天体家族历年六级考试试题和答案

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历年六级考试试题和答案
95-08历年大学英语六级真题及答案(完整版)
2007年6月23日大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷(A卷)
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a
short essay entitled Should One Expect a Reward When Doing a Good Deed?
You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below.
1. 有人做好事期望得到回报;
2. 有人认为应该像雷锋那样做好事不图回报;
3. 我的观点。
Should One Expect a Reward When Doing a Good Deed?
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, mark
Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in
the passage; N (for NO) if 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. Seven Steps to a More Fulfilling Job
Many people today find themselves in unfulfilling work situations.
In fact, one in four workers is dissatisfied with their current job,


according to the recent ―Plans for 2004‖ survey. Their career path may
be financially rewarding, but it doesn‘t meet their emotional, social
or creative needs. They‘re stuck, unhappy, and have no idea what to do
about it, except move to another job.
Mary Lyn Miller, veteran career consultant and founder of the Life
and Career Clinic, says that when most people are unhappy about their
work, their first thought is to get a different job. Instead, Miller
suggests looking at the possibility of a different life. Through her
book, 8 Myths of Making a Living, as well as workshops, seminars and
personal coaching and consulting, she has helped thousands of
dissatisfied workers reassess life and work.
Like the way of Zen, which includes understanding of oneself as one
really is, Miller encourages job seekers and those dissatisfied with
work or life to examine their beliefs about work and recognize that ―in
many cases your beliefs are what brought you to where you are today.‖
You may have been raised to think that women were best at nurturing and
caring and, therefore, should be teachers and nurses. So that‘s what
you did. Or, perhaps you were brought up to believe that you should do
what your father did, so you have taken over the family business, or
become a dentist ―just like dad.‖ If this sounds familiar, it‘s
probably time to look at the new possibilities for your future.
Miller developed a 7-step process to help potential job seekers
assess their current


situation and beliefs, identify their real passion, and start on a
journey that allows them to pursue their passion through work.
Step 1: Willingness to do something different.
Breaking the cycle of doing what you have always done is one of the
most difficult tasks for job seekers. Many find it difficult to steer
away from a career path or make a change, even if it doesn‘t feel right.
Miller urges job seekers to open their minds to other possibilities
beyond what they are currently doing.
Step 2: Commitment to being who you are, not who or what someone
wants you to be.
Look at the gifts and talents you have and make a commitment to
pursue those things that you love most. If you love the social aspects
of your job, but are stuck inside an office or ―chained to your desk‖
most of the time, vow to follow your instinct and investigate
alternative careers and work that allow you more time to interact with
others. Dawn worked as a manager for a large retail clothing store for
several years. Though she had advanced within the company, she felt
frustrated and longed to be involved with nature and the outdoors. She
decided to go to school nights and weekends to pursue her true passion
by earning her master‘s degree in forestry. She now works in the
biotech forestry division of a major paper company.
Step 3: Self-definition
Miller suggests that once job seekers know who they are, they need
to know how to sell themselves. ―In the job market, you are a product.


And just like a product, you most know the features and benefits that
you have to offer a potential client, or employer.‖ Examine the skills
and knowledge that you have identify how they can
apply to your desired occupation. Your qualities will exhibit to
employers why they should hire you over other candidates.
Step 4: Attain a level of self-honoring.
Self- honoring or self-love may seem like an odd step for job hunters,
but being able to accept yourself, without judgment, helps eliminate
insecurities and will make you more self- assured. By accepting who you
are – all your emotions, hopes and dreams,
your personality, and your unique way of being – you‘ll project
more confidence
when networking and talking with potential employers. The power of
self-honoring can help to break all the falsehoods you were programmed
to believe – those that
made you feel that you were not good enough, or strong enough, or
intelligent enough to do what you truly desire.
Step 5: Vision.
Miller suggests that job seekers develop a vision that embraces the
answer to ―What do I really want to do?‖ one should create a solid
statement in a dozen or so sentences that describe in detail how they
see their life related to work. For instance, the secretary who longs to
be an actress describes a life that allows her to express her love of
Shakespeare on stage. A real estate agent, attracted to his current job


because her loves fixing up old homes, describes buying properties that
need a little tender loving care to make them more saleable.
Step 6: Appropriate risk.
Some philosophers believe that the way to enlightenment comes
through facing
obstacles and difficulties. Once people discover their passion, many
are too scared to do anything about it. Instead, they do nothing. With
this step, job seekers should assess what they are willing to give up,
or risk, in pursuit of their dream. For one working mom, that meant
taking night classes to learn new computer-aided design skills, while
still earning a salary and keeping her day job. For someone else, it may
mean quitting his or her job, taking out loan and going back to school
full time. You‘ll move one step closer to your ideal work life if you
identify how much risk you are willing to take and the sacrifices you
are willing to make.
Step 7: Action.
Some teachers of philosophy describe action in this way, ―If one
wants to get to the top of a mountain, just sitting at the foot thinking
about it will not bring one there. It is by making the effort of
climbing up the mountain, step by step, that eventually the summit is
reached.‖ All too often, it is the lack of action that ultimately holds
people back from attaining their ideals. Creating a plan and taking it
one step at a time can lead to new and different job opportunities. Job-
hunting tasks gain added meaning as you sense their importance in your


quest for a more meaningful work life. The plan can include researching
industries and occupations, talking to people who are in your desired
area of work, taking classes, or accepting volunteer work in your
targeted field.
Each of these steps will lead you on a journey to a happier and more
rewarding work life. After all, it is the journey, not the destination,
that is most important. 注意:此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
1. According to the recent ―Plans for 2004‖ survey, most people
are unhappy with their current jobs.
2. Mary Lyn Miller‘s job is to advise people on their life and
career.
3. Mary Lyn Miller herself was once quite dissatisfied with her own
work. 4. Many people find it difficult to make up their minds whether to
change their career path.
5. According to Mary Lyn Miller, people considering changing their
careers should commit themselves to the pursuit of ________.
6. In the job market, job seekers need to know how to sell
themselves like ________.
7. During an interview with potential employers, self-honoring or
self-love may help a job seeker to show ________.
8. Mary Lyn Miller suggests that a job seeker develop a vision that
answers the question ―________‖
9. Many people are too scared to pursue their dreams because they
are unwilling to ________.


10. What ultimately holds people back from attaining their ideals is
________. Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and
2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more
questions will be asked about what said. Both the conversation and the
questions will be spoken only once.
After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you
must read the four
choices marked A) B) C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.
Then mark the
corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through
the centre.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
11. A) Surfing the net.
B) Watching a talk show.
C) Packing a birthday gift.
D) Shopping at a jewelry store.
12. A) He enjoys finding fault with exams. B) He is sure of his
success in the exam. C) He doesn‘t know if he can do well in the exam.
D) He used to get straight A‘s in the exams he took.
13. A) The man is generous with his good comments on people. B) The
woman is unsure if there will be peace in the world. C) The woman is


doubtful about newspaper stories. D) The man is quite optimistic about
human nature. 14. A) Study for some profession.
B) Attend a medical school.
C) Stay in business.
D) Sell his shop.
15. A) More money.
B) Fair treatment.
C) A college education.
D) Shorter work hours.
16. A) She was exhausted from her trip.
B) She missed the comforts of home.
C) She was impressed by Mexican food.
D) She will not go to Mexico again.
17. A) Cheer herself up a bit.
B) Find a more suitable job.
C) Seek professional advice.
D) Take a psychology course.
18. A) He dresses more formally now.
B) What he wears does not match his position. C) He has ignored his
friends since graduation. D) He failed to do well at college.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) To go sightseeing.
B) To have meetings.
C) To promote a new champagne.


D) To join in a training program.
20. A) It can reduce the number of passenger complaints. B) It can
make air travel more entertaining. C) It can cut down the expenses for
air travel.
D) It can lessen the discomfort caused by air travel. 21. A) Took
balanced meals with champagne.
B) Ate vegetables and fruit only.
C) Refrained from fish or meat.
D) Avoided eating rich food.
22. A) Many of them found it difficult to exercise on a plane. B)
Many of them were concerned with their well-being. C) Not many of them
chose to do what she did.
D) Not many of them understood the program.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. A) At a fair.
B) At a cafeteria.
C) In a computer lab.
D) In a shopping mall.
24. A) The latest computer technology.
B) The organizing of an exhibition.
C) The purchasing of some equipment.
D) The dramatic changes in the job market.
25. A) Data collection.
B) Training consultancy.


C) Corporate management.
D) Information processing.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the
end of each passage,
you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions
will be spoken only
once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer
from the four choice
marked A) B) C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer
Sheet 2 with
a single line through the centre.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26.
A) Improve themselves.
B) Get rid of empty dreams.
C) Follow the cultural tradition.
D) Attempt something impossible.
27. A) By finding sufficient support for implementation. B) By
taking into account their own ability to change. C) By constantly
keeping in mind their ultimate goals. D) By making detailed plans and
carrying them out. 28. A) To show people how to get their lives back to
normal. B) To show how difficult it is for people to lose weight. C) To


remind people to check the calories on food bags. D) To illustrate how
easily people abandon their goals. Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. A) Michael‘s parents got divorced.
B) Karen was adopted by Ray Anderson.
C) Karen‘s mother died in a car accident.
D) A truck driver lost his life in a collision.
30. A) He ran a red light and collided with a truck.
B) He sacrificed his life to save a baby girl.
C) He was killed instantly in a burning car.
D) He got married to Karen‘s mother.
31. A) The reported hero turned out to be his father.
B) He did not understand his father till too late.
C) Such misfortune should have fallen on him.
D) It reminded him of his miserable childhood.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. A) Germany.
B) Japan.
C) The U.S.
D) The U.K.
33. A) By doing odd jobs at weekends.
B) By working long hours every day.
C) By putting in more hours each week.


D) By taking shorter vacations each year.
34. A) To combat competition and raise productivity.
B) To provide them with more job opportunities.
C) To help them maintain their living standard.
D) To prevent them from holding a second job.
35. A) Change their jobs.
B) Earn more money.
C) Reduce their working hours.
D) Strengthen the government‘s role.
Section C
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 36 to 43 with the exact
words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are
required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can
either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main
points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the
third time, you should check what you have written.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
Nursing, as a typically female profession, must deal constantly with
the false impression that nurses are there to wait on the physician. As
nurses, we are (36) ________ to provide nursing care only. We do not
have any legal or moral (37)


________ to any physician. We provide health teaching, (38) ________
physical as well as emotional problems, (39) ________ patient-related
services, and make all of our nursing decisions based upon what is best
or suitable for the patient. If, in any (40) ________, we feel that a
physician‘s order is (41) ________ or unsafe, we have a legal (42)
________ to question that order or refuse to carry it out. Nursing is
not a nine-to-five job with every weekend off. All nurses are aware of
that before they enter the profession. The emotional and physical stress.
However, that occurs due to odd working hours is a (43) ________ reason
for a lot of the career dissatisfaction. (44)
________________________________. That disturbs our personal lives,
disrupts our sleeping and eating habits, and isolates us from everything
except job-related friends and activities.
The quality of nursing care is being affected dramatically by these
situations. (45) ________________________________. Consumers of
medically related services have evidently not been affected enough yet
to demand changes in our medical system. But if trends continue as
predicted, (46)
________________________________.
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 statements in the fewest possible words.
Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2.
Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
Google is a world- famous company, with its headquarters in Mountain
View, California. It was set up in a Silicon Valley garage in 1998, and
inflated (膨胀) with
the Internet bubble. Even when everything around it collapsed the
company kept on inflating. Google‘s search engine is so widespread
across the world that search became Google, and google became a verb.
The world fell in love with the effective, fascinatingly fast technology.
Google owes much of its success to the brilliance of S. Brin and L.
Page, but also to a series of fortunate events. It was Page who, at
Stanford in 1996, initiated the academic project that eventually became
Google‘s search engine. Brin, who had met Page at a student orientation
a year earlier, joined the project early on. They were both Ph.D.
candidates when they devised the search engine which was better than the
rest and, without any marketing, spread by word of mouth from early
adopters to, eventually, your grandmother.
Their breakthrough, simply put, was that when their search engine
crawled the Web, it did more than just look for word matches, it also
tallied (统计) and ranked a host of
other critical factors like how websites link to one another. That
delivered far better results than anything else. Brin and Page meant to
name their creation Googol (the mathematical term for the number 1


followed by 100 zeroes), but someone misspelled the word so it stuck as
Google. They raised money from prescient (有先见之明的)
professors and venture capitalists, and moved off campus to turn
Google into business. Perhaps their biggest stroke of luck came early on
when they tried to sell their
technology to other search engines, but no one met their price, and
they built it up on their own.
The next breakthrough came in 2000, when Google figured out how to
make money with its invention. It had lots of users, but almost no one
was paying. The solution turned out to be advertising, and it‘s not an
exaggeration to say that Google is now essentially an advertising
company, given that that‘s the source of nearly all its
revenue. Today it is a giant advertising company, worth $$100 billion.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
47. Apart from a series of fortunate events, what is it that has
made Google so successful?
48. Google‘s search engine originated from ________ started by L.
Page.
49. How did Google‘s search engine spread all over the world?
50. Brin and Page decided to set up their own business because no
one would ________.
51. The revenue of the Google company is largely generated from
________. 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 centre.
Passage One
Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
You hear the refrain all the time: the U.S. economy looks good
statistically, but it doesn’t feel good. Why doesn’t ever-greater
wealth promote ever- greater happiness?
It is a question that dates at least to the appearance in 1958 of
The Affluent (富裕的)
Society by John Kenneth Galbraith, who died recently at 97.
The Affluent Society is a modern classic because it helped define a
new moment in the human condition. For most of history, ―hunger,
sickness, and cold‖ threatened nearly everyone, Galbraith wrote.
―Poverty was found everywhere in that world. Obviously it is not of
ours.‖ After World War II, the dread of another Great Depression gave
way to an economic boom. In the 1930s unemployment had averaged 18.2
percent; in the 1950s it was 4.5 percent.
To Galbraith, materialism had gone mad and would breed discontent.
Through advertising, companies conditioned consumers to buy things they
didn‘t really want or need. Because so much spending was artificial, it
would be unfulfilling. Meanwhile, government spending that would make


everyone better off was being cut down because people instinctively—and
wrongly—labeled government only as ―a necessary
evil.‖
It‘s often said that only the rich are getting ahead; everyone else
is standing still or falling behind. Well, there are many undeserving
rich—overpaid chief executives, for
instance. But over any meaningful period, most people‘s incomes are
increasing. From 1995 to 2004, inflation-adjusted average family income
rose 14.3 percent, to $$43,200. people feel ―squeezed‖ because their
rising incomes often don‘t satisfy their rising wants—for bigger homes,
more health care, more education, faster Internet
connections.
The other great frustration is that it has not eliminated insecurity.
People regard job stability as part of their standard of living. As
corporate layoffs increased, that part has eroded. More workers fear
they‘ve become ―the disposable American,‖ as Louis Uchitelle puts it
in his book by the same name.
Because so much previous suffering and social conflict stemmed from
poverty, the arrival of widespread affluence suggested utopian (乌托邦式
的) possibilities. Up to a
point, affluence succeeds. There is much les physical misery than
before. People are better off. Unfortunately, affluence also creates new
complaints and contradictions. Advanced societies need economic growth
to satisfy the multiplying wants of their citizens. But the quest for


growth lets loose new anxieties and economic conflicts that disturb the
social order. Affluence liberates the individual, promising that
everyone can choose a unique way to self- fulfillment. But the promise is
so extravagant that it predestines many disappointments and sometimes
inspires choices that have anti- social consequences, including family
breakdown and obesity (肥胖症).
Statistical indicators of happiness have not risen with incomes.
Should we be surprised? Not really. We‘ve simply reaffirmed an old
truth: the pursuit of affluence does not always end with happiness.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
52. What question does John Kenneth Galbraith raise in his book The
Affluent Society?
A) Why statistics don‘t tell the truth about the economy.
B) Why affluence doesn‘t guarantee happiness.
C) How happiness can be promoted today.
D) What lies behind an economic boom.
53. According to Galbraith, people feel discontented because
________. A) public spending hasn‘t been cut down as expected
B) the government has proved to be a necessary evil
C) they are in fear of another Great Depression
D) materialism has run wild in modern society
54. Why do people feel squeezed when their average income rises
considerably? A) Their material pursuits have gone far ahead of their
earnings.


B) Their purchasing power has dropped markedly with inflation.
C) The distribution of wealth is uneven between the r5ich and the
poor. D) Health care and educational cost have somehow gone out of
control. 55. What does Louis Uchitelle mean by ―the disposable
American‖ (Line 3, Para. 5)?
A) Those who see job stability as part of their living standard.
B) People full of utopian ideas resulting from affluence.
C) People who have little say in American politics.
D) Workers who no longer have secure jobs.
56. What has affluence brought to American society?
A) Renewed economic security.
B) A sense of self-fulfillment.
C) New conflicts and complaints.
D) Misery and anti- social behavior.
Passage Two
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
The use of deferential (敬重的) language is symbolic of the
Confucian ideal of the
woman, which dominates conservative gender norms in Japan. This
ideal presents a woman who withdraws quietly to the background,
subordinating her life and needs to those of her family and its male
head. She is a dutiful daughter, wife, and mother, master of the
domestic arts. The typical refined Japanese woman excels in modesty


treads softly (谨言慎行)in the world,” elevating feminine beauty
and delicacy; she “
and grace to an art form.
Nowadays, it is commonly observed that young women are not
conforming to the feminine linguistic (语言的) ideal. They are using
fewer of the very deferential
“women’s” forms, and even using the few strong forms that are
know as “men’
s.” This, of course, attracts considerable attention and has led to
an outcry in the Japanese media against the defeminization of women‘s
language. Indeed, we didn‘t hear about ―men‘s language‖ until people
began to respond to girls‘ appropriation of forms normally reserved for
boys and men. There is considerable sentiment about the ―corruption‖
of women‘s language—which of course is viewed as part of the loss of
feminine ideals and morality—and this sentiment is crystallized by
nationwide
opinion polls that are regularly carried out by the media.
Yoshiko Matsumoto has argued that young women probably never used as
many of the highly deferential forms as older women. This highly polite
style is no doubt something that young women have been expected to
―grow into‖—after all, it is
assign not simply of femininity, but of maturity and refinement, and
its use could be taken to indicate a change in the nature of one‘s
social relations as well. One might well imagine little girls using


exceedingly polite forms when playing house or imitating older women—in
a fashion analogous to little girls‘ use of a high-pitched
voice to do ―teacher talk‖ or ―mother talk‖ in role play.
The fact that young Japanese women are using less deferential
language is a sure sign of change—of social change and of linguistic
change. But it is most certainly not a sign of the ―masculization‖ of
girls. In some instances, it may be a sign that girls are making the
same claim to authority as boys and men, but that is very different from
saying that they are trying to be ―masculine.‖ Katsue Reynolds has
argued that girls
nowadays are using more assertive language strategies in order to be
able to compete with boys in schools and out. Social change also brings
not simply different positions for women and girls, but different
relations to life stages, and adolescent girls are participating in new
subcultural forms. Thus what may, to an older speaker, seem like
―masculine‖ speech may seem to an adolescent like ―liberated‖ or
―hip‖ speech.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
57. The first paragraph describes in detail ________.
A) the standards set for contemporary Japanese women
B) the Confucian influence on gender norms in Japan
C) the stereotyped role of women in Japanese families
D) the norms for traditional Japanese women to follow
58. What change has been observed in today‘s young Japanese women?


A) They pay less attention to their linguistic behavior.
B) The use fewer of the deferential linguistic forms.
C) They confuse male and female forms of language.
D) They employ very strong linguistic expressions.
59. How do some people react to women‘s appropriation of men‘s
language forms as reported in the Japanese media?
A) They call for a campaign to stop the defeminization.
B) The see it as an expression of women‘s sentiment.
C) They accept it as a modern trend.
D) They express strong disapproval.
60. According to Yoshiko Matsumoto, the linguistic behavior observed
in today‘s young women ________.
A) may lead to changes in social relations
B) has been true of all past generations
C) is viewed as a sign of their maturity
D) is a result of rapid social progress
61. The author believes that the use of assertive language by young
Japanese women is ________.
A) a sure sign of their defeminization and maturation
B) an indication of their defiance against social change
C) one of their strategies to compete in a male-dominated society D)
an inevitable trend of linguistic development in Japan today
Part V Cloze (15 minutes)


Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each
blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side
of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.
Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line
through the centre.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after
one has just struck them. __62__ that logic, 2006 should have been a
breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still
__63__ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most
expensive disaster in U.S. history, on __64__ TV. Anyone who didn‘t
know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they
are made __65__ worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our
__66__ to work together before everything goes to hell.
Granted, some amount of delusion (错觉) is probably part of the
__67__ condition. In
A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the
locals immediately went to work __68__, in the same spot—until they
were buried
altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a __69__ of the
past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are
particularly bad at __70__ themselves from guaranteed threats. We know
more than we __71__ did about the dangers we face. But it turns __72__


that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is __73__ the storm, the
quake or the __74__ itself. More often, it is ourselves.
So what has happened in the year that __75__ the disaster on the
Gulf Coast? In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day
and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the walls to __76__
they were before Katrina, more or less. That‘s not __77__, we can now
say with confidence. But it may be all __78__ can be
). expected from one year of hustle (忙碌
Meanwhile, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses
and trains to __79__ the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that
15,000 people will need a __80__ out. However, state officials have not
yet determined where these people will be taken. The __81__ with
neighboring communities are ongoing and difficult. 62. A) To B) By C) On
D) For
63. A) fresh B) obvious C) apparent D) evident
64. A) visual B) vivid C) live D) lively
65. A) little B) less C) more D) much
66. A) reluctance B) rejection C) denial D) decline
67. A) natural B) world C) social D) human
68. A) revising B) refining C) rebuilding D) retrieving
69. A) review B) reminder C) concept D) prospect
B) protesting C) protecting D) prevailing 70. A) preparing
71. A) never B) ever C) then D) before
72. A) up B) down C) over D) out


B) rarely C) incidentally D) accidentally 73. A) merely
74. A) surge B) spur C) surf D) splash
75. A) ensued B) traced C) followed D) occurred
76. A) which B) where C) what D) when
77. A) enough B) certain C) conclusive D) final
78. A) but B) as C) that D) those
79. A) exile B) evacuate C) dismiss D) displace
80. A) ride B) trail C) path D) track
81. A) conventions B) notifications C) communications D)
negotiations Part VI Translation (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the
Chinese given in brackets. Please write your translation on Answer Sheet
2.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答，只需写出译文部分。
82. The auto manufacturers found themselves ________________________
(正在同
外国公司竞争市场的份额).
83. Only in the small town ________________________ (他才感到安全和
放松).
84. It is absolutely unfair that these children
________________________ (被剥夺
了受教育的权利).
85. Our years of hard work are all in vain, ________________________
(更别提我


们花费的大量金钱了).
86. The problems of blacks and women ________________________ (最近
几十年
受到公众相当大的关注).
2007年6月23日六级参考答案
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
1. N 31. A) The reported hero turned out to 2. Y be his father.
3. NG32. B) Japan.
4. Y 33. D) By taking shorter vacations each 5. those things that
they love most year.
6. products 34. A) To combat competition and raise 7. more
confidence productivity.
8. What do I really want to do? 35. C) Reducing their working hours.
9. give up, or risk 36. licensed
10. the lack of action 37. obligation
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 38. assess
minutes) 39. coordinate
11. A) Surfing the net. 40. circumstance
12. B) He is sure of his success in the 41. inappropriate
exam. 42. responsibility
13. D) The man is quite optimistic 43. prime
about human nature. 44. It is sometimes required that we 14. C) Stay
in business. work overtime, and that we change 15. A) More money. shifts


four or five times a month. 16. B) She missed the comforts of 45. Most
hospitals are now staffed by home. new graduates, as experienced nurses
17. C) Seek professional advice. finally give up trying to change the 18.
A) He dresses more formally now. system.
19. B) To have meetings. 46. they will find that most critical 20. D)
It can lessen the discomfort hospital cares will be provided by new,
caused by air travel. inexperienced, and sometimes 21. D) Avoided eating
rich food. inadequately trained nurses. 22. C) Not many of them chose to
do Part IV Reading Comprehension what she did (Reading in Depth) (25
minutes) 23. A) At a fair. 47. The brilliance of S. Brin and L. 24. C)
The purchasing of some Page
equipment. 48. the academic project
25. B) Training consultancy. 49. By word of mouth
26. A) Improve themselves. 50. meet their price
27. D) By making detailed plans and 51. advertising
carrying them out. 52. B) Why affluence doesn‘t guarantee 28. D) To
illustrate how easily people happiness?
abandon their goals. 53. D) materialism has run wild in 29. B) Karen
was adopted by Ray modern society
Anderson. 54. A) Their material pursuits have 30. B) He sacrificed
his life to save a gone far ahead of their earnings. baby girl. 55. D)
Workers who no longer have
secure jobs 71. B) ever
56. C) New conflicts and complaints 72. D) out


57. B) the Confucian influence on 73. B) rarely
gender norms in Japan 74. A) surge
75. C) followed 58. B) They use fewer of the deferential
76. B) where linguistic form
77. A) enough 59. D) They express strong disapproval
60. A) may lead to changes in social 78. C) that
79. B) evacuate relations
61. C) one of their strategies to compete 80. A) ride
in a male- dominated society 81. D) negotiations
Part V Cloze (15 minutes) Part VI Translation (5 minutes)
62. B) By 82. competing with foreign firms for
63. A) fresh market share
64. C) live 83. does he feel secure and relaxed
84. are deprived of the rights to receive 65. D) much
education 66. A) reluctance
85. not to mention / let alone the large 67. D) human
amount of money we have spent 68. C) rebuilding
86. have gained / caused considerable 69. A) review
public concern in recent decades 70. C) protecting
2007年12月大学英语六级考试试题及参考答案
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
The digital age
1. 如今，数字化产品越来越多，如?
2. 使用数字化产品对于人们学习工作和生活的影响。


Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Seven way to Save the World
Forget the old idea that conserving energy is a form of self-
denial—riding bicycles, dimming the lights, and taking fewer showers.
These days conservation is all about efficiency: getting the same—or
better—results from just a fraction of the energy. When a slump in
business travel forced Ulrich Ramer
to cut costs at his family—owned hotel in Germany, he replaced
hundreds of the hotel‘s wasteful light
bulbs, getting the same light for 80 percent less power. He bought a
new water boiler with a digitally
controlled pump, and wrapped insulation around the pipes. Spending
about ,100,000 on these and other improvements, he slashed his ,90,000
fuel and power bill by ,60,000. As a bonus, the hotel’s
lower energy needs have reduced its annual carbon emissions by more
than 200 metric tons. ―For us, saving energy has been very, very
profitable,‖ he says. ―And most importantly, we‘re not giving up a
single comfort for our guests.‖
Efficiency is also a great way to lower carbon emissions and help
slow global warming. But the
best argument for efficiency is its cost—or, more precisely, its
profitability. That‘s because quickly
growing energy demand requires immense investment in new supply, not
to mention the drain of rising energy prices.


No wonder efficiency has moved to the top of the political agenda.
On Jan. 10, the European Union unveiled a plan to cut energy use across
the continent by 20 percent by 2020. Last March, China imposed a 20
percent increase in energy efficiency by 2020. Even George W. Bush, the
Texas oilman, is expected to talk about energy conservation in his State
of the Union speech this week. The good news is that the world is full
of proven, cheap ways to save energy. Here are the seven that could have
the biggest impact.
Insulate
Space heating and cooling eats up 36 percent of all the world‘s
energy. There‘s virtually no limit to how much of that can be saved, as
prototype ―zero- energy homes‖ in Switzerland and Germany have shown.
There‘s been a surge in new ways of keeping heat in and cold out
(or vice versa). The most advanced
insulation follows the law of increasing returns: if you add enough
you can scale down or even eliminate heating and air- conditioning
equipment, lowering costs even before you start saving on utility bills.
Studies have shown that green workplaces (ones that don‘t constantly
need to have the heat or
air-conditioner running) have higher worker productivity and lower
sick rates.
Change Bulbs
Lighting eats up 20 percent of the world‘s electricity, or the
equivalent of roughly 600,000 tons of


coal a day. Forty percent of that powers old-fashioned incandescent
light bulbs—a 19th-century
technology that wastes most of the power it consumes on unwanted
heat.
Compact fluorescent lamps, or CFLS, not only use 75 to 80 percent
less electricity than
incandescent bulbs to generate the same amount of light, but they
also last 10 times longer. Phasing old bulbs out by 2030 would save the
output of 650 power plants and avoid the release of 700 million tons of
carbon into the atmosphere each year.
Comfort Zone
Water boilers, space heaters and air conditioners have been
notoriously inefficient. The heat pump has altered that equation. It
removes heat from the air outside or the ground below and uses it to
supply heat to a building or its water supply. In the summer, the system
can be reversed to cool buildings as well.
Most new residential buildings in Sweden are already heated with
ground-source heat pumps. Such systems consume almost no conventional
fuel at all. Several countries have used subsidies to jump- start the
market, including Japan, where almost I million heat pumps have been
installed in the past two years to heat water for showers and hot tubs.
Remake Factories
From steel mills to paper factories, industry eats up about a third
of the world‘s energy. The


opportunities to save are vast. In Ludwigshafen, German chemicals
giant BASF runs an interconnected complex of more than 200 chemical
factories, where heat produced by one chemical process is used to power
the next. At the Ludwigshafen site site alone, such recycling of heat
and energy saves the company ,200 million a year and almost half its CO2
emissions. Now BASF is doing the same for new plants in China.
“Optimizing (优化) energy efficiency is a decisive competitive
advantage,” says
BASF CEO Jurgen Hambrecht.
Green Driving
A quarter of the world’s energy---including two thirds of the
annual production of oil—is used for
transportation. Some savings come free of charge: you can boost fuel
efficiency by 6 percent simply by keeping your car’s tires properly
inflated (充气). Gasoline-electric hybrid(混合型的) models like the
Toyota Prius improve mileage by a further 20 percent over
conventional models.
A Better Fridge
More than half of all residential power goes into running household
appliances, producing a fifth of the world‘s carbon emissions. And
that‘s true even though manufacturers have already hiked the efficiency
of refrigerators and other white goods by as much as 70 percent since
the 1980s. According to an International Energy Agency study, if
consumers chose those models that would save them the most money over


the life of the appliance, they‘d cut global residential power
consumption (and their utility bills) by 43 percent.
Flexible Payment
Energy service contractors” will Who says you have to pay for all
your conservation investments? “
pay for retrofitting(翻新改造)in return for a share of the client’s
annual utility-bill savings. In Beijing.
Shenwu Thermal Energy Technology Co. specializes in retrofitting
China‘s steel furnaces. Shenwu puts
up the initial investment to install a heat exchanger that preheats
the air going into the furnace, slashing the client‘s fuel costs.
Shenwu pockets a cut of those savings, so both Shenwu and the client
profit.
If saving energy is so easy and profitable, why isn‘t everyone
doing it? It has do with psychology and a
lack of information. Most of us tend to look at today‘s price tag
more than tomorrow‘s potential saving. That holds double for the
landlord or developer, who won‘t actually see a penny of the savings
his investment in better insulation or a better heating system might
generate. In many people‘s minds,
conservation is still associated with self- denial. Many
environmentalists still push that view. Smart governments can help push
the market in the right direction. The EU‘s 1994 law on labeling was
such a success that it extended the same idea to entire buildings last


year. To boost the market value of efficiency, all new buildings are
required to have an ―energy pass‖ detailing power and heating
consumption. Countries like Japan and Germany have successively
tightened building codes, requiring an increase in insulation levels but
leaving it up to builders to decide how to meet them. The most powerful
incentives, of course, will come from the market itself. Over the past
year, sky-high fuel prices have focused minds on efficiency like never
before. Ever- increasing pressure to cut costs has finally forced more
companies to do some math on their energy use.
Will it be enough? With global demand and emissions rising so fast,
we may not have any choice but to try. Efficient technology is here now,
proven and cheap. Compared with all other options, it‘s the biggest,
easiest and most profitable bang for the buck.
1. What is said to be best way to conserve energy nowadays?
A) Raising efficiency. B) Cutting unnecessary costs..
C) Finding alternative resources. D) Sacrificing some personal
comforts. 2. What does the European Union plan to do?
A) Diversify energy supply. B) Cut energy consumption.
C) Reduce carbon emissions. D) Raise production Raise production
efficiency.
3. If you add enough insulation to your house, you may be able to
_____________.
A) improve your work environment B) cut your utility bills by half
C) get rid of air-conditioners D) enjoy much better health


4. How much of the power consumed by incandescent bulbs is converted
into light?
A) A small portion. B) Some 40 percent. C) Almost half. D) 75 to 80
percent.
5. Some countries have tried to jump-start the market of heat pumps
by __________.
A)upgrading the equipment B)encouraging investments C) implementing
high-tech
D)providing subsidies
6. German chemicals giant BASF saves ,200 million a year by
___________.
A) recycling heat and energy B) setting up factories in China
C) using the newest technology D) reducing the CO2 emissions of its
plants 7. Global residential power consumption can be cut by 43 percent
if ___________. A) we increase the insulation of walls and water pipes
B) We choose simpler models of electrical appliances
C) We cut down on the use of refrigerators and other white goods
D) We choose the most efficient models of refrigerators and other
white goods 8. Energy service contractors profit by taking a part of
clients____________. 9. Many environmentalists maintain the view that
conservation has much to do with _____. 10. The strongest incentives for
energy conservation will derive from __________.
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A


11. A) Proceed in his own way. B) Stick to the original plan.
C) Compromise with his colleague. D) Try to change his colleague‘s
mind.
12. A) Mary has a keen eye for style. B) Nancy regrets buying the
dress.
C) Nancy and Mary went shopping together in Rome. D) Nancy and Mary
like to follow the latest fashion.
13. A) Wash the dishes. B) Go to the theatre.
C) Pick up George and Martha. D) Take her daughter to hospital. 14.
A) She enjoys making up stories about other people. B) She can never
keep anything to herself for long.
C) She is eager to share news with the woman. D) She is the best
informed woman in town. 15. A) A car dealer. B) A mechanic C) A driving
examiner. D) A technical consultant.
16. A) The shopping mall has been deserted recently. B) Shoppers can
only find good stores in the mall.
C) Lots of people moved out of the downtown area. D) There isn‘t
much business downtown nowadays.
17. A) He will help the woman with her reading. B) The lounge is not
a place for him to study in.
C) He feels sleepy whenever he tries to study. D) A cozy place is
rather hard to find on campus.
18. A) To protect her from getting scratches. B) To help relieve her
of the pain.


C) To prevent mosquito bites. D) To avoid getting sunburnt.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) In a studio. B) In a clothing store. C) At a beach resort D)
At a fashion show 20. A) To live there permanently. B) To stay there for
half a year.
C) To find a better job to support herself. D) To sell leather goods
for a British company.
21. A) Designing fashion items for several companies. B) Modeling
for a world-famous Italian company.
C) Working as an employee for Ferragamo. D) Serving as a sales agent
for Burberrys.
22. A) It has seen a steady decline in its profits. B) It has become
much more competitive.
C) It has lost many customers to foreign companies. D) It has
attracted lot more designers from abroad.
23. A) It helps her to attract more public attention. B) It improves
her chance of getting promoted.
C) It strengthens her relationship with students. D) It enables her
to understand people better. 24. A) Passively. B) Positively. C)
Skeptically. D) Sensitively. 25. A) It keeps haunting her day and night.
B) Her teaching was somewhat affected by it.
C) It vanishes the moment she steps into her role. D) Her mind goes
blank once she gets on the stage.
Section B


Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) To win over the majority of passengers from airlines in
twenty years.
B) To reform railroad management in western European countries.
C) To electrify the railway lines between major European cities.
D) To set up an express train network throughout Europe.
27. A) Major European airliner will go bankrupt.
B) Europeans will pay much less for traveling.
C) Traveling time by train between major European cities will be cut
by half.
D) Trains will become the safest and most efficient means of travel
in Europe.
28. A) Train travel will prove much more comfortable than air travel.
B) Passengers will feel much safer on board a train than on a plane.
C) Rail transport will be environmentally friendlier than air
transport.
D) Traveling by train may be as quick as, or even quicker than, by
air. 29. A) In 1981. B) In 1989. C) In 1990. D) In 2000. Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
30. A) There can be no speedy recovery for mental patients.
B) Approaches to healing patients are essentially the same.
C) The mind and body should be taken as an integral whole.
D) There is no clear division of labor in the medical profession.


31. A) A doctor‘s fame strengthens the patients‘ faith in them.
B) Abuse of medicines is widespread in many urban hospitals.
C) One third of the patients depend on harmless substances for cure.
D) A patient‘s expectations of a drug have an effect on their
recovery.
32. A) Expensive drugs may not prove the most effective.
B) The workings of the mind may help patients recover.
C) Doctors often exaggerate the effect of their remedies.
D) Most illnesses can be cured without medication.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. A) Enjoying strong feelings and emotions. B) Defying all dangers
when they have to.
C) Being fond of making sensational news. D) Dreaming of becoming
famous one day. 34. A) Working in an emergency room. B) Watching horror
movies.
C) Listening to rock music. D) Doing daily routines.
35. A) A rock climber. B) A psychologist. C) A resident doctor. D) A
career consultant.
Section C
If you‘re like most people, you‘ve indulged in fake listening many
times. You go to history class, sit in the third row, and look (36)
________ at the instructor as she speaks. But your mind is far away, (37)
_______ in the clouds of pleasant daydreams. (38) ________ you come back


to earth: the instructor writes an important term on the chalkboard, and
you (39) _______ copy it in your notebook. Every once in a while the
instructor makes a (40) _________ remark, causing others in the class to
laugh. You smile politely, pretending that you‘ve heard the remark and
found it mildly (41) ___________. You have a vague sense of (42)
___________ that you aren‘t paying close attention, but you tell
yourself that any (43) ________ you miss can be picked up from a
friend‘s notes. Besides, (44)
_______________________. So back you go into your private little
world. Only later do you realize you‘ve missed important information
for a test.
Fake listening may be easily exposed, since many speakers are
sensitive to facial cues and can tell if you‘re merely pretending to
listen. (45) ________________________.
Even if you‘re not exposed, there‘s another reason to avoid fakery;
it‘s easy for this behavior to become a habit. For some people, the
habit is so deeply rooted that (46) _________________. As a result, they
miss lots of valuable information.
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
Men, these days, are embracing fatherhood with the round-the-clock
involvement their partners have always dreamed of –handling night
feedings, packing lunches and bandaging knees. But unlike women, many


find they‘re negotiating their new roles with little support or
information. “Men in my
generation (aged 25-40) have a fear of becoming dads because we have
no role models,” says Jon
Smith, a writer. They often find themselves excluded from mothers’
support networks, and are eyed
warily (警觉地) on the playground.
The challenge is particularly evident in the work—place. There, men
are still expected to be
breadwinners climbing the corporate ladder; traditionally-minded
bosses are often unsympathetic to family needs. In Denmark most new
fathers only take two weeks of paternity leave (父亲的陪产假)—
even though they are allowed 34 days. As much as if not more so than
women, fathers struggle to be taken seriously when they request flexible
arrangements.
Though Wilfried-Fritz Maring, 54, a data-bank and Internet
specialist with German firm FIZ Karlsruhe, feels that the time he spends
with his daughter outweighs any disadvantages, he admits, ―With my
decision to work from home I dismissed any opportunity for promotion.‖
Mind-sets (思维定势) are changing gradually. When Maring had a
daughter, the company equipped him with a home office and allowed him to
choose a job that could be performed from there. Danish telecom company
TDC initiated an internal campaign last year to encourage dads to take


paternity leave: 97 percent now do. ―When an employee goes on paternity
leave and is with his kids, he gets a
new kind of training: in how to keep cool under stress,‖ says
spokesperson Christine Elberg Holm. For a new generation of dads, kids
may come before the company –but it‘s a shift that benefits both.
47. Unlike women, men often get little support or information from
______________. 48. Besides supporting the family, men were also
expected to ________.
49. Like women, men hope that their desire for a flexible schedule
will be _____________. 50. When Maring was on paternity leave, he was
allowed by his company to work___________. 51. Christine Holm believes
paternity leave provides a new kind of training for men in that it can
help them cope with _____________.
Section B
Passage One
Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
Like most people, I‘ve long understood that I will be judged by my
occupation, that my profession is a gauge people use to see how smart or
talented I am. Recently, however, I was disappointed to see that it also
decides how I‘m treated as a person.
Last year I left a professional position as a small-town reporter
and took a job waiting tables. As someone paid to serve food to people.
I had customers say and do things to me I suspect they‘d never say or
do to their most casual acquaintances. One night a man talking on his


cell phone waved me away, then beckoned (示意) me back with his finger a
minute later, complaining he was ready to order and asking where I’d
been.
I had waited tables during summers in college and was treated like a
peon(勤杂工) by plenty of people.
But at 19 years old. I believed I deserved inferior treatment from
professional adults. Besides, people responded to me differently after I
told them I was in college. Customers would joke that one day I‘d
be sitting at their table, waiting to be served.
Once I graduated I took a job at a community newspaper. From my
first day, I heard a respectful tone from everyone who called me. I
assumed this was the way the professional world worked-cordially. I soon
found out differently, I sat several feet away from an advertising sales
representative with a similar name. Our calls would often get mixed up
and someone asking for Kristen would be transferred to Christie. The
mistake was immediately evident. Perhaps it was because money was
involved, but people used a tone with Kristen that they never used with
me.
My job title made people treat me with courtesy. So it was a shock
to return to the restaurant industry. It‘s no secret that there‘s a
lot to put up with when waiting tables, and fortunately, much of it can
be
easily forgotten when you pocket the tips. The service industry, by
definition, exists to cater to others‘ needs. Still, it seemed that


many of my customers didn‘t get the difference between server and
servant.
I‘m now applying to graduate school, which means someday I‘ll
return to a profession where people need to be nice to me in order to
get what they want. I think I‘ll take them to dinner first, and see how
they treat someone whose only job is to serve them.
52. The author was disappointed to find that ___________________.
A) one‘s position is used as a gauge to measure one‘s intelligence.
B) talented people like her should fail to get a respectable job
C) one‘s occupation affects the way one is treated as a person
D) professionals tend to look down upon manual workers
53. What does the author intend to say by the example in the second
paragraph?
A) Some customers simply show no respect to those who serve them.
B) People absorbed in a phone conversation tend to be absent-minded.
C) Waitresses are often treated by customers as casual acquaintances.
D) Some customers like to make loud complaints for no reason at all.
54. How did the author feel when waiting tables at the age of 19?
A) She felt it unfair to be treated as a mere servant by
professionals.
B) She felt badly hurt when her customers regarded her as a peon.
C) She was embarrassed each time her customers joked with her.
D) She found it natural for professionals to treat her as inferior.


55. What does the author imply by saying ―…many of my customers
didn‘t get the difference between
server and servant‖ (Lines 3-4, Para.7)?
A) Those who cater to others‘ needs are destined to be looked down
upon.
B) Those working in the service industry shouldn‘t be treated as
servants.
C) Those serving others have to put up with rough treatment to earn
a living.
D) The majority of customers tend to look on a servant as a server
nowadays.
56. The author says she‘ll one day take her clients to dinner in
order to _______.
A) see what kind of person they are B) experience the feeling of
being served C)show her generosity towards people inferior to her
D)arouse their sympathy for people living a
humble life
Passage Two
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
What‘s hot for 2007 among the very rich? A S7.3 million diamond
ring. A trip to Tanzania to hunt wild
animals. Oh. and income inequality.
Sure, some leftish billionaires like George Soros have been railing
against income inequality for years. But increasingly, centrist and


right- wing billionaires are starting to worry about income inequality
and the fate of the middle class.
In December. Mortimer Zuckerman wrote a column in U.S News & World
Report, which he owns. “Our nation’s core bargain with the middle
class is disintegrating,” lamented (哀叹) the 117th-richest
man in America. “Most of our economic gains have gone to people at
the very top of the income ladder. Average income for a household of
people of working age, by contrast, has fallen five years in a row.‖
He noted that ―Tens of millions of Americans live in fear that a
major health problem can reduce them to bankruptcy.”
Wilbur Ross Jr. has echoed Zuckerman‘s anger over the bitter
struggles faced by middle-class
Americans. ―It‘s an outrage that any American‘s life expectancy
should be shortened simply because the company they worked for went
bankrupt and ended health-care coverage,‖ said the former
chairman of the International Steel Group.
What‘s happening? The very rich are just as trendy as you and I,
and can be so when it comes to
politics and policy. Given the recent change of control in Congress,
popularity of measures like increasing the minimum wage, and efforts by
California‘ governor to offer universal health care, these guys don‘t
need their own personal weathermen to know which way the wind blows.
It’s possible that plutocrats(有钱有势的人) are expressing
solidarity with the struggling middle class


as part of an effort to insulate themselves from confiscatory (没收
性的) tax policies. But the prospect
that income inequality will lead to higher taxes on the wealthy
doesn‘t keep plutocrats up at night. They
can live with that.
No, what they fear was that the political challenges of sustaining
support for global economic integration will be more difficult in the
United States because of what has happened to the distribution of income
and economic insecurity.
In other words, if middle-class Americans continue to struggle
financially as the ultrawealthy grow ever wealthier, it will be
increasingly difficult to maintain political support for the free flow
of goods, services, and capital across borders. And when the United
States places obstacles in the way of foreign investors and foreign
goods, it‘s likely to encourage reciprocal action abroad. For people
who buy and
sell companies, or who allocate capital to markets all around the
world, that‘s the real nightmare.
57. What is the current topic of common interest among the very rich
in America?
A) The fate of the ultrawealthy people. B) The disintegration of the
middle class.
C) The inequality in the distribution of wealth. D) The conflict
between the left and the right wing.


58. What do we learn from Mortimer Zuckerman‘s lamentation?
A) Many middle- income families have failed to make a bargain for
better welfare.
B) The American economic system has caused many companies to go
bankrupt.
C) The American nation is becoming more and more divided despite its
wealth.
D) The majority of Americans benefit little from the nation‘s
growing wealth.
59. From the fifth paragraph we can learn that ____________.
A) the very rich are fashion-conscious
B) the very rich are politically sensitive
C) universal health care is to be implemented throughout America
D) Congress has gained popularity by increasing the minimum wage
60. What is the real reason for plutocrats to express solidarity
with the middle class?
A) They want to protect themselves from confiscatory taxation.
B) They know that the middle class contributes most to society.
C) They want to gain support for global economic integration.
D) They feel increasingly threatened by economic insecurity.
61. What may happen if the United States places obstacles in the way
of foreign investors and foreign goods?
A) The prices of imported goods will inevitably soar beyond control.


B) The investors will have to make great efforts to re-allocate
capital.
C) The wealthy will attempt to buy foreign companies across borders.
D) Foreign countries will place the same economic barriers in return.
Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
In 1915 Einstein made a trip to Gattingen to give some lectures at
the invitation of the mathematical physicist David Hilbert. He was
particularly eager—too eager, it would turn 62 --to
explain all the intricacies of relativity to him. The visit was a
triumph, and he said to a friend excitedly. ―I was able to 63 Hilbert
of the general theory of relativity.‖
64 all of Einstein’s personal turmoil (焦躁) at the time, a new
scientific anxiety was about to 65 .
He was struggling to find the right equations that would 66 his new
concept of gravity, 67 that would define how objects move 68 space and
how space is curved by objects. By the end of the summer, he 69 the
mathematical approach he had been 70 for almost three years was flawed.
And now there was a 71 pressure. Einstein discovered to his 72 that
Hilbert had taken what he had lectures and was racing to come up 73 the
correct equations first.
It was an enormously complex task. Although Einstein was the better
physicist. Hilbert was the better mathematician. So in October 1915
Einstein 74 himself into a month-long-frantic endeavor in 75 he returned
to an earlier mathematical strategy and wrestled with equations, proofs,


corrections and updates that he 76 to give as lectures to Berlin‘s
Prussian Academy of Sciences on four 77 Thursdays.
His first lecture was delivered on Nov.4.1915, and it explained his
new approach, 78 he admitted he did not yet have the precise
mathematical formulation of it. Einstein also took time off from 79
revising
his equations to engage in an awkward fandango (方丹戈双人舞) with
his competitor Hilbert. Worried
80 being scooped (抢先), he sent Hilbert a copy of his Nov.4 lecture.
“I am 81 to know whether
you will take kindly to this new solution,” Einstein noted with a
touch of defensiveness.
62. A) up B) over C) out D) off 63. A) convince B) counsel C)
persuade D) preach 64. A) Above B) Around C) Amid D) Along 65. A) emit B)
emerge C) submit D) submerge 66. A) imitate B) ignite C) describe D)
ascribe 67. A) ones B) those C) all D) none 68. A) into B) beyond C)
among D) through 69. A) resolved B) realized C) accepted D) assured 70.
A) pursuing B) protecting C) contesting D) contending
71. A) complex B) compatible C) comparative D) competitive 72. A)
humor B) horror C) excitement D) extinction 73. A) to B) for C) with D)
against 74. A) threw B) thrust C) huddled D) hopped 75. A) how B) that C)
what D) which 76. A) dashed B) darted C) rushed D) reeled 77. A)
successive B) progressive C) extensive D) repetitive 78. A) so B) since
C) though D) because 79. A) casually B) coarsely C) violently D)