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2016-2017
年
6
月大学英语六级真题
2016-
2017
年
6
月大学英语六级考试
CET6A
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B
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Part I Writing (30 minutes)
注意：此部分试题在答题卡
1
上。
Directions: For this part,
you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay
on the topic of Due Attention Should
Be
Given to the Study of Chinese. You should write at
least 120 words following the outline given below:
1.
近年
来在学生中出现了忽视中文学习的现象；
2.
出现这种现象的原因和后果；
3.
我认为
…
Due Attention
Should Be Given to the Study of Chinese
Almost no one in China can have failed
to notice the fact that a number of students pay
little attention to the
study
of
Cheese
nowadays.
Taking
a
look
around,
one
can
find
examples
too
many
to
list:
some
refuse
to
go
to
Chinese classes, some
read few Chinese classics and some rarely write in
Chinese
。
A number of
factors can account for such phenomenon, but the
following might be the critical ones. For one
thing, the craze for learning English
affect, to some degree, students’ passion for the
study of their native language.
For
another, the increasing emphasis on some
so-
called ―practical subjects‖ closely
related to the pursuit for jobs also
cut into students’ time and energy
spent on the study of
Chinese
。
The problem mentioned above
is bound to generate severe consequences if we
keep turning a blind eye to it.
First
,students’ weakness in Chinese would lead to their
ignorance of Chinese culture . Secondly, their
problems with
Chinese would also hinder
the study of other subjects
。
In view of the
seriousness of the problem, effective measures
must be taken before things get worse. In the
first
place, it is essential that the
school attach more importance to the teaching of
Chinese. In the second place, students
should
enhance
their
awareness
of
the
importance
of
mastering
their
mother
tongue.
Only
with
these
measures
taken
can we expect the all-
sided development of
students
。
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 1-7, choose
the
best
answer from
the four choices marked A),
B), C)
and D). For
questions 8-10, complete the sentences
with the information given in the passage.
Obama's success
isn't all good news for black Americans
1
As Erin
White
watched the election results
head
towards victory for Barack
Obama, she
felt
a burden lifting
from her shoulders.
Tennessee.
want. It was like a shadow, following
me around saying you can only go so far. Now it's
like a barrier has been let
down.
White's experience is what many
psychologists had expected - that Obama would
prove to be a powerful role
model for
African Americans. Some hoped his rise to
prominence would have a big impact on white
Americans, too,
challenging those who
still harbour racist sentiments.
racial
stereotypes that black people are
aggressive and uneducated,
of
Florida State University.
Sting in the tail
Ashby Plant is one of a
number of psychologists who seized on Obama's
candidacy to test hypotheses about the
power of role models. Their work is
already starting to reveal how the
behaviour. Perhaps surprisingly, it is
not all good news: there is a sting in the tail of
the Obama effect.
But
first
the
good
news.
Barack
Obama
really
is
a
positive
role
model
for
African
Americans,
and
he
was
making an impact even
before he got to the White House. Indeed, the
Obama effect can be surprisingly immediate
and powerful, as Ray Friedman of
Vanderbilt University and his colleagues
discovered.
They tested four separate groups at
four key stages of Obama's presidential campaign.
Each group consisted of
around 120
adults of similar age and education, and the test
assessed their language skills. At two of these
stages,
when Obama's success was less
than certain, the tests showed a clear difference
between the scores of the white and
black
participants
—
an average of
12.1 out of 20, compared to 8.8, for example. When
the Obama fever was at its
height,
however, the black participants performed much
better. Those who had watched Obama's acceptance
speech
as the Democrats' presidential
candidate performed just as well, on average, as
the white his election
victory, this
was true of all the black participants.
Dramatic shift
What can
explain this dramatic shift? At the start of the
test, the participants had to declare their race
and were
told their results would be
used to assess their strengths and weaknesses.
This should have primed the subjects with
–
an anxiety that
their results will confirm negative stereotypes,
which has been shown to damage
the
performance of African Americans.
Obama's successes seemed to
act as a shield against this.
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victory, so the
stereotype threat wouldn't prove a
distraction,
Lingering racism
If the Obama effect is
positive for African Americans, how is it
affecting their white compatriots
(
同胞
)? Is the
experience of having a charismatic
(
有魅力的
) black president
modifying lingering racist attitudes? There is no
easy
way
to
measure
racism
directly;
instead
psychologists
assess
what
is
known
as
bias
using
a
computer-based
test
that
measures
how
quickly
people
associate
positive
and
negative
words
—
such
as
or
—
with
photos
of
black
or
white
faces.
A
similar
test
can
also
measure
how
quickly
subjects
associate
stereotypical
traits
—
such as athletic
skills or mental
ability
—
with a particular
group.
In a
study that will appear in the Journal of
Experimental Social Psychology, Plant's team
tested 229 students
during the height
of the Obama fever. They found that implicit bias
has fallen by as much as 90% compared with the
level found in a similar study in 2006.
While the team
can't be sure their results are due solely to
Obama, they also showed that those with the lowest
bias
were
likely
to
subconsciously
associate
black
skin
colour
with
political
words
such
as
or
Drop in bias
Brian
Nosek
of
the
University
of
Virginia
in
Charlottesville,
who
runs
a
website
that
measures
implicit
bias
using similar test, has also observed a
small drop in bias in the 700,000 visitors to the
site since January 2007, which
might be
explained by Obama's rise to popularity. However,
his preliminary results suggest that change will
be much
slower coming than Plant's
results suggest.
Talking honestly
University in
California.
may now be more
likely to
raise negative
views of African
Americans.
their feelings regarding race
issues, which may not be such a bad thing.
Another part of
the study suggests far more is at stake than the
mere expression of views. The Obama effect may
have
a
negative
side.
Just
one
week
after
Obama
was
elected
president,
participants
were
less
ready
to
support
policies designed to address racial
inequality than they had been two weeks before the
election.
Huge
obstacles
It
could, of course, also be that Obama's success
helps people to forget that a disproportionate
number of black
Americans
still
live
in
poverty
and
face
huge
obstacles
when
trying
to
overcome
these
circumstances.
Obama's
family
is
such
a
salient
(
出色的
)
image,
we
generalise
it
and
fail
to
see
the
larger
picture
—
that
there's
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injustice
in
every
aspect
of
American
life,
says
Cheryl
Kaiser
of
the
University
of
Washington
in
Seattle.
Those
trying
to
address
issues
of
racial
inequality
need
to
constantly
remind
people
of
the
inequalities
that
still
exist
to
counteract the Obama's
effect, she says.
Though Plant's findings were more
positive, she too warns against thinking that
racism and racial inequalities
are no
longer a problem.
These findings do not only apply to
Obama, or even just to race. They should hold for
any role model in any
country.
Palin had been elected,
Beyond race
We also don't yet know how
long the Obama effect
—
both
its good side and its
bad
—
will cal sentiment
is notoriously changeable: What if
things begin to go wrong for Obama, and his
popularity slumps?
And what if Americans become so
familiar with having Obama as their president that
they stop considering his
race
altogether?
racism, but ignoring the
race of certain select
individuals
—
a phenomenon
that psychologists call
subtyping
—
also has
an insidious
(
隐伏的
) side.
previous stereotypes.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡
1
上作答。
1. How did Erin White feel upon seeing
Barack Obama's
victory in the election?
C) Personality
traits of successful blacks.
D) The dual character of
African Americans.
A)
Excited.
B)
Victorious.
C)
Anxious.
4.
In
their
experiments,
Ray
Friedman
and
his
D) Relieved.
2. Before the election, Erin White has
been haunted
by the question of whether
______.
A) she
could obtain her MBA degree
B) she could go as far as
she wanted in life
C) she was overshadowed by her white
peers
D) she
was really an achiever as a student
3. What is the focus of
Ashby Plant's study?
A) Racist sentiments in America.
B) The power of
role models.
colleagues
found that ______.
A)
blacks
and
whites
behaved
differently
during
the election
B) whites' attitude towards blacks has
dramatically
changed
C)
Obama's
election
has
eliminated
the
prejudice
against blacks
D) Obama's
success impacted blacks' performance
in
language tests
5.
What
do
Brian
Nosek's
preliminary
results
4
suggest?
A)
The
change
in
bias
against
blacks
is
slow
in
coming.
B) Bias against blacks has
experienced an unusual
drop.
C)
Website
visitor's
opinions
are
far
from
being
reliable.
D) Obama's popularity may decline as
time passes
by.
6.
A
negative
side
of
the
Obama
effect
is
that
______.
A)
more
people
have
started
to
criticise
President
Obama's racial policies
B) relations between whites
and African Americans
may become tense
again
C)
people
are
now
less
ready
to
support
policies
addressing racial inequality
D) white people
are likely to become more critical
of
African Americans
7.
Cheryl
Kaiser
holds
that
people
should
be
constantly reminded that ______.
A)
Obama's
success
is
sound
proof
of
black's
potential
B)
Obama
is
but
a
rare
example
of
black's
excellence
C)
racial
inequality
still
persists
in
American
society
D)
blacks
still
face
obstacles
in
political
participation
8. According to
Effron, if Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin had been
elected, there would also have been a negative
effect on ______.
9. It is possible that the
Obama effect will be short-lived if there is a
change in people's ______.
10. The worst possible aspect of the
Obama effect is that people could ignore his race
altogether and continue to
hold on to
their old racial ______.
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 was said.
Both the conversation and the questions will
be spoken only once. After each
question there will be a pause. During the pause,
you must read the four choices
marked
A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best
answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet
2 with a single line
through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡
2
上作答。
11.A)
The man failed to keep his promise.
B) The
woman has
a poor memory.
C)
The
man
borrowed
the
book
from
the
library.
D) The woman does not need
the book any more.
5
12.
A)
The
woman
is
making
too
big
a
fuss
about her condition.
B) Fatigue is a typical
symptom of lack of exercise.
C) The woman should spend
more time outdoors.
D) People tend to work longer hours
with artificial
lighting.
13.
A) The printing on her T-shirt has
faded.
B) It is
not in fashion to have a logo on a T-shirt.
C) She regrets
having bought one of the T-shirts.
D) It is not a good idea to
buy the T-shirt.
Buy Daisy a new
notebook.
16.
A)
Batteries.
B)
Garden
tools.
C) Cameras.
D) Light bulbs.
17.
A)
The
speakers
will
watch
the
game
together.
B) The woman feels lucky to
have got a ticket.
C) The man plays center on the
basketball team.
D) The man can get the ticket at its
original price.
18.
A) The
speakers will dress formally for the
concert.
14.
A) He regrets having published the
article.
B)
The
man
will
return
home
before
going
to
the
B) Most readers do not
share his viewpoints.
C) Not many people have read his
article.
D)
The woman is only trying to console
him.
concert.
C)
It
is
the
first
time
the
speakers
are
attending
a
concert.
15.
A) Leave Daisy alone for the time
being.
D) The woman is going to
buy a new dress for the
B) Go see Daisy
immediately.
C)
Apologize
to
Daisy
again
by
phone.
D)
Questions 19 to 21 are
based on the conversation you have just heard.
19.
A) He wants to sign a long-
term contract.
B) He is good at both language and
literature.
C)
He prefers teaching to administrative work.
D) He is
undecided as to which job to go for.
20.
A) They hate exams.
B) The all plan
to study in Cambridge.
C) They are all adults.
D) They are
going to
work in companies.
21.
A)
Difficult
but
rewarding.
B)
Varied and
interesting.
concert.
Demanding and
frustrating.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the
conversation
you have just heard.
22.
A)
Interviewing
a
moving
star.
B)
Discussing teenage role models.
C) Hosting a
television show.
D) Reviewing a
new
biography.
23.
A)
He
lost
his
mother.
B)
He
was
unhappy in California.
C)
He
missed
his
aunt.
D)
He
had
to
attend
C)
Time-
consuming
and
tiring.
D)
school there.
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24.
A) He delivered public
speeches.
B)
He got seriously into acting.
C) He hosted
talk shows on TV
.
D) He played
a
role in East of Eden.
Section B
25.
A) He made numerous popular
movies.
B) He
has long been a legendary figure.
C) He was best at acting in
Hollywood tragedies.
D) He was the most successful actor of
his time.
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 you
hear a question, you must choose
the
best answer from the four choices marked A), B),
C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet
2 with a single line
through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡
2
上作答。
Passage
One
Questions 26
to 29 are based on the conversation you have just
heard.
26.
A) It carried
passengers leaving an island.
B) A terrorist forced it to
land on Tenerife.
C) It crashed when it was circling to
land.
D) 18 of
its passengers survived the crash.
27.
A) He was kidnapped eight months ago.
B) He failed in
his negotiations with the Africans.
C) He was assassinated in
Central Africa.
D) He lost lots of money in his African
business.
28.
A) The management and union representatives
reached an agreement.
B) The workers' pay was raised and
their working hours were shortened.
C) The trade union gave up
its demand.
D)
The workers on strike were all fired.
29.
A) Sunny.
B) Rainy.
C) Windy.
D) Cloudy.
Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
30.
A)
Some
of
them
had
once
experienced
an
earthquake.
B) Most of them lacked interest in the
subject.
C)
Very few of them knew much about geology.
D)
A
couple
of
them
had
listened
to
a
similar
speech
before.
31.
A)
By
reflecting
on
Americans'
previous
failures in predicting earthquakes.
B) By noting
where the most severe earthquake in
U.
S. history occurred.
7
C)
By
describing
the
destructive
power
of
earthquakes.
D)
By
explaining
some
essential
geological
principles.
32.
A)
Interrupt
him
whenever
he
detected
a
mistake.
B) Focus on the accuracy of the
language he used.
C) Stop him when he had difficulty
understanding.
D) Write down any points where he could
improve.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
33.
A) It was invented by a group of
language
experts in the year of 1887.
B)
It
is
a
language
that
has
its
origin
in
ancient
Polish.
C)
It
was
created
to
promote
economic
globalization.
D) It is a tool of communication among
speakers of
different languages.
34.
A)
It
aims
to
make
Esperanto
a
working
language in the U.
N.
B)
It
has
increased
its
popularity
with
the
help
of
the media.
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。
George Herbert
Mead said that humans are talked into humanity. He
meant that we gain personal identity as we
communicate with
others.
In the earliest
years of our
lives, our parents
tell
us
who we are.
our self-
concepts. Later we interact with teachers,
friends, (38) ______ partners, and co-workers who
communicate
their views of , how we see
ourselves (39) ______ the views of us that others
communicate.
The (40) ______ connection between
identity and communication is (41) ______ evident
in children who are
(42) ______ of
human contact. Case studies of children who were
isolated from others reveal that they lack a firm
self-concept, and their mental and
psychological development is severely (43) ______
by lack of language.
Communication with others not only
affects our sense of identity but also directly
influences our physical and
8
C)
It
has
encountered
increasingly
tougher
challenges.
D)
It
has
supporters
from
many
countries
in
the
world.
35.
A)
It
is
used
by
a
number
of
influential
science
journals.
B) It
is widely taught at schools and in universities.
C)
It
has
aroused
the
interest
of
many
young
learners.
D)
It
has
had
a
greater
impact
than
in
any
other
country
emotional
well-being.
Consistently,
(44)
_______________________
_________________________.
People
who
lack
close
friends
have
greater
levels
of
anxiety
and
depression
than
people
who
are
close
to
others.
(45)
_______________________
_________________________.
The
conclusion
was
that
social
isolation
is
statistically
as
dangerous
as
high
blood
pressure,
smoking
and
obesity.
Many
doctors
and
researchers
believe
that
(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
the
statements
in
the
fewest
possible
words.
Please
write
your
answers on Answer Sheet 2.
Questions 47 to 51 are
based on the following passage.
Question: My ninth-grade
art teacher doesn't give any grade above 94%
because, she says,
for
improvement.
work
that
I
put
into
this
course.
Because
of
her
theory,
I
got
a
lower
grade
than
I
deserve.
Is
her
grading philosophy ethical
(
符合职业道德规范的
)?
Answer: Your teacher's
grading system may be unwise, but it is not
unethical. A teacher deserves wide latitude in
selecting the method of grading that
best promotes learning in her classroom; that is,
after all, the prime function of
grades.
It is she who has
the training and experience to make this decision.
Assuming that
your teacher is neither
biased nor corrupt and that her system
conforms to school rules, you can't fault her
ethics.
You can
criticize her methodology. A 100 need not imply
that there is no possibility of improvement, only
that a
student successfully completed
the course work. A ninth grader could get a well-
earned 100 in English class but still
have a way to go before she writes as
well as Jane Austen. What's more, grades are not
only an educational device but
are also
part of a screening system to help assign kids to
their next class or program. By capping her grades
at 94
while most other teachers grade
on a scale that tops out at 100, your teacher
could jeopardize a student's chance of
getting a scholarship or getting into a
top college.
What it is wrong to condemn her for is
overlooking your hard work. You diligence is
worthy of encouragement,
but effort
does not equal accomplishment. If scholars
suddenly discovered that Rembrandt had dashed off
Watch
I could spend months sweating over my
own
in your living room. Or your
garage.
One
feature of a good grading system is that those
measured by it generally regard it as fair and
reasonable
—
not
9
the case here.
Simmering (
难以平息的
) resentment
is seldom an aid to so your next step should be
to
discuss your concerns with your
teacher or the principal.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡
2
上作答
。
47. The ninth-grader thought that his
art teacher should have given him ______.
48. According
to the answer, a teacher should have the freedom
to ______ to encourage learning.
49. We learn from the
answer that a student who gets a 100 should still
work hard and keep ______.
50. The example of Rembrandt's painting
suggests that a distinction should be made between
______.
51. The
ninth-grader is advised to go to his teacher or
the principal to ______.
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
51 to 56 are based on the following passage.
Only two
countries in the advanced world provide no
guarantee for paid leave from work to care for a
newborn
child. Last spring one of the
two, Australia, gave up the dubious distinction by
establishing paid family leave starting
in 2011. I wasn't surprised when this
didn't make the news here in the United
States
—
we're now the only
wealthy
country without such a policy.
The United
States does have one explicit family policy, the
Family and Medical Leave Act, passed in 1993. It
entitles
workers
to
as
much
as
12
weeks'
unpaid
leave
for
care
of
a
newborn
or
dealing
with
a
family
medical
problem. Despite the modesty of the
benefit, the Chamber of Commerce and other
business groups fought it bitterly,
describing it as
as
(usually) Democratic leaders have tried to
introduce work-family balance measures into the
law, business groups
have been strongly
opposed.
As
Yale law professor Anne Alstott argues, justifying
parental support depends on defining the family as
a social
good that, in some sense,
society must pay for. In her book No Exit: What
Parents Owe Their Children and What
Society Owes Parents, she argues that
parents are burdened in many ways in their lives:
there is
comes to children.
—
and
needs
—
parents to provide
their children with continuity of care, meaning
the intensive, intimate care that human
beings need to develop their intellectual,
emotional and moral capabilities.
And
society expects
—
and
needs
—
parents to persist in
their roles for 18 years, or longer if
needed.
While
most parents do this out of love, there are public
penalties for not providing care. What parents do,
in
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other words, is of deep concern to the
state, for the obvious reason that caring for
children is not only morally urgent
but
essential for the future of society. The state
recognizes this in the large body of family laws
that govern children'
welfare, yet
parents receive little help in meeting the life-
changing obligations society imposes. To classify
parenting
as a personal choice for
which there is no collective responsibility is not
merely to ignore the social benefits of good
parenting;
really,
it
is
to
steal
those
benefits
because
they
accrue
(
不断积累
)
to
the
whole
of
society
as
today's
children become
tomorrow's productive citizenry
(
公民
). In fact, by some
estimates, the value of parental investments
in children, investments of time and
money (including lost wages), is equal to 20-30%
of gross domestic product. If
these
investments generate huge social
benefits
—
as they clearly
do
—
the benefits of providing
more social support
for the family
should be that much clearer.
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52. What do we learn about paid family
leave from the first paragraph?
A) America is now the only
developed country without the policy.
B) It has now become a hot
topic in the United States.
C) It came as a surprise
when Australia adopted the policy.
D) Its meaning was
clarified when it was established in Australia.
53. What has
prevented the passing of work-family balance laws
in the United States?
A) The incompetence of the Democrats.
B) The existing
Family and Medical Leave Act.
C) The lack of a precedent
in American history.
D) The opposition from business
circles.
54.
What is Professor Anne Alstott's argument for
parental support?
A) The cost of raising children in the
U. S. has been growing.
B) Good parenting benefits society.
C) The U. S.
should keep up with other developed countries.
D) Children
need continuous care.
55. What does the author think of
America's large body of family laws governing
children's welfare?
A) They fail to ensure children's
healthy growth
B) The fail to provide enough support
for parents
C)
They emphasize parents' legal responsibilities.
D) They impose
the care of children on parents.
56. Why does the author
object to classifying parenting as a personal
choice?
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A) It is
regarded as a legal obligation.
B) It relies largely on
social support.
C) It generates huge social benefits.
D) It is
basically a social undertaking.
Passage
Two
Questions
57 to 62 are based on the following passage.
A new study
from the Center for Information and Research on
Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at
Tufts University shows that today's
youth vote in larger numbers than previous
generations, and a 2008 study from
the
Center for American Progress
adds
that increasing numbers
of
young voters
and activists
support traditionally
liberal causes.
But there's no easy way to see what those figures
mean in real life. During the presidential
campaign,
Barack Obama assembled a
racially and ideologically diverse coalition with
his message of hope and change; as the
reality
of
life
under
a
new
administration
settles
in,
some
of
those
supporters
might
become
disillusioned.
As
the
nation
moves
further
into
the
Obama
presidency,
will
politically
engaged
young
people
continue
to
support
the
president and his agenda, or will they
gradually drift away?
The writers of Generation O (short for
Obama), a new Newsweek
blog that seeks
to
chronicle the lives of a
group of young Obama supporters, want
to answer that question. For the next three
months, Michelle Kremer and 11
other
Obama supporters, ages 19 to 34, will blog about
life across mainstream America, with one twist: by
tying all of
their ideas and
experiences to the new president and his
administration, the bloggers will try to start a
conversation
about what it means to be
young and politically active in America today.
Malena Amusa, a 24-year-old writer and
dancer from St. Louis sees the project
as a way to preserve history as it happens. Amusa,
who is traveling to India this
spring
to finish a book, then to Senegal to teach
English, has ongoing conversations with her
friends about how the
Obama
presidency
has
changed
their
daily
lives
and
hopes
to
put
some
of
those
ideas,
along
with
her
global
perspective, into her posts. She's
excited because, as she puts it,
now
make sense of
the world.
Henry
Flores,
a
political-science
professor
at
St.
Mary's
University,
credits
this
younger
generation's
political
strength to their embrace of
technology.
like-minded in different
parts of the country start to come
together.
are hoping to do. The result
could be a group of young people that, like their
boomer
(
二战后生育高峰期出生的美
国人
)
parents, grows up with a strong sense of purpose
and sheds the image of apathy
(
冷漠
) they've inherited from
Generation
X
(60
年代后期和
70
年代出生的美国人
).
It's
no
small
challenge
for
a
blog
run
by
a
group
of
ordinary
—
if
ambitious
—
young people, but
the members of Generation O are up to the task.
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上作答。
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57. What is the finding of a new study
by CIRCLE?
A)
More
young
voters
are
going
to
the
polls
than
before.
B)
The
young
generation
supports
traditionally
liberal
causes.
C)
Young voters played a decisive role in Obama's
election.
D) Young people in America are now more
diverse
ideologically.
58.
What
is
a
main
concern
of
the
writers
of
Generation O?
A)
How
Obama
is
going
to
live
up
to
young
people's expectations.
B)
Whether
America
is
going
to
change
during
Obama's presidency.
C) Whether young people
will continue to support
Obama's
policy.
D) How
Obama's agenda is going to affect the life
of Americans.
59.
What
will
the
Generation
O
bloggers
write
Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
about in their posts?
A) Their own interpretation
of American politics.
B)
Policy
changes
to
take
place
in
Obama's
administration.
C)
Obama's
presidency
viewed
from
a
global
perspective.
D) Their lives in relation to Obama's
presidency.
60.
What
accounts
for
the
younger
generation's
political
strength according to Professor Henry Flores?
A)
Their
embrace
of
radical
ideas.
B)
Their
desire to change America.
C)
Their
utilization
of
the
Internet.
D)
Their
strong sense of responsibility.
61.
What
can
we
infer
from
the
passage
about
Generation X?
A) They are politically conservative.
B) They
reject conventional values.
C) They dare to take up
challenges.
D)
They
are indifferent to politics.
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.
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上作答。
A new study found that inner-city kids
living in neighborhoods with more green space
gained about 13% less
weight over a
two-year period than kids living amid more
concrete and fewer trees. Such __62__ tell a
powerful story.
The obesity epidemic
began in the 1980s, and many people __63__ it to
increased portion sizes and inactivity, but
that
can't
be
everything.
Fast
foods
and
TVs
have
been
__64__
us
for
a
long
time.
experts
agree
that
the
changes
were
__65__
to
something
in
the
environment,
says
social
epidemiologist
Thomas
Glass
of
The
Johns
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