大学英语六级模拟试卷270(题后含答案及解析)

大学英语六级模拟试卷270 (题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1. Writing 2. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) 3. Listening Comprehension 4. Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) 6. Error Correction 8. Translation

Part I Writing (30 minutes)

1． Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the title: Should Class Attendance Be Optional? You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below in Chinese.1. 描述现在大学课堂及讲座上常见的现象：态度不认真，睡觉，发短信及出勤率低……因此提出大学课堂是否应该采取自愿而非强制。2．列举原因。3．我的看法。 Should Class Attendance Be Optional

正确答案： Should Class Attendance Be Optional? Those who have been to college lectures will find the following situation a con, non sight: the classroom is half empty; those attending classes are not always listening to the teacher; some are texting their friends while others have fallen asleep. Such situation poses a question to us: should class attendance be compulsory or optional? To answer the question, we should consider the nature and quality of courses and also the needs of the students. First of all, we should consider what courses are put in the school curriculum. If they are well designed and suit the levels and needs of the students, they should be made compulsory courses. Of course, the teachers’ professional and academic standards are also important in implementing course goals and ensuring desired outcome. Unnecessary courses and poor quality teaching can only lead to wasting time if students are forced to attend such courses. Secondly, those students at the top of the class and most competitive in their learning and also capable of studying independantly do not have to attend all the courses offered by the school curriculum. They should be encouraged to learn more under the tutor’s individual guidance, instead of studying what they already know. In many world famous universities like Harvard and Cambridge, students spend much less time attending lectures. They gain their knowledge and skills by reading and doing research work. In conclusion, colleges should not force students to attend all courses without carefully considering the two factors discussed above. As a matter of fact, to bring up students who can meet the demands of our new era, our education needs reforming and traditional views on teaching and learning should be challenged. Only in this way can we hope to motivate more talented students to learn well and aim high in school and in their future jobs.

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 attached to the passage. For questions 1-4, mark：Y

(for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passage.

The Wonderful World of Small There’s a quiet revolution going on, and its name is nanotechnology. A host of innovations are coming our way. Some seem almost magical, like the new material created in 2004 by Ray Baughman, a professor at the University of Texas. It’s stronger than steel, transparent, very, very light. A hectare-size sheet would weigh just 280 grams. When the professor announced that he hadn’t decided what to call it, he started to get emails from around the world suggesting names. Since it was so light and strong, people started calling it “mithril”--the name of a highly prized type of armor used in The Lord of Rings. There are other discoveries too--perhaps not so astounding, but practical and pleasant. Now there are socks that don’t get smelly, pants that resist stains, windows that repel dirt and toilets that clean themselves. All this results from exploring the world of the very, very small. Nano comes from the Greek word from dwarf. Usually nanotechnology is defined as the study and manipulation of matter smaller than 100 nanometers(毫微米)--that’s the scale of things like molecules and viruses. Ten hydrogen atoms pressed together against each other are just one nanometer long. And one million nanometers fit into a millimeter. Hard to grasp? Think of it this way: If everyone in Manila were a nanometer wide, the entire population, standing shoulder to shoulder, would fit on your thumbnail.Stunning Uses of Nanotechnology Like Alice in Wonderland, researchers in Nanoland find themselves in a world where old rules don’t apply. Small things behave differently. This is behind several innovations, including the self-cleaning toilet. The toilet bowl is sealed with a super-smooth glaze (涂层) that has microscopic holes under 30 nanometers. Because they’re smaller than bacteria or other tiny particles, there’s not enough room for dirt to get stuck in the surface. Flushing is basically all the work you have to do. Researchers in Nanoland are also making really, really small things with astonishing properties--like the carbon nanotube. Chris Papadopoulos of the University of Victoria, says, “The carbon nanotube is the poster boy for nanotechnology.” In your pencil, carbon, in the form of graphite (石墨), is soft and easily broken. But a carbon nanotube is tough as nails--much tougher in fact. It’s very thin sheet graphite that’s formed into a tube. These tiny straw-like cylinders, which can be as small as half a nanometer wide, are up to 100 times stronger than steel and six times lighter. They are the hardest, stiffest, strongest materials known and are among the world’s best conductors of heat and electricity. They can carry some 1000 times more electricity current than copper wire. Everybody wants them, but until now they’ve been in short supply and pricey. The current annual production, worldwide, is only 300 kilograms. At $ 860 a gram, carbon nanotubes cost 50 times more than gold. When it comes to finding uses for carbon nanotubes, the range is huge. The National Research Council Canada (NRC) is looking at harnessing their strength by embedding them in construction materials, among other applications. The Boeing Company thinks nanotubes may be the source of futute improvements for high-performance aircraft. Some of the most stunning uses

come out of Ray Baughman’s research. Employing what he calls the “ancient technology of spinning,” Baughman and his team developed a way of spinning carbon nanotubes into fibers that are four times tougher than spider silk, the toughest natural filament (细丝). Since they also conduct electricity, the futuristic yarns could be woven into “smart” clothing that stores electricity, is potentially bulletproof and incorporates sensors capable of adjusting the temperature of garment. The fibers could also be made into cables for suspension bridges much longer than any we have now. And then there are Baughman’s superstrong, superlight sheets. Papadopoulos explains that one of the reasons scientists are excited by the sheets is that they would make ideal solar sails. He says, “With a solar sail, you are allowing the pressure of the sun’s light to propel you through space the same way wind powers a sailboat.” But there is also something in this for the earthbound traveler. Using an ordinary microwave oven, Baughman’s team was able to weld one of his sheets between two pieces of plexiglass (树脂玻璃). Afterwards, it ‘still conducted electricity and remained transparent. One idea, therefore, is to put these sheets in windshields of the car and run current through them to defrost car windows.Medicine and Nanotechnology Many disease-causing bacteria and viruses are nano size. So only nanotechnology would offer us ways of fighting back. Nucryst Pharmaceuticals has come up with a winning formula that combines nanoscience with old-fashioned folk wisdom. The ancient Greeks used silver to promote healing and prevent infection, but the treatment took a back seat when antibiotics came on the scene. Nucryst has revived and improved on the old cure by coating a burn-and-wound bandage with nano-size silver particles that are more reactive than the bulk form of metal. They penetrate into the skin and work steadily. As a result, burn victims can have their dressings changed as little as once a week. Before Nucryst, such dressings had to be changed several times a day, a painful procedure that involved removing a healing cream. In 2004, Nucryst produced over three million bandages, and its sales topped $ 30 million. 7O% of chronic-wound patients who were not healing at the expected rate got better with the use of these bandages.Copy Nature with Nanotechnology With new instruments that reveal natural structures down to the last atom, nanotechnologists’ ability to copy nature has taken off. When Bharat Bhushan, a mechanical engineering professor at Ohio State University, wanted to make a super-smooth surface, he decided to copy lotus leaves. Scientists have long known that the leaves shed water very well: They’re waxy and covered with tiny nano-size bumps, so water rolls off. Bhushan succeeded in making a polymer (聚合体) sheet that was equally smooth. “If you applied it to glass, you could have windows that don’t need washing.” says Bhushan. Hicham Fenniri, a chemistry professor at the Univeristy of Alberta, took a similar tack to make artificial joints act more like natural ones. The body recognizes an artificial hip or knee as foreign and may reject it. In most cases, the implant can become loose and painful and has to be replaced. But Fenniri has made a nanotube coating for the artificial joint. It’s a very good imitation of collagen (胶原质), a natural protein that is part of bone. As a result, the coating attracts bone cells. This is important because bone growth helps integrate an artificial joint into the body. Says Fenirri, “Yon need to attract the right cells to the right places, right away. Speed is essential when incorporating an artificial

joint into the body.”

2． In 2004, Professor Baughman invented a super-strong, super-light magic material and he named it “mithril”--after the precious armor in the popular film The Lord of Rings.

A．Y B．N C．NG

正确答案：B

解析：参见第2段最后一句“Since it was so light and strong，people started calling it“mithril”—the name of a highly prized type of armor used in The Lord of Rings．”可见，世界各地的人们开始将这种超轻、超强的材料称作“mithril”，此名源于《指环王》中一种珍贵的铠甲。

3． Nanotechnology has resulted in a wide range of amazing, practical discoveries such as stain- resistant trousers and self-cleaning toilets.

A．Y B．N C．NG

正确答案：S

解析：参见第3段：还有不少其他重大发现——也许没有如此神奇，但是很实用舒适，比如：无异味的袜子，抗污渍的裤子，抗灰尘的窗户以及自动清洁马桶等。

4． Nanotechnology is the study and manipulation of the very small matters such as atoms, molecules and viruses.

A．Y B．N C．NG

正确答案：B

解析：参见第4段第1句：Nano一词源于希腊语，表示“侏儒”。纳米技术就是对小于100毫微米的物质的研究与应用，这些物质就相当于分子或病毒的大小体积。

5． Self-cleaning toilet bowls, built on the latest nanotechnology, are widely available in North America.

A．Y B．N C．NG

正确答案：C 解析：“Stunning Uses of Nanotechnology”小节部分第1段只提到self-cleaning toilet bowls的工作原理，并未提及其在北美的销售使用情况。

6． As one of the world’s best conductors of electricity, nanotubes can carry about ______ than copper wire:

正确答案：1000 times more electrical current 解析：参见“Stunning Uses of Nanotechnology”小节部分第3段倒数第4句：They can carry some 1000 tunes more electricity current than copper wire．

7． The garments made of electricity-storing carbon nanotube fibers are “smart” in that they are bulletproof and can _______________ with sensors.

正确答案：adjust the temperature of the clothing 解析：参见“Stunning Uses of Nanotechnology”小节部分第 4段倒数第2句：Since they also conduct electricity，the futuristic yarns could be woven into“smart”clothing that stores electricity，is potentially bulletproof and incorporates sensors capable of adjusting the temperature of garment．

8． Baughman’s superstrong, superligh, transparent sheet can be inserted in the windshields to help _____________.

正确答案：defrost car windows 解析：参见“Stunning Uses of Nanotechnotogy”小节部分最后一段最后1句： One idea，therefore，is to put these sheets in windshields of the car and run current through them to defrost car windows.

9． The burn-and-wound bandages coated with nano-size silver particles are a typical example of ___________.

正确答案：combining modern nonoscience with old-fashioned cure 解析：参见“Medicine and Nanotechnology”小节部分第1段第3句：Nucryst Pharmaceuticals has come up with a winning formula that combines nanoscience with old-fashioned folk wisdom下文主要列举了应用纳米技术改良用银子抗感染的古希腊烫伤疗法。

10． According to Prof. Bhushan, we could have stain-resistant window glass by using super- smooth polymer sheets, which are produced by _________.

正确答案：copying lotus leaf with nonotechology

解析：参见“Copy Nature with Nanotechnology”小节部分第 1段。

11． The artificial joint with, being a good imitation of natural bone protein, can

attract bone cells and become quickly incorporated into the body.

正确答案：a nanotube coating

解析：参见最后一段；Fenniri has made a nanotube coating for the artificial joint．It’s a very good imitation of collagen，a natural protein that is part of bone．As a result，the coating attracts bone cells．This is important because bone growth helps integrate an artificial joint into the body．

Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)

Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be 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.

听力原文：W: Johnson passed physics even though he hardly did any work.M: How he managed that is a mystery to mc. I thought the course was extremely difficult.What does the man imply?

12．

A．He is working especially hard on physics. B．He is surprised why Johnson did not fail. C．He wants to pass the history course, too.

D．He wonders how Johnson’s history come was going on.

正确答案：B

听力原文：W: Are you going to Canada or Mexico during your winter vocation?M: Well, I don’t enjoy cold weather at all, and Canada is freezing in winter time.What do we learn from the conversation?

13．

A．The man will probably go to Canada fur his vacation.

B．The man will probably wait until summer to go to Australia. C．The man will probably not go to Canada for his vocation.

D．The man will probably stay at home during his winter vocation.

正确答案：C

听力原文：M: Are you ready to beck out?W: Yes. You pay the bill, and I’ll call the desk and have our luggage taken out to the taxi.Where does this conversation most probably take place?

14．

A．In a hotel room.

B．In the railway station.

C．In the post office. D．In a bus terminal.

正确答案：A

听力原文：W: Michael told us he likes classical music.M: But every time we invited him to the concert, he always found some excuses and he never showed up.What can be inferred about Michael’?

15．

A．He wants to be invited to a concert.

B．He told them what his favorite hobbies are. C．He doesn’t really enjoy classical music.

D．He doesn’t know much about classical music.

正确答案：C

听力原文：W: Do you bear that Christina mined down that job?M: Yeah. The working place is not far away from her home, but she wasn’t able to make ends meet.Why did Christina mm down that job?

16．

A．She could meet her boy friend.

B．The working place is inconvenient for her. C．She’s looking forward to a different job.

D．She refused the position bemuse of the low salary.

正确答案：D

听力原文：M: Hello, I am a junior student. Could you toll me whether this reference room is only for the postgraduates?W: No, it’s also open to the undergraduates, if they have their professor’s written permission.Can the man study in the reference room?

A．No, because he is an undergraduate. B．No, because it’s open only to teachers.

C．Yes, if he’s a written permission. D. Yes, because he is a postgraduate.

正确答案：

听力原文：M: How are your French lessons going on?W: It’s OK. I spend three hours to review the lessons everyday and have missed many wonderful TV programs. But my teacher thinks I’m making progress, and I find the lessons well worth the time and trouble.What does the woman think of her French lessons?

17．

A．They are very rewarding.

B．They give her too much trouble.

C．The teacher is too strict.

D．She doesn’t like the lessons because they take too much time

正确答案：A

听力原文：M: First of all, I’d like to know why you want to get this post?W: Well, I heard that your company is a famous international firm with a very good reputation. And you offer good opportunities for promotion for the fight person.What do we learn about the woman?

18．

A．The woman is asking for a promotion.

B．The woman is being interviewed by a reporter. C．The woman wants to get some information. D．The woman is applying for a job.

正确答案：D

听力原文：W: Well, the library is to close in a few minutes. Now it’s usual time for us to go out for some fond before going to bed. I’m a bit hungry.M: Me too. Just a second, I need to put all this stuff in my schoolbag. Where shall we go?W: The school cafeteria.M: No, the food served there is not as good as one expects. Besides, workers there often pull long faces. Let’s go to the food-studs outside the campus. Food there is cheap and tasty and the venders always greet customers with open arms.W: Are you kidding? Haven’t you heard that some students got very sick after their taste of the snacks they sold. I’d rather go to the dining hall even though the food served is tasteless as I think.M: Why not go to the supermarket, and get some cookies and milk? By the way, you often suitor from stomach-ach.Physicians say it does lots of good to one’s stomach if he has some milk right before his bedtime.W: That sounds like a good idea Let’s go.

19．

A．To go to the school cafeteria.

B．To go to the food stands outside the school C．To go to the supermarket. D．To go to the venders

正确答案：C

20．

A．The food served at the stands is tasty and healthy.

B．The food the supermarket sells attracts the attention of the students. C．Students think the service in the school cafeteria is not good enough. D．Students got sick after they had a meal m the school cafeteria.

正确答案：C

21．

A．He believes it does one much good. B．He tells her it’s his treat..

C．He suggests that she have it every night. D．He thinks it is healthy to her.

正确答案：C

22．

A．About how to fill in the university application forms. B．About how to prepare for TOEFL.

C．About the requirements for post-graduate programs. D．About tuition in Canadian universities.

正确答案：C

23．

A．GMAT and TOEFL.

B．GRE and TOEFL or IELTS. C．GMAT and IELTS D．GRE and GMAT.

正确答案：B

24．

A．In July or August.

B．In September or October. C．In October or November. D．in November or December.

正确答案：D

25．

A．International students. B．Wealthy students.

C．Mechanical engineering students.

D．The top 5 students entering the program.

正确答案：A

Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of

each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

听力原文： Most people are convinced that the creative person is someone who is gifted with a certain quality that the rest of us do not possess. This conception is almost entirely rejected by psychologists. The majority of psychologists have found that to some extent each individual possesses all abilities humans are supposed to have, except for the time when he is very sick. Creative acts can therefore be expected of all individuals, however feeble or however infrequent those acts may be. Whatever the nature of creative talent, those persons who are described as creative merely have more of what all of us have to some degree. Creativity sounds like something only a few people seem to have, but on closer investigation it is somewhat certain that what most people call “inspiration” is the realization of what psychologists believe is available to all. Except for rare cases, every person with some degree of intelligence will benefit from a good education and a stimulating environment. The role the family plays in the shaping of personality, sensitivity and adventurousness which are encouraged by parents and teachers will all influence the nature of intelligence and creativity.

26．

A．Someone who has received more education. B．Someone who has better quality than any of as.

C．Someone who has invented a great many new products. D．Someone who has the gift ordinary people do not have.

正确答案：D

27．

A．one’s creativity needs stimulating by the others. B．Most people’s creativity is weak and rare. C．All individuals have the ability of creativity. D．Creativity is something only a few people have.

正确答案：C

28．

A．Adventurous parents. B．Stimulating environment. C．Sensitive teachers. D．Further education.

正确答案：B

听力原文： Astronomers have spent hundreds of years searching for signs of

life on other planets, using telescopes. When they saw the geography of Mars, they thought they could see canals and that this might be evidence of intelligent life on the planet. More recently, however, spacecraft have been sent to analyze the soil for signs of life. The results were negative and astronomers are now convinced that no life exists on the surface of any other planet in our solar system. To send a spacecraft far beyond our solar system is not realistic because of the huge distances involved. The only way we are likely to know of its existence is from radio messages unless life comes and visits us. Listening for intelligent life is not a new idea, but the techniques now being used to offer much better chance of success than before. Looking for evidence of life in other solar systems now means using special radio receivers called radio telescopes to listen out for messages. The assumption is that intelligent forms of life would have discovered radio waves and would, like us, be using them to communicate. Through its research work, astronomers have developed two means of systematically searching for intelligent life. The first method is to select the closet 800 stars like our sun and to direct a radio telescope to scan each one of them for electromagnetic waves. The second way is to survey the entire sky, listening for continuous signals. All this, as well as the chance of discovering that maybe we are not alone in the universe!

29．

A．Intelligent life.

B．Canals of some kind. C．Signs of life.

D．Natural resources.

正确答案：A

A．To send more spacecraft. B．To receive radio signals. C．To use modem telescopes.

D．To welcome men From outer space.

正确答案：

30．

A．There may exist some intelligent life. B．There isn’t any intelligent life.

C．There may exist some living things. D．There may even be no living things.

正确答案：A

听力原文： Two new American studies are adding to our understanding of women and their sense of smell. The first study showed that women appear to like the

smell of men whose genes are similar to the women’s fathers. Scientists at the University of Chicago hi Illinois described their experiment in Nature Genetics magazine. The scientists asked a group of forty-nine women to smell several boxes. Each box had a different smell. The women were asked which box they would choose if they had to smell it all the time. They were not told what each box contained. The ten boxes contained pieces of clothing called T-shirts. Some of the T-shirts contained a common smell of a substance found around the house. Each of the other six T-shirts had been worn by a man for two days. The scientists found that the women did not choose smells of men with genes totally similar to their own. However, women generally liked the smell of men whose M-H-C genes were similar to the genes that were passed to the women from their fathers. There was no such relationship between a woman and genes from her mother. A second study found that women can improve their ability to recognize smells by smelling them repeatedly. Scientists at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organized this study. The scientists found that men and women were equally good at identifying a number of smells at the start of testing. However, the women became better at recognizing smells the more they were tested. This was not true for men, boys, girls or older women. Scientists suggest that this ability may be linked to substances called hormones produced by women.

31．

A．The smell of men with genes totally similar to their own

B．The smell of men whose genes are similar to the women’s fathers C．The smell of men whose genes are similar to the women’s mothers D．a common smell

正确答案：B

32．

A．Men and women were equally good at identifying smells B．Girls were better at identifying smells than women

C．Old women were better at identifying smells than women

D．Women could be better in recognizing smells by smelling them repeatedly

正确答案：D

33．

A．It is said that they am more careful with smells. B．It is reported that they are more sentimental.

C．It seems to be connected with hormones produced by women. D．It is linked with the substances in the T-shirts.

正确答案：C

34．

A．Findings of two studies

B．Understanding of women and their sense of smell C．Smell and gene D．Smell experiments

正确答案：B

Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the

LOS ANGELES—Hong Kong immigrants living in the American city known as the “Chinese Beverly Hills” are【B1】______ . because they face losing a lucky phone number—818, or prosperity followed by more prosperity. Many people living in Monterey Park, the only U.S. city with a【B2】______ of Asian residents, attribute its growing affluence to the country’s most【B3】______ three-digit area code. But rapidly increasing demand for telephones means the 818 group is【B4】______ out, and the phone company is proposing to split it in two, giving Monterey Park 626 instead. Chinese residents are【B5】______ because the new number adds up to 14—colloquially translating to certain death. The city filed a formal【B6】______ with California’s Public Utilities Commission, arguing that many Chinese residents of the San Gabriel Valley had moved there only because of the area code. A spokesman said that there was also strong【B7】______ for real estate with lucky street numbers. One【B8】______ of neighboring Alhambra, which also has a large Chinese population, is Hong Kong-born property developer Raymond Cheng,【B9】______ . The number plates of his Rolls-Royce and two Mercedes-Benz cars are predominantly eights. He also recalled having to complete a contract to remodel a Monterey Park bank in a rush 【B10】______ , the highly auspicious double eight. “【B11】______ ,”he was quoted as saying.

35． 【B1】

正确答案：outraged

36． 【B2】

正确答案：majority

37． 【B3】

正确答案：favored

38． 【B4】

正确答案：running

39． 【B5】

正确答案：horrified

40． 【B6】

正确答案：complaint

41． 【B7】

正确答案：competition

42． 【B8】

正确答案：resident

43． 【B9】

正确答案：who admits that superstition in numbers runs deep

44． 【B10】

正确答案：because the owner insisted on the grand opening falling on August 8

45． 【B11】

正确答案：”There was no other reason except that the date signified good fortune and prosperity,”

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

Section ADirections: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

The importance of and focus on the interview in the work of the print and broadcast journalist is reflected in several books that have been written on the topic. Most of these books, as well as several chapters, mainly in, but not limited to,

journalism and broadcasting handbooks and reporting texts, stress the “how to” aspects of journalistic interviewing rather than the conceptual aspects of the interview, its context and implications. Much of the “how to” material is based on personal experiences and general impressions. As we know, in journalism as in other fields, much can be learned from the systematic study of professional practice. Such study brings together evidence from which broad generalized principles can be developed. There is, as has been suggested, a growing body of research literature in journalism and broadcasting, but very little significant attention has been devoted to the study of the interview itself. On the other hand, many general texts as well as numerous research articles on interviewing in fields other than journalism have been written. Many of these books and articles present the theoretical and empirical aspects of the interview as well as the training of the interviewers. Unhappily, this plentiful general literature about interviewing pays little attention to the journalistic interview. The fact that the general literature on interviewing does not deal with the journalistic interview seems to be surprising for two reasons. First, it seems likely that most people in modern Western societies are more familiar, at least in a positive manner, with journalistic interviewing than with any other form of interviewing. Most of us are provably somewhat familiar with the clinical interview, such as that conducted by physicians and psychologists. In these situations the professional person or interviewer is interested in getting information necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of the person seeking help. Another familiar situation is the job interview. However, very few of us have actually been interviewed personally by the mass media, particularly by television. And yet, we have a vivid acquaintance with the journalistic interview by virtue of our roles as readers, listeners, and viewers. Even so, true understanding of the journalistic interview, especially television interviews, requires thoughtful analysis and even study, as this book indicates.

46． The main idea of the first paragraph is that importance should be attached to the systematic study of ______.

正确答案：journalistic interviewing

解析：文章第1段后半部分提到，在新闻界，如同在其他领域一样，通过对专业实践进行系统的研究可以学到许多东西。这种研究可积累证据，人们可以从中形成广泛的具有概括性的原理。可见，本段中心思想应为：重视对新闻采访进行系统性的研究。

47． Much research bas been done on interviews in general but journalistic interviewing as a specific field has unfortunately ______.

正确答案：been neglected

解析：参见本文第2段第1句：“但对新闻采访本身的研究并未受到重视。”第4句又指出：不幸的是，这些大量有关采访的论著几乎忽略了新闻采访。由此可见，作为一个特殊领域，新闻采访被人们忽视了。

48． Westerners are familiar with the journalistic interview but most of them may not have been ______.

正确答案：interviewed in person/interviewed personally 解析：参见本文第2段倒数第3句：“然而，我们当中很少有人真正地亲自受过大众媒体的采访，尤其是电视采访。”由此可见，西方人虽然对新闻采访很熟悉，但是大多数人都未被采访过。

49． Who is the interviewee in a clinical interview?

正确答案：The patient

解析：参见本文第2段后半部分：在临床采访中，采访者，即专业人士只想得到必要的信息以对寻求帮助的人进行诊断和治疗。由此可推断出在临床采访中被采访者应该是患者。

50． The passage is most likely a part of a ______.

正确答案：preface

解析：参见本文最后一句：正如本书中所陈述的。由此可推断出这篇文章摘自一本书的前言。

Section BDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.

The essential problem of man in a computerized age remains the same as it has always been. That problem is not solely how to be more productive, more comfortable, but how to be more sensitive, more sensible, more alive. The computer makes possible a gigantic leap in human proficiency; it demolishes the fences around the practical and even the theoretical intelligence. But the question persists and indeed grows whether the computer will make it easier or harder for human beings to know how they really are, to identify their real problems, to respond more fully to beauty, to place adequate value on life, and to make their world safer than it is now. Electronic brains can reduce the profusion (繁多) of dead ends involved in research. But they can’t connect a man to the things he has to be connected to.. the reality of pain in others; the possibilities of creative growth in himself; the memory of the race and the rights of the next generation. The reason why these matters are important in a computerized age is that there may be a tendency to mistake data for wisdom, just as there has always been a tendency to confuse logic with values, and intelligence with insight. Unobstructed access to facts can produce unlimited good only if it is matched by the desire and ability to find out what they mean and where they would lead. Facts are terrible things if left spreading and unattended. They are too easily regarded as evaluated certainties rather than as the rawest of raw materials trying to be

processed into the texture of logic. It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of a fact. The computer can provide a correct number, but it may be an irrelevant number until judgment is pronounced. To the extent, then, that man fails to make the distinction between the intermediate operations of electronic intelligence and the ultimate responsibilities of human decision and conscience, the computer could prove an irrelevance. It could obscure man’s awareness of the need to come to terms with himself. It may foster the illusion that he is asking fundamental questions when actually he is asking only functional ones. It may be regarded as a substitute for intelligence instead of an extension of it. It may promote undue confidence in concrete answers. If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts, but if we begin with doubts, and we are patient with them, we shall end in certainties.

51． Form the first two paragraphs we may infer that the author thinks one of the computer’s limitations is that ________.

A．it can not improve human proficiency B．it is not creative and productive enough

C．it fails to break the boundary of the practical and theoretical intelligence D．it fails to make people more alert to real problems in human society

正确答案：D

解析：段落大意推论题。第1、2段作者主要提出了电脑的一些局限性。尤其是第2段最后一句提出，电脑无法使人们与自己必须面对的问题产生链接，“the possibilities of creative growth in himself；the memory of the race and the rights of the next generation”等问题都是人们必须应当注意的“real problems in human society”。故选D(根据第1、2段可推知，如果电脑能使人们关注真正的社会问题，作者就不会对电脑如此不满。)

52． In a computerized age, which one of the following should be given priority to?

A．Data. B．Wisdom. C．Intelligence. D．Logic.

正确答案：B

解析：细节性推论题。根据第3段，在电脑时代，人们倾向于将data(事实数据)误当作 wisdom(智慧)，而只有当人们想要并有能力找到这些数据的意义与导向时，这种毫无障碍地获取事实数据(data or facts)的方式才能带来无尽的益处。由此可推知，在电脑时代，必须优先注重wisdom(即发现数据意义的能力)。故选B。

53． By saying that “Facts are terrible things if left spreading and unattended”,

the author aims to ________.

A．point out that the abundance of facts may be harmful to human intellect B．illustrate the necessity of always attending to facts

C．show the importance of using human judgment in the computerized age D．tell that facts are always irrelevant and needed to be connected

正确答案：C 解析：推论题。段首句“Facts are terrible things if left spreading and unattended”为第4段的主题句，本段主要说明数据泛滥又无人管理时的危害性。最后一句特别指出，电脑只能提供一个正确的数字(number or fact)，在没有作出分析判断之前，这个数字是无关紧要的。由此可推知：在电脑时代，人类判断力的运用十分重要。故选C。

54． The author sees the computer as ________. A．a substitute for human intelligence

B．a means to help people reach concrete answers

C．something that can inspire people to ask fundamental questions D．something that is of merely subsidiary function

正确答案：D

解析：段落大意推论题。倒数第二段指出，如果人们无法区分人工智能的中介作用与人类判断力的最终责任性，电脑则只能证明不相关的事物。电脑有一定的误导性，使人们误以为自己提出的功能性问题就是本质性问题，也使人们误以为电脑就是人类智力的替代品 (substitute)，而事实上电脑只是人类智力的延伸(extension)，由此可见，作者认为电脑只具有次要辅助功能(subsidiary function)。

55． Which of the following best describes the author’s attitude towards computer?

A．enthusiastic B．approving C．critical D．neutral

正确答案：C

解析：作者态度判断题。本文指出了电脑的一系列局限性与误导性，可见作者对电脑持批评态度。

Cultural norms so completely surround people, so permeate thought and action, that we never recognize the assumptions on which our lives rest. If birds were suddenly endowed with scientific curiosity they might examine many things, but the sky itself would be overlooked as a suitable subject; if fish were to become curious about the world, it would never occur to them to begin by investigating water. For birds and fish would take sky and the sea for granted, unaware of their profound influence because they comprise the medium for every act. Human beings, in a

similar way, occupy a symbolic universe governed by codes that are unconsciously acquired and automatically different from the ways people conduct their affairs in other cultures. As long as people remain blind to the sources of cultural norms, they are imprisoned within them. These cultural frames of reference are no less confining simply because they cannot be seen or touched. Whether it is an individual mentality that keeps an individual out of contact with his neighbors, or a collective mentality that separates neighbors of different cultures, both are forms of blindness that limit what can be experienced and what can be learned from others. It would seem that everywhere people would desire to break out of the boundaries of their own worlds. Their ability to react sensitively to a wider spectrum of events and peoples requires an overcoming of such cultural parochialism. But, in fact, few attain this broader vision. Some have little opportunity for wider cultural experiences, though this condition should change as the movement of people accelerates. Others do not try to widen their experience because they prefer the old and familiar, seek from their affairs only further confirmation of the correctness of their own values. Still others avoid such experiences because they feel it dangerous to probe too deeply into the personal or cultural unconscious. Exposure may reveal how arbitrary many cultural norms are; such exposure might force people to acquire new bases for interpreting events. And even for those who do Seek actively to enlarge the variety of human beings to communicate with, there are still difficulties. Cultural near-sightedness persists not merely because of inertia and habit, but chiefly because it is so difficult to overcome. One acquires a personality and a culture in childhood, long before he is capable of comprehending either of them. To survive, each person masters the perceptual orientations, cognitive biases, and communicative habits of his own culture. But once mastered, objective assessment of these cultural processes is awkward, since the same mechanisms that are being evaluated must be used in making the evaluations.

56． The examples of birds and fish are used to ________. A．indicate that animals also have their respective cultures

B．explain that human beings occupy a symbolic universe as birds and fish occupy the sky and the sea.

C．illustrate that human beings are unaware of the cultural codes governing them D．demonstrate the similarity between man, birds, and fish in their ways of thinking

正确答案：C

解析：论点与论据区分题。在第1段，作者将鸟儿和鱼儿同人类作类比，指出鸟儿和鱼儿对其赖以生存的天空和海洋的影响力毫无所知，正如人类对自己所沉浸其中的文化模式(cultural norms or codes)也是在不知不觉中受其影响的。

57． The underlined word “parochialism” in the third paragraph can best be replaced by ________.

A．open-mindedness B．provincialism C．colonialism D．optimism

正确答案：B 解析：词汇语境意义推测题。第3段第2句提到对广泛的事物与不同民族的敏感性需要克服“such cultural parochialism”，parochialism 即第2段最后一句提到的“the blindness that limits what can be experienced and what can be learnt from others”，由此推知parochialism指地方狭隘主义(provincialism)。

58． Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Individual and collective mentalities might prevent communication with others.

B．People in different cultures may be governed by the same cultural norms. C．If cultural norms are something tangible, they won’t be so confining.

D．People’s visions will be enlarged if only they know that cultural differences exist.

正确答案：A

解析：细节题。根据第2段最后一句可知，both individual mentality and collective mentality都可能keep people out of contact with neighbors或者separate neighbors from different cultures。

59． Which of the following can be inferred from the last paragraph? A．Everyone would like to widen their cultural scope if they can.

B．The obstacles to overcoming cultural parochialism lie in mainly people’s habitual way of thinking.

C．As long as one is brought up in a certain culture, he cannot be without bias in making cultural evaluations.

D．Childhood is an important stage in comprehending culture.

正确答案：C

解析：推论性细节题。最后一段提到，人们在童年时代形成自己的个性与文化，当时他们对此都还没有理解能力……但一旦有了自己的个性与文化，便很难对自身的文化进程作出客观评价，因为用于评价的工具也正是有待评价的文化机制。

60． Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? A．How to Overcome Cultural Near-sightedness B．Different Cultural Norms C．Harms of Cultural Blindness

D．Deep-rooted Cultural Near-sighted

正确答案：D 解析：全文主旨题。第1段第1句一般是全文主题句，该句提到cultural norms的普遍性，下文主要讲cultural norms为何难以突破，这就是所谓的“根深蒂固的文化无远见现象”。

Part V Error Correction (15 minutes)Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If y

If you had to sum up the problems of American health car intwo words, they would be “cost” and “coverage”. The country spends16% of its GDP on health. Yet a six of the population lacks medical 【S1】______.coverage. Most Americans receive health insurance through theiremployer. The government picks up the hill for the elder and the poor. 【S2】______.But an estimating 47 million people fall through crack--a number 【S3】______.that is rising as premiums (保险金) soar. Because so many people should be without medical coverage in 【S4】______.the world’s richest country is a disgrace. It spoils the lives of theuninsured, who are unable to get access with affordable treatment atan early age. And it casts a shadow of fear well beyond, to America’smiddle classes who worry about not their jobs but their healthcare【S5】______.benefits as well. It is also grossly inefficient.

Hospitals are forced,by law, to help anyone who arrived in the emergency room. 【S6】______.Since those with insurance coverage usually cannot pay for that car, 【S7】______.the bill is passed on everyone else, driving up premiums. Higherpremiums, by turn, swell the ranks of the uninsured. 【S8】______. Breaking that spiral would be a big step towards fixing Americanhealthcare. And it is one that politicians at last seem ready to get. Not 【S9】______.in Washington, where reform is still stalled (延误) by an argumentbetween conservatives, who more consumer choice, with those on the【S10】______.left, who think government intervention is the answer. Instead, stategovernors are taking the lead.

61． 【S1】

正确答案：six→sixth

解析：a sixth of the population六分之一的人口，分母应用序数词。

62． 【S2】

正确答案：elder→elderly

解析：the elderly and the poor老年人与穷人，the后需用形容词elderly。

63． 【S3】

正确答案：estimating→estimated

解析：an estimated 47 million people约4 700百万人。过去分词 estimated表“据估计”。

． 【S4】

正确答案：Because→That

解析：that引导主语从句。(That so many people．．．．country is a disgrace．)名词性从句引导词错误。

65． 【S5】

正确答案：not ∧ their→not just their或者not only their．．．

解析：not just/only their jobs but their healthcare benefits as well，不仅担心他们的工作还害怕失去保健福利。固定搭配错误。

66． 【S6】

正确答案：arrived→arrives

解析：根据上下文应用一般现在时。时态错误。

67． 【S7】

正确答案：with→without 解析：由于那些没有保险的病人通常付不起医疗费，账单被分摊给了每个人。与逻辑语义相悖。

68． 【S8】

正确答案：by→in

解析：in turn反过来，介词搭配错误。

69． 【S9】

正确答案：get→take

解析：在“And it is one that politicians at last seem ready to take．”一句中，one指代前文所提的step，take the step(采取的行动)为习惯搭配。

70． 【S10】

正确答案：with→and

解析：between conservatives，who think．．．and those on the left，who

think．．．在保守派与左翼分子之间。

Part VI Translation (5 minutes)Directions: Complete the sentences in the blanks by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.

71． She preferred that we __________ (讲座结束后马上进行讨论).

正确答案：should have the discussion right after the lecture.

72． She was complaining that the doctor _______________ (收费起过了正常费用) for the treatment.

正确答案：charged/was charging more than the regular fee.

73． Under no circumstances _______________ (会给你退钱).

正确答案：will your money be refunded.

74． It seems that he is never bothered about ______________ (别人是如何看待他的行为的).

正确答案：what people would think about his behavior.

75． What he Wanted to emphasize was the impact of these findings _________________ (而不是导致这些发现的过程).

正确答案：rather than the process that led to these findings.