donnell recalls. “He didn't know how he had gotten into such a mess.”

A week later, the 22-year-old hanged himself in his bedroom, where his mother found him. O'Donnell is convinced the money pressures caused his suicide. “Sean tried to pay his debts off,” she says. “And he couldn't take it.”

To be sure, suicides are exceedingly rare. But despair is common, and it sometimes leads students to rethink whether college was worth it. In fact, there are quite a few jobs that don't require a college degree, yet pay fairly well. On average, though, college graduates can expect to earn 80 percent more than those with only a high school diploma. Also, all but two of the 50 highest paying jobs (the exceptions being air traffic controllers and nuclear power reactor operators) require a four-year college degree. So foregoing a college education is often not a wise choice.

Merit Mikhail, who graduated last June from the University of California, Riverside, is glad she borrowed to get through school. But she left Riverside owing $20,000 in student loans and another $7,000 in credit card debt. Now in law school, Merit hopes to become a public-interest attorney, yet she may have to postpone that goal, which bothers her. To handle her debt, she'll probably need to start with a more lucrative(有利的)legal job.

Like so many other students. Mikhail took out her loans on a kind of blind faith that she could deal with the consequences. “You say to yourself, 'I have to go into debt to make it work, and whatever it takes later, I'll manage.'” Later has now arrived, and Mikhail is finding out the true cost of her college degree.

1. Griffith worked for a firm that specialized in economic development in Washington D.C. because she needed money to pay for her debt.

2. The only problem the students are facing at graduation is the dismal job market.

3. One reason why colleges increase tuition and fees is that the state support is shrinking.

4. Nearly all the families can manage to meet the soaring tuition costs through various investment plans.

5. According to Nadine's calculation, she can pay off all her debt when she is ________ if she can get a salary of $120,000 a year right out of law school.

6. Students get money from not only federal loans but also ________.

7. The college department or association can get payments from the issuer if it sanctions credit cards decorated with ________.

8. O'Donnell thinks that the cause of her 22-year-old son's suicide is ________.

9. The author says that foregoing a college education is often not a wise choice because ________ of the 50 highest paying jobs require a four-year college degree except for air traffic controllers and nuclear power reactor operators.

10. Merit will have to start with a more lucrative legal job instead of her favorite position―a public-interest attorney because she has to ________.

Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words on Answer Sheet 2.

Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.

Scientists say they have high hopes for a drug that could one day provide a new form of treatment for HIV-AIDS. A compound, which interferes with an elusive protein used by the HIV virus to infect human cells, has worked extremely well in monkeys. If the drug proves effective in human trials, scientists say, it could bolster(加强)the effectiveness of two existing AIDS drugs, particularly in fighting drug-resistant strains of the virus.

Researchers at the pharmaceutical(制药的)company Merck are very excited about an experimental drug, which has worked as well in monkeys infected with a primate version of the virus as any of the existing anti-AIDS drugs.

It works by blocking one of three proteins, or enzymes, the HIV virus uses to gain entrance into and infect human immune system cells.

Inhibitor drugs have been developed to block two of the proteins, to slow progression of the disease after infection. They have become standard therapy as a “cocktail” for people infected with HIV.

Those enzymes are reverse transcriptase (转录酶)and protease(蛋白酶). The first converts the virus' genetic material into that of its host cells. The second chops up the resulting larger proteins into smaller pieces, producing smaller viral particles that infect new cells.

The third prong of cellular attack is a protein called integrase(整合酶), which experts say has been harder to block. Once HIV fools host cells by changing its genetic information so it can enter them, integrase acts like a cut and paste operation in a word processor, deleting an immune cell's genetic material and replacing it with its own.

An integrase inhibitor would give doctors a third line of attack against HIV infection, according to virologist Daria Hazuda of the division of Virus and Cell Biology at Merck.

“This would offer a third class of anti-retroviral medications that can be combined with reverse transcriptase inhibitors and protease inhibitors. And since it is a new mechanism of action, these compounds are active against multi-drug resistant variants. So variants that are resistant to all current therapies have been selected in HIV-patients,” she said.

Current anti-AIDS drugs eventually become resistant to therapy, or stop working, because the virus changes its shape.

While researchers are encouraged by the success with the compound's effectiveness in monkey trials, developing a drug that is equally effective in humans can be difficult.

Steven Young is executive director of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at Merck. He says, if scientists find a compound that is equally effective in people, the company would ask U.S. regulators to speed approval of the drug.

“Yeah, I really think that's what we're hoping for,” he said. “I mean, we need to get data that show it has robust anti-viral effects in people. And if we're able to get that data, I think we would petition for fast track status.”

Dr. Young says an integrase inhibitor has the potential to prevent drug resistance.

“To ensure our best chance of preventing resistance, we would give this as part of a cocktail therapy,” he added. “And I think it's really our plan that we would test this with reverse transcriptase inhibitors and protease inhibitors, as well.”

47. If the drug proves effective in human trials, it could enhance the effectiveness of existing AIDS drugs in ________.

48. What has become standard cocktail therapy?

49. While integrase deletes an immune cell's genetic material and replaces it with its own, it acts like ________ in a word processor.

50. Why would anti-AIDS drugs stop working?

51. According to Steven Young, if scientists get the data that ________, they would petition for fast track status.

Section B

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.

Passage One

Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.

Occasional self-medication has always been part of normal living. The making and selling of drugs have a long history and are closely linked, like medical practice itself, with the belief in magic. Only during the last hundred years or so has the development of scientific techniques made it possible for some of the causes of symptoms to be understood, so that more accurate diagnosis has become possible. The doctor is now able to follow up the correct diagnosis of many illnesses with specific treatment of their causes. In many other illnesses, of which the causes remain unknown, it is still limited, like the unqualified prescriber, to the treatment of symptoms. The doctor is trained to decide when to treat symptoms only and when to attack the cause: this is the essential difference between medical prescribing and self-medication.

The advance of technology has brought about much progress in some fields of medicine, including the development of scientific drug therapy. In many countries public health organization is improving and people's nutritional standards have risen. Parallel with such beneficial trends have two adverse effects. One is the use of high-pressure advertising by the pharmaceutical industry, which has tended to influence both patients and doctors and has led to the overuse of drugs generally. The other is the emergence of the sedentary society with its faulty ways of life: lack of exercise, over-eating, unsuitable eating, insufficient sleep, excessive smoking and drinking. People with disorders arising from faulty habits such as these, as well as from unhappy human relationships, often resort to self-medication and so add the taking of pharmaceuticals to the list. Advertisers go to great lengths to catch this market.

Clever advertising, aimed at chronic sufferers who will try anything because doctors have not been able to cure them, can induce such faith in a preparation, particularly if steeply priced, that it will produce―by suggestion―a very real effect in some people. Advertisements are also aimed at people suffering from mild complaints such as simple colds and coughs, which clear up by themselves within a short time.

These are the main reasons why laxatives, indigestion remedies, painkillers, tonics, vitamin and iron tablets and many other preparations are found in quantity in many households. It is doubtful whether taking these things ever improves a person's health; it may even make it worse. Worse because the preparation may contain unsuitable ingredients; worse because the taker may become dependent on them; worse because they might be taken in excess; worse because they may cause poisoning, and worse of all because symptoms of some serious underlying cause may be masked and therefore medical help may not be sought.

52. The first paragraph is intended to ________.

[A] suggest that self-medication has a long history

[B] define what diagnosis means exactly

[C] praise doctors for their expertise

[D] tell the symptoms from the causes

53. Advertisements are aimed at people suffering from mild complaints because ________.

[A] they often watch ads on TV

[B] they are more likely to buy the drugs advertised

[C] they generally lead a sedentary life

[D] they don't take to sports and easily catch colds

54. Paragraphs 2 and 3 explain ________.

[A] those good things are not without side effects

[B] why clever advertising is so powerful

[C] why in modern times self-medication is still practised

[D] why people develop faulty ways of life

55. The author tells us in paragraph 4 ________.

[A] the reasons for keeping medicines at home

[B] people's doubt about taking drugs

[C] what kind of medicine people should prepare at home

[D] the possible harms self-medication may do to people

56. The best title for the passage would be ________.

[A] Medical Practice [B] Clever Advertising

[C] Self-Medication [D] Self-Treatment

篇5：6月大学英语六级考试试题及答案

6月大学英语六级考试试题及答案

Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)

Section A

Directions: 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:

You will read:

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]

1.A) He will tell Mary how to operate the dishwasher.

B) He will wash the dishes himself instead.

C) He will help Bill to translate the manual.

D) He himself will operate the dishwasher.

2.A) Lose weight C) Weigh himself frequently.

B) Quit smoking. D) Have a talk with the doctor.

3.A) The woman should have complained to her neighbor.

B) The woman should stay out until the neighbors are quiet.

C) The woman should have stayed at the library.

D) The lab will be a better place for reading.

4.A)Check the figures later today. C) Bring a calculator tomorrow.

B) Do the calculations again tomorrow. D) Calculate the number right now.

5.A) She doesn't remember much about the cit

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篇6：6月大学英语六级考试试题及答案

6月大学英语六级考试试题及答案

[Section A]

1.A 材料略?

A) Registering for courses.  C) Buying a new computer.

B) Getting directions. D) Studying sociology.

[分析］显然，关键词是deadline（最终期限）和course（课程），选课的截止日期是后天，但他还没有决定选那一门课。答案为A.

2.D 材料略?

A) The man will probably have to find a roommate.

B) The man is unlikely to live in the suburbs.

C) The man will probably have to buy a car.

D) The man is unlikely to find exactly what he desires.

[分析］从对话中可知，300元的'房子很难找，更何况200元的房子？答案为D.

3.B 材料略?

A) Painting a picture. C) Designing a studio.

B) Hosting a programD) Taking a photograph.

[分析］从对话中可知，Prof.Brown 应邀去作嘉宾，自然，那女人是节目主持人．答案B．

4.C 材料略?

A) The woman doesn't think it a problem to get her passport renewed.

B) The woman has difficulty renewing her passport.

C) The woman hasn't renewed her passport yet.

D) The woman's passport is still valid.?

[分析］“更新密码时碰到什么问题？”“我还没有开始呢．”答案C．

5.B 材料略?

A) A prediction of the future of mankind.

B) A new drug that may benefit mankind.

C) An opportunity for a good job.

D) An unsuccessful experiment.

[分析］中心词是medicine，答案B．(drug，药）

6.A 材料略?

A) A lesson requires students' active involvement.

B) Students usually take an active part in a lecture.

C) More knowledge is covered in a lecture.

D) There is a larger group of people interested in lessons.?

[分析］两人讨论的是lesson和lecture的区别，注意细节but the main difference is that you participate in a lesson whereas you just listen to a lecture，可知，lesson 中你参与，而lecture中则不然。whereas 然而，反之。答案A．

7.B 材料略?

A) Neither of their watches keeps good time.

B) The woman's watch stopped 3 hours ago.

C) The man's watch goes too fast.

D) It's too dark for the woman to read her watch.?

[分析］从对话中可知，那个男人的表停了3个小时，因为他4点时说天黑了，而实际上是7点了。答案B．

8.D 材料略?

篇7：大学英语六级模拟试题

22.Rene Coty and Charles Deschanel were both interested in ________.

??A)better quality in production

??B)increasing quantity in production

??C)having the government raise tariffs on foreign imports

??D)eliminating unions in France

23.The French government was reluctant to let the workers leave the country because ________ .

??A)it would enlarge the working force

??B)it would hinder the improvement of quality in industrial production

??C)it would hinder the increase in quantity of exports

??D)it would damage the imports

24.Rents in France ________.

??A)were extremely high

??B)were extremely controlled

??C)took as much as 80percent of the workers'income

??D)had doubled in two years

25.According to the passage，the French government ________.

??A)prohibited French to work abroad

??B)reduced taxes to fight inflation

??C)paid family allowances and benefits

??D)prohibited the French workers to join labor unions

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage：

Food can be divided into two basic categories：real food and pleasure food.Real food is fuel for the body's needs，while pleasure food， which is high in fat and sugar，is primarily for taste satisfaction.The categories are pretty obvious.Broccoli is real food.Cookies are in the pleasure group.

When you are hungry，you are faced with choices.If you aren't suffering from excessive hunger，you can be rational about them.Go to the refrigerator.What looks good?If you have chosen a real food，say，a turkey sandwich，you can be certain your body can use it for fuel.Eat it and enjoy.

Two hours later you are hungry again.Back to the refrigerator.What looks good?Ice cream.Stop!Employ your will power just a little.Ice cream is not what your body needs.Does something else look good?Yes，a piece of toast with peanut butter and a glass of milk sound good too.Okay，go ahead，remembering that high-fat real foods should be eaten in moderation.

One trick is to eliminate pleasure foods from your kitchen.Instead，keep a variety of high-quality foods available at all times.In short，buy lots of delicious real food，food you really like，and get rid of the junk.

But what if you have ice cream on hand and nothing sounds good?Although you don't want to eat pleasure foods whenever the urge strikes，there is a legitimate place for them in your diet.If you have analyzed your feelings and there are no other needs imitating hunger， eat the ice cream.You have not failed.On the contrary，you have accepted your natural appetite，but not blindly.

Surprisingly，when you know you can eat anything you want，and that you never have to put up with unsatisfied hunger again，it takes a lot of pressure off.You will begin to want to eat what your body needs，and your body will begin to need foods that will lead to slimness.

26.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

? A)The author is against getting rid of pleasure food altogether.

? B)One can eat the high-fat real foods heartily since it is fuel for the body.

? C)Make sure to keep pleasure food such as ice cream in your diet.

? D)Of course you can sometimes have ice cream if you really want to.

27.What would be the best title for this passage?

??A)Real Food And Pleasure Food

??B)Reducing Weight

??C)Limit Your Consumption Of Pleasure Food

??D)How To Choose Food When You Are Hungry

28.Whatcan you assume from the last paragraph?

??A)Being able to eat anything doesn't necessarily imply pleasure.

??B)Real foods may lead to slimness.

??C)Eat only what your body needs.

??D)Be sure to satisfy your hunger whenever it strikes you.

29.What can broccoli be except ________ .

??A)ice cream

??B)cauliflower

?C)a turkey sandwich

??D)a piece of toast

30.Judging from the fourth paragraph，what does“junk”mean?

??A)Food like ice cream.

??B)Food you do not like.

??C)Pleasure foods.

??D)Low-quality foods.

Questions 31to 35are based on the following passage：

Cloning，manipulating a cell from an animal so that it grows into an exact copy of that animal，is the forbidden fruit of biotechnology. Some scientists were so sure it could not be done that，in the 1970s，they discouraged moralists(伦理学家)from discussing its moral implications.Yet at the same time other scientists，secretly，in out-of-the-way labs，were getting ever closer to making clones.For ten years，scientists have been cloning sheep and cows from embryo(胚胎)cells.But so far Dolly is the only animal cloned from an adult cell，not from an embryo. She is living proof that scientists have solved one of the most challenging problems of cell biology.

The question now is how soon will scientists clone humans.“Nature”，the scientific journal that published the Dolly paper，commented，“Cloning humans from adults tissues is likely to be achievable any time from one to ten years from now.”Most scientists agree there is no insurmountable obstacle in human cloning.But a human clone，even though it might resemble the individual from whom it was made，would differ dramatically in personality and character，intelligence and talents.“You will never get 100 percent identity，”says psychologist Jerome Kagan of Harvard，“because of chance factors and because environments are never exactly the same.”

That，however，is small comfort to many people.Shortly after Dolly's birth announcement，President Clinton ordered a group of experts to come up with proposals for government action.With the cloning of humans within reach，whether it is to be banned or regulated is now on the nation's moral agenda(议事日程). Some regard the cloning of humans as inherently evil，a morally unjustifiable intrusion into human life.They measure the morality of any act by the intention behind it;still others are concerned primarily with consequences for society as well as for individuals.

For the moment it seems that the latest achievement in the biotech field has provided everyone with food for thought.

31.In what way is Dolly different from earlier clones?

??A)It is cloned from human embryo.

??B)It is cloned from a human cell.

??C)It is cloned from an adult cell.

??D)It is cloned from an adult embryo.

32.What is the prospect，according to most scientists，of making clones from adult human tissues?

? A)Such clones will be exactly like the one from whom it was made.

? B)It would be possible within the decade.

? C)There still exist some technical problems.

? D)It is impossible to make such clones in one to ten years from now.

33.Why did Clinton order a group of experts to make proposals for government action?

??A)He wants to quicken the pace of cloning research.

??B)The success of cloning involves serious moral evaluation problems.

??C)He wants to ban the human cloning research.

??D)He is worried about the funding of the further research.

34.“Food for thought”in the last paragraph means ________.

??A)worry for food

??B)increased food to be expected

??C)something worthy of consideration

??D)reasons for deep understanding

35.The best title for the selection can be ________.

??A)BiotechnologicalSuccess And Its Possible Consequences

??B)Dolly Is Only The Beginning

??C)The Definition Of Cloning

??D)Cloning Humans From Adults'Tissues

Questions 36to 40are based on the following passage：

Failure is probably the most fatiguing experience a person ever has.There is nothing more exhausting than not succeeding，being blocked，not moving ahead.It is an evil circle.Failure breeds fatigue，and fatigue makes it harder to get to work，which adds to the fatigue.

We experience this tiredness in two main ways，as start-up fatigue and performance fatigue.In the former case，we keep putting off a task that we are forced to take up.Either because it is too tedious or because it is too difficult，we avoid it.And the longer we postpone it，the more tired we feel.

Such start-up fatigue is very real，even not actually physical，not something in our muscles and bones.The remedy is obvious，though perhaps not easy to apply：willpower exercise.The moment I find myself turning away from a job， or putting it under a pile of things I have to do， I clear my desk of everything else and attach the objectionable item first.To prevent start-up fatigue，always treat the most difficult job first.

Performance fatigue is more difficult to handle.Here we are willing to get started，but we can't seem to do the job right.Its difficulties appear to be insurmountable and however hard we work，we fail again and again.The mounting experience of failure carries with it an ever-increasing burden of mental fatigue.In such a situation，I work as hard as I can，then let the unconscious take over.

篇8：大学英语六级模拟试题

36.Which of the following can be called an evil circle?

??A)Success-zeal-success-zeal.

??B)Failure-tiredness-failure-tiredness.

??C)Failure-zeal-failure-tiredness.

??D)Success-exhaustion-success-exhaustion.

37.According to the passage ，when keeping putting off a task，we can experience ________.

??A)tiredness

?B)performance fatigue

??C)start-up fatigue

?D)unconsciousness

38.To overcome start-up fatigue ，we need ________ .

??A)toughness

??B)prevention

??C)muscles

??D)strong willpower

39.The word“insurmountable”in the last paragraph probably means ________ .

??A)that can not be solved

??B)that can not be understood

??C)that can not be imagined

?D)that can not be objected

40.According to the passage，which of the following statements is NOT true?

??A)It is easier to overcome start-up fatigue.

??B)Performance fatigue occurs when the job we are willing to take gets blocked.

??C)One will finally succeed after experiencing the evil circle.

??D)Fatigue often accompanies fatigue.

Part III Vocabulary and Structure(20 minutes)

Directions：There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part.For each sentence there are four choices marked A)，B)，C)and D).Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

41.I haven't got the ________ idea of what you mean.Would you please make it clear to me?

??A)lightest

??B)furthest

??C)smallest

??D)faintest

42.We've ________ salt.Ask Mrs.Jones to lend us some.

??A)run away with

??B)run over

??C)run off

??D)run out of

43.He was always ill for a time，but he managed to ________ .

??A)pull on

??B)pull in

??C)pull up

??D)pull through

44.He ________ interrupted me by asking irrelevant questions.

??A)continually

?B)continuously

??C)consistently

??D)consequently

45.The actors have to ________ before they appear in front of the strong lights on television.

??A)cover up

?B)make up

??C)paint up

??D)do up

46.When the whole area was ________ by flood，the government sent food there by helicopter.

??A)cut away

??B)cut down

??C)cut up

??D)cut off

47.They have left New York ________ good;they'll never go back and live there again.

??A)for

??B)at

??C)by

??D)in

48.The dress in the window ________ her eye when she passed it.

??A)attracted

??B)got

??C)caught

??D)met

49.To develop lightindustry in abig way ________ to improving the people's livelihood.

??A)owes

??B)attributes

??C)distributes

?D)contributes

50.As they haven't a child of their own，they are going to ________ a little girl.

??A)accept

?B)receive

??C)adapt

?D)adopt

篇9：大学英语六级模拟试题

大学英语六级模拟试题

Part I Listening Comprehension（20 minutes）

Section A?????

Directions：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．

1．A）Because he wants to meet the woman's cousin．

? B）Because he thought he was not informed．

? C）Because the woman does not want him to join her．

? D）Because the woman goes to her cousin's place too often．

2．A）The train has just started off．

? B）Once it starts raining，it'll rain a lot．

? C）They're ready to catch the train．

? D）It has been raining for some time．

3．A）The typist．

? B）The man．

? C）The woman．

? D）A friend．

4．A）To her，math is even more difficult than biology．

? B）To her，biology is difficult，but math is not．

? C）She spends half of her time on biology．

? D）She is going to give up biology．

5．A）There was a fire．

? B）There was a shower．

? C）There was a car accident．

? D）There was a heavy snow．

6．A）They are not worth the trouble．

? B）They are inexpensive．

? C）They are too easy．

? D）They are very rewarding．

7．A）Today．

B）Next week．

? C）Tomorrow．

? D）In two days'time．

8．A）Mary will come at 7：00．

? B）Mary won't come．

? C）Mary will be late．

D）Mary doesn't want to come．

9．A）Go to a theater．

? B）Go to a dance．

? C）Go to the Stu

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篇10：6月英语六级考前模拟试题（3）

一、写作(共1题，合计15分)

1My View on Spending Craze During Graduation

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三、阅读理解(共4题，合计35分)

根据以下内容回答37-46题

When studying human talent, the temptation is usually to concentrate on the upper reaches.

Understandably so: we all admire the Einsteins and Mozarts of this world and 36 to imitate them.In comparison, studying the opposite end of the spectrum might seem pointless,

patronizing(摆出恩赐态度的)or downright tasteless. Lack of intelligence is shameful enough withouttreating people like lab rats.

Yet it often takes a different viewpoint to find new insights into an old problem. Stupidity is tooimportant and interesting to ignore. The science of stupidity is producing results that 37 ourconcepts of intelligence and that should be humbling for many of the smart people who run the world.It turns out that a tendency for entertaining 38 , foolish or illogical ideas is not necessarily theresult of a low IQ. This measure of intelligence is largely 39 of rationality. Just because

you score on the high end of one scale doesn't mean that you won't fall at the bottom of the other.Importantly, no one is 40 to the biases that lead to stupid decisions. Yet our respect for IQ andeducation means that it is easy to rest on the laure/s (桂冠) of our qualifications and assume thatwe are,by definition, not stupid.

That can be 41 on a personal level: regardless of IQ, people who score badly on rationality testsare more likely to have unplanned pregnancies or fall into serious debt.

Large scale stupidity is even more damaging. Business cultures that 42 encourage it, for example,mayhave contributed to the economic crisis. Indeed, the effects may have been so damaging preciselybecause banks assumed that intelligent people act logically while at the same time rewarding rashbehavior based on intuition rather than 43 . As one researcher puts it: “The more intelligentsomeone is, the more disastrous the results of their stupidity”. The same surely applies to

politicians: the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq serves as a 44 that clever people cando monumentally stupid things.

If we want to avoid making similar mistakes in the future, everybody--especially the most

intelligent and powerful--would do well to humbly 45 their own weaknesses. To quote Oscar Wilde:“There is no sin except stupidity. ” A)acknowledge I) independentB)aspire J)negligibleC)challenge K)nominationD)commemorate DperpetuallyE)damaging M)rash

F)deliberation N)recipientG)immune O)reminderH)inadvertently

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根据以下内容回答47-56题

Technology, Costs, Lack of Appeal Slow E-Textbook Adantian

[ A] Textbooks are often a luxury for college senior Vatell Martin. The accounting major atVirginia State University got by in several courses with study groups and professors' lectures.“It's not that I didn't want to buy,”he says. “Sometimes, I just didn't have the money for a $ 200book. ”VSU knows Martin isn't the only one. More than half of its students routinely skip buyingtextbooks. For a solution, the school is turning to e-textbooks.

[ B ] VSU partnered with Flat World Knowledge, a start-up publisher that produces exclusively written e-books with “open” content that can be modified by professors. In a trial with 14 businesscourses,students would be required to pay $20 and receive a Flat World e-book and digital learningsupplements. The university and a local grant have been covering the cost, so far. “That'snothing.It's what I put in my gas tank,” says Martin, who participated in the trial. “If I waswalking into a discussion on a topic, I can just download and take out the book and read it on myphone. ”

[ C] With their promise of ubiquity (无处不在), convenience and perhaps affordability, e-textbookshave arrived in fits and starts throughout college campuses. And publishers and book resellers arespending millions attracting students to their online stores and e-reader platforms as mobiletechnology improves the readability of the material on devices such as tablet computers. SiliconValley start-ups,such as Inkling and Kno, are also aggressively reinventing textbooks withinteractive graphics, videos and social-media features.

[ D] Despite emerging attempts at innovation, the industry has been slowed by clumsy technology, thelasting appeal of print books, skeptical students who search online for cheaper alternatives, andcustomer confusion stemming from too many me-too e-textbook platforms that have failed to stand out.[ E ] The late Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, believed textbooks to be an $ 8 billion market ripe for“digital destruction,” biographer Walter Issacson writes in Steve Jobs. Apple is expected to make anannouncement Thursday about its new education products. The market is small but growing. Sales for e-textbooks in the U. S. higher education market grew 44. 3% to $267. 3 million in ,according toSimba Information, a publishing industry research firm.Print still rules

[ F] So far, students have been less than impressed and more likely to choose print books. About 11%of college students have bought e-textbooks, according to market research firm Student Monitor.Availability isn't the chief problem. Most popular textbooks have a digital version, andthey're available online. But students have largely stayed away because the most readily availabletechnology today -- PDF (portable docmnent format) or other document reader versions of the printbook―is clumsy and eye-straining to read.

[ G ] When Andrea Soto, a freshman biology major at the University of Maryland, bought Principles ofBiology, the $192 price tag came with a free online version. She prefers the touchable presence of athick book on her lap. “You can't highlight or underline things in the e-book. I find it more of atrouble,” she says. However, digital books aren't necessarily cheaper, either. While priced lowerthan new print books, they're often more expensive than buying or renting used books online, says Kathy Mickey, an analyst at Simba. A federally funded pilot study at Daytona State College in Florida found that some students who rented an e-textbook paid only a dollar less than students whobought a print edition. And e-textbook users couldn't sell the book back after the class ended.

[ H ] Despite e-textbooks' shortcomings, most agree that the print market is ripe for a technological overhaul (彻底改革). Prices of new books are rising sharply. Authors complain aboutused book sales that don't generate royalties. Professors and students axe annoyed at new editionsthat seemingly add little in content VS the previous one.

[ I] “This is an industry that's failing everyone--parents, authors, professors, and students,” saysBrad Wheeler, chief information officer at Indiana University, which is running a program thatdistributes cheaper e-textbooks but requires all students in the class to buy. Publishers areeager for a quicker transition to the format because e-textbooks cost less to publish and wouldgenerate income from every student who buys one. Digital books can't be resold, at least, not legally. “We'd prefer that all of it to go digital,” says Vineet Madan, senior vice President of newventures at McGraw-Hill Education. “There isn't a secondary market for e-books. ”Seeking market niche (商机)

[ J ] If current e-textbooks are mostly unappealing, what's next? Like online music in its infancy,the textbook industry's key players--publishers, resellers, bookstores, tech companies, even someuniversities--are all scrambling to offer their digital solutions, an effort that has only intensified with the arrival of tablet computers and app stores. “Everybody and their brothers arecoming out with an e-book platform,” says I am Williams, director of strategic learning solutious atWiley, a textbook publisher.

[ K] They all agree on one thing: The quality of e-textbooks must improve dramatically. More valueadded, interactive features will keep students interested and spur sales, they say. Tablet computersare a key stimulus in this endeavor. At Kno, tablets have allowed the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company to embed interactive tools onto an existing e-textbook in a more intuitive way, for example,the ability to write directly on the book with a finger stroke or tap on a keyword for notes. “Tablet was a needed development,” says Kno's founder Osman Rashid. Despite threats to their printbook sales, university bookstores are also coming around to embracing e-books. Follett, which runs930 university bookstores in North America, launched Follett CafeScribe last year, a cloud-baseddigital textbook platform.Publishers not on sidelines

[L] Textbook publishers are partnering with universities for exclusive trials, buying stakes in start-ups and developing their own technologies. Last year, publisher Cengage launched MindTap, an e-book/ digital learning website that is now being tried by about 50 professors, says Bill Rieders,Cengage's executive vice President of global new media. Instead of tables of content, MindTapprovides “a learning path” that students can access for text, multimedia, self-assessment tools,quizzes and note sharing.

[ M] Pearson has introduced a competing product, OpenClass. The cloud-based website means studentscan access information wherever there's an online connection--features social networking, and workswith Google Apps for Education. Reed College in Portland, Ore. , is one of several universities thatwill test OpenClass this fall.

[ N ] The CourseLoad trial has been in place since on a limited basis, with students receivingfree books. It has been expanded to 130 courses this spring semester. Students now pay a discountedprice for access to CourseLoad books and learning kits, typically “60% to70% ” cheaper than newprint books, Wheeler says. In exchange, students must pay a fee to enroll. Despite the lack offlexibility, school officials and students have embraced the low-cost approach, he says.

47The development of tablet computers is necessary to improve the e-textbook's quality.48It's difficult to make notes on the digital version, so Andrea Soto chose the print book.

49Due to the mobile technology, readability on electronic equipment becomes better.

50In MindTap, each function can be accessible through “a learning path” rather than the tables ofcontent.

51Publishers like Vineet Madan prefer e-textbooks because they couldn't be resold legally.

52OpenClass allows students to get information wherever they can get connected to the Internet.

53Many students in VSU hate to buy expensive textbooks, thus the school promotes e-textbooks tostudents.

54Students can get a discounted price from CourseLoad books but they should pay the enrollment fee.

55The e-textbook publishers cooperate with universities to achieve sole tryouts.

56Although e-textbook industry makes an effort to innovate, it's still restricted from developing.

篇11：6月英语六级考前模拟试题（1）

PartⅠListening Comprehension (20 minutes)

Section A

Directions: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 center.

Example:You will hear: ?

M: When shall we start our work, Jane??

W: Tomorrow at 9 o'clock. But we must work quickly, for we have to finish everything before 2 in the afternoon.?

Q: For how long can they work??

You will read:

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 center.

Sample Answer [A] [B][C] [D]?

1.A) The man should try to be more understanding.

B) The man's wife should be more understanding.

C) The man's negative attitude may be derived from his childhood.

D) The pessimism of man's wife may be the result of her past experiences.

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2.A) A snowstorm. B) An earthquake.?

C) A traffic accident. D) A hurricane.?

3.A) The two speakers are classmates.

B) The man is majoring in elementary education.

C) The woman is majoring in elementary education.

D) The two speakers got to know each other in a class.?

4.A) She's got a stomachache.?B) She feels perfectly fine.

C) She's going to get married.?D) She's going to have a baby.?

5.A) It is the best city he's ever visited.?

B) It was worse than he had expected.

C) It is difficult to get around in the city.?

D) The hotel service is terrible in the city.?6.A) To encourage them.?

B) To stop them immediately.

C) To give some explanation.?

D) To leave them alone.?

7.A) Unemployment. B) Family breakup.?

C) Mental problems. D) Drinking.

8.A) The woman is the man's boss.?

B) The man is the woman's husband.

C) The woman is the headmaster of a school.?

D) The woman wants to know something about a student.?

9.A) They are attending a concert.?

B) They are negotiating about a price.

C) They are planning to go for a date.?

D) They are buying something for their firm.?

10.A) The man is a football fan.?

B) The man needs the woman's help.

C) The man didn't watch TV last night.?

D) The man often has power failure at home.??

Section B

Directions: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 S1 to S7 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10 you are required to fill in the missing information. 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.\\;

Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anxious and (11)____; that is, they are excessively concerned with their own appearance and actions. (12)____ thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds: What kind of impression am I making? Do they like me? Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing (13)____ clothes?\\;

It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must affect people (14)____. A person's self?concept is (15)____ in the way he or she behaves, and the way a person behaves affects other people's (16)____. In general, the way people think about themselves has a (17)____ effect on all areas of their lives.\\;

Shy people are very sensitive to criticism; they feel it confirms their inferiority. (18)____. A shy person may respond to a compliment with a statement like this one:“you're just saying that to make me feel good. I know it's not true.”(19)____.\\;

Can shyness be completely eliminated, or at least reduced? (20)____. People's expectations of themselves must be realistic. Living on the impossible leads to a sense of inadequacy.

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Part ⅡReading Comprehension (35 minutes)

Directions:There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage One?

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:?

When Kathie Gifford's face was splashed across the newspapers in after her lucrative line of Wal?mart clothing was exposed as the work of underpaid laborers in New York City's Chinatown, the Department of Labor and the White House teamed up to condemn such practices. With much fanfare, President Clinton's administration launched the “No Sweat” campaign, which pressured retailers and manufacturers to submit to periodic independent inspection of their workplace conditions.\\;

This campaign urged manufacturers to sign the Workplace Code of Conduct, a promise to self?regulate that has since been adopted by a handful of retailers and many of the nation's largest manufacturers, including Nike and L.L. Bean. However, the Department of Defense, which has a $ 1 billion garment business that would make it the country's 14th largest retail apparel outlet, has not signed the Code of Conduct. In addition, it has not agreed to demand that its contractors submit to periodic inspections.\\;

Because the Department of Defense has not agreed to adhere to the code, the job of stopping public?sector sweatshops falls to the Department of Labor. Federal contractors that persist in violating wage laws or safety and health codes can lose their lucrative taxpayer?financed contracts. But Suzanne Seiden, a deputy administrator at the Department of Labor, says that to her knowledge, the department has never applied that rule to government apparel manufacturers. “I just assume that they are adhering to safety and health requirements,” she says. According to records obtained by Mother Jones, through a Freedom of Information Act request, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Lion 32 times for safety and health violations in the past 12 years.

21.What is this passgage mainly concerned with?

A)The functions of the Department of Labor in America.

B)A serious problem threatening American economy.

C)The successful attempt of regulating sweatshops in America.

D)The seriousness of the problem of sweatshops in America.?

22.According to the passage, Kathie Gifford ____.

A) was one of the underpaid laborers in New York City's Chinatown

B) was one of the well?paid laborers in New York City's Chinatown

C) made much money from cheap laborers in New York City's Chinatown

D) wrote a newspaper article exposing the practice of employing cheap laborers

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23.The underlined phrase “to submit to” is closest in meaning to ____.

A) to accept unwillingly?

B) to refuse coldly

C) to welcome warm?heartedly

D) to blame strongly?

24.Which of the following statements about the Department of Defense is true?

A) It will become the country's 14th largest retail apparel manufacturer.

B) It hasn't acted according to the Workplace Code of Conduct.

C) It has demanded its contractors to sign the Workplace Code of Conduct.

D) It has teamed up with the Department of Labor to launch a campaign.?

25.What was the purpose of President Clinton's administration launching the “No Sweat” campaign?

A) To urge manufacturers to obey the Workplace Code of Conduct.

B) To remind the manufacturers of the Workplace Code of Conduct.

C) To urge the Department of Labor to take its responsibility.

D) To urge the Department of Defense to inspect manufacturers.?

Passage Two?

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:?

The term investment portfolio conjures up visions of the truly rich-the Rockefellers, the Wal?Mart Waltons, Bill Gates. But today, everyone-from the Philadelphia firefighter, his part?time receptionist wife and their three children, to the single Los Angeles lawyer starting out on his own-needs a portfolio.\\;

A portfolio is simply a collection of financial assets. It may include real estate, rare stamps and coins, precious metals and even artworks. But those are for people with expertise. What most of us need to know about are stocks, bonds and cash (including such cash equivalents as money?market funds).\\;

How do you decide what part of your portfolio should go to each of the big three? Begin by understanding that stocks pay higher returns but are more risky; bonds and cash pay lower returns but are less risky.\\;

Research by Ibbotson Associates, for example, shows that large?company stocks, on average, have returned 11.2 percent annually since 1926. Over the same period, by comparison, bonds have returned an annual average of 5.3 percent and cash, 3.8 percent.\\;

But short?term risk is another matter. In 1974, a one?year $1000 investment in the stock market would have declined to $735.\\;

With bonds, there are two kinds of risk: that the borrower won't pay you back and that the money you'll get won't be worth very much. The U.S. government stands behind treasury bonds, so the credit risk is almost nil. But the inflation risk remains. Say you buy a $1000 bond maturing in ten years. If inflation averages about seven percent over that time, then the $1000 you receive at maturity can only buy $500 worth of today's goods.\\;

With cash, the inflation risk is lower, since over a long period you can keep rolling over your CDs every year (or more often). If inflation rises, interest rates rise to compensate.\\;

As a result, the single most imortant rule in building a portfolio is this: If you don't need the money for a long time, then put it into stocks. If you need it soon, put it into bonds and cash.

26.This passage is intended to give advice on ____.

A) how to avoid inflation risks?

B) what kinds of bonds to buy

C) how to get rich by investing in stock market?

D) how to become richer by spreading the risk?

27.The author mentions such millionaires as the Rockefellers and Bill Gates to show that ____.

A) they are examples for us on our road to wealth?

B) a portfolio is essential to financial success

C) they are really rich people

D) they started out on their own?

28.Which of the following statements will the author support?

A) Everybody can get rich with some financial assets.

B) The credit risk for treasury bonds is extremely high.

C) It's no use trying to know the advantages of stocks, bonds and cash.

D) Everybody should realize the importance of distribution of their financial assets.?

29.The word “returns” in paragraph three can be best replaced by “____.”?

A) returning journeys?

B) profits?

C) savings?

D) investments?

30.The author of the passage points out that ____.

A) keeping cash is the only way to avoid risks

B) the longer you own a stock, the more you lost

C) the high rate of profit and high rate of risk coexist in stocks

D) the best way to accumulate wealth is by investing in stocks?

篇12：6月大学英语六级考试流程

15：10――17：25

14：40――15：00 试音时间

15：00――15：10 阅读考场注意事项，发放考卷，贴条形码

15：10――15：40 作文考试阶段

15：40――16：10 听力测试

16：10――16：15 考试暂停5分钟，收答题卡1(即作文和听力)

听力结束后完成剩余考项 (阅读和翻译)

17：25全部考试结束。

2017年英语六级报名条件：

1、全日制普通高等院校本科、专科在校生和在校研究生。

2、各类全日制成人高等院校本科、专科在校生。

3、修完大学英语六级课程且参加大学英语四级考试成绩达到425分以上(含425分)，才能报考大学英语六级考试。

4、考生一律在就读学校报名、考试。

5、报考日语四六级、德语四六级、俄语四六级、法语四级考试的学生，比照上述规定进行资格审查，但报考小语种六级不对四级成绩做要求。

6、同等程度的大专生或硕士研究生经所在学校同意，可在本校报名参加考试; 同等程度的夜大或函授大学学生经所在学校同意，可在本校报名参加考试;

7、不允许同时报考CET4及CET6，一经发现，取消考试资格，严格处理，责任自负。

从2007年1月的考试开始，大学英语四六级考试将不再对社会考生开放，只对在校大学生开放。各有关考点要认真执行上述要求，严格按照报名条件审核考生的报考资格，严禁接受社会人员报名，不得接纳非本校学生报名。