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大学英语六级考试冲刺试卷二
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topicHow to Become Confident. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below in Chinese.
1.大学生自信心的重要性；
2.学校应该怎样采取适当的方法培养学生的自信心；
3.学生自己应该如何做。How to Become Confident
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Part II Listening Comprehension (30 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 1with a single line through the centre.
1. A) Lisa might get one from another person.
B) Lisa called to invite him to do some sports.
C) Lisa called someone else this morning.
D) Lisa used to jog on the playground all alone.
2. A) There are few students in class meetings nowadays.
B) It is OK for the woman to hang on though it is cold.
C) The weather forecast is too bad for one to take it.
D) The cold weather will come to an end very soon.
3. A) Showing someone around.
B) Talking about the school.
C) Introducing a speaker.
D) Meeting her teacher.
4. A) Get a whole new pair of glasses.
B) Not to wear glasses in daily life.
C) Not to sit at the back of the room.
D) Wear glasses whenever he likes.
5. A) The weather gets too warm for one to be careful.
B) The road is too bad for her to walk steadily.
C) She can guess the weather will get warmer.
D) She is not careful enough to walk properly.
6. A) Preparing for cooking a meal for himself.
B) Closing a serious business deal over a meal.
C) Getting prepared for dealing with someone.
D) Getting hungry before starting his supper.
7. A) They may talk Lucy out of practicing and playing basketball.
B) They are becoming very concerned with Lucy's scores.
C) They are going to forbid Lucy to play basketball games.
D) They are about to warn Lucy of the importance of exams.
8. A) A little shade may harm the appearance of the flowers.
B) They are not flourishing due to their appearance.
C) It is better to move the flowers to a new place.
D) It needs more care to keep the flowers in bloom.
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9. A) Peter's recent favorite sports.
B) Things going on with a boxer.
C) Great achievements of a former boxer.
D) Life experience of a heavyweight boxer.
10. A) When he was 20 years old.
B) When he was 38 years old.
C) When he got the titles of championship.
D) When he first decided to be a champion.
11. A) To come back onto the stage when possible.
B) To practice harder to defeat his opponents.
C) To continue his career as a heavyweight boxer.
D) To move his home and open a boxing gym.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A) Best alternatives available for choosing a place to spend holidays.
B) What incentives travel agents can get from business partners.
C) The fierce competition among hotels, restaurants, and services.
D) Best strategies for travel agents' clients to bargain over prices.
13. A) 10 percent of commissions from its partners.
B) 15 percent of the commissions.
C) About 10 percent of his total expense.
D) More than 15 percent of the total expense.
14. A) It makes sense somewhat.
B) It is unfair for the clients.
C) It is too much to put up with.
D) It is a secret for travel agents.
15. A) Bargains.
B) Gift cards.
C) Water sports.
D) Fantastic books.
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 choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) Nearly half a million.
B) 2.8 million.
C) 1,700.
D) 100,000.
17. A) Drugs may cause health problems.
B) Drugs may cause violent crimes.
C) Taking prescription drugs may cause traffic accidents.
D) Drugs may cause poverty.
18. A) Drugs are of affordable prices.
B) Doctors are willing to sell drugs to college students.
C) Drugs are causing the rise of serious assault.
D) Drugs are easily got in medical institution.
19. A) Drug use is more serious in high schools than in colleges.
B) Drinking alcohol is not as popular as before.
C) There are more high school students who take drugs.
D) Half high school students have access to drugs.
Passage Two
Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
20. A) 65% of the millionaires come from middle class families.
B) Most millionaires have been wealthy for more than 15 years.
C) Most millionaires are working for big high-tech companies.
D) Most millionaires are brought up in middle class families.
21. A) buy cheap paper towels
B) spend in a frugal way
C) use cash instead of coupons
D) spend 84% of their income to buy luxury goods
22. A) They think the financial crisis has been exaggerated.
B) They stopped going shopping in expensive markets.
C) They became more conscious about spending money.
D) They worked much harder to accumulate family wealth.
Passage Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
23. A) He is good at imagining things in the universe.
B) He can do very complex thinking.
C) He is hard to be dealt with.
D) He is one of the most brilliant people on earth.
24. A) A billion.
B) Over 450.
C) Hundreds of billions.
D) Hundreds of millions.
25. A) He prefers making friends with aliens to interacting with Native Americans.
B) He supports further exploration of the outer space.
C) He takes a negative attitude towards making friends with aliens.
D) He is very philosophical about outer space aliens.
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 with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
Since starting my (26) _____________ for entering a business school, I have heard a number of my fellow classmates discuss why an entry test is a precondition for many business schools as part of the (27) _____________ process. Although some of them are resigned to the fact that this is something they just need to do, others are extremely puzzled as to why this is (28) _____________.
An argument that seems to be popular is why anyone who holds a university and perhaps a (29) _____________ and who has at least three to four years of work (30) _____________ should jump through another hoop to prove himself.
Admission into a business school is quite a (31) _____________ process and the GMAT is just one of the (32) _____________ looked at by business schools to select (33) _____________.
While waiting for my Spanish language class to begin last week, my fellow classmates and I were (34) _____________ the class and what we each thought were the main challenges in learning a new language.
I could not believe my ears when a few of them said they (35) _____________ grammar, not because it was too complicated for them to grasp, but mainly because they didn't know what a verb and a subject were in English!
It was probably then that I began to consider why a verbal and quantitative knowledge test is necessary as part of the admission process to a business school.
Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
As the economy continues to36 , a growing number of employers are once again hiring. What's more, the gains aren't limited to certain sectors. Rather, a broad swath of companies within the Fortune 500—from health care providers to retailers to defense contractors to insurers—are looking to fill 60,000 37 .
The uptick is being 38 in part by better-than-expected profits that are helping to fill corporate coffers. Among big banks, many of which laid off thousands of workers after the 2008 financial crisis, JP Morgan Chase (JPM), the nation's second-largest bank, has 39 plans to hire nearly 9,000 new employees.
Another sector showing signs of much improved hiring is 40 . Challenger points to Intel (INTC), the world's largest chip maker, which plans to 41 up to 2,000 positions in manufacturing, and research and development. And the sector is expected to see more growth. Amid the recession, many firms halted spending.
If the job picture appears more 42 than just a few weeks, that's because it's human to be 43 pessimistic during and immediately after a recession, Challenger says."Especially in this recession (衰退). It's been a long and difficult and slow moving recession" that really struck at core sectors of the economy. That's way different from dot-com bubble that burst about a decade ago.
While there has been some job growth in manufacturing, Challenger says there haven't been 44 gains. Still, that's better than bleeding jobs. A cheaper dollar on world markets is helping by making US-made goods cheaper abroad, but still the sector faces big challenges, such as foreign competition and the 45 effects of the recession.
A) announced
B) brighten
C) substantial
D) advised
E) driven
F) add
G)exaggeratedly
H) lingering
I) openings
J) employees
K) technology
L) science
M) develop
N) overly
O) robust
Section B
Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Is It Worth Eating an Organic Diet?
Organic or Inorganic
A) Sales of organic food have been rising steadily over the past decade, reaching almost $30 billion in 2011, or 4.2% of all U.S. food and beverage sales, according to the Organic Trade Association. Many of the consumers who purchase these products say paying more for organic produce, milk and meat is a trade-off they are willing to make in order to avoid exposure to chemical pesticides and fertilizers and milk from cows given bovine growth hormone (牛生长激素). Some experts say common sense should tell us that food grown without the help of synthetic chemicals is probably safer and healthier to consume than food containing those substances, even in trace amounts. They believe Americans should try to substitute organic products for conventional ones whenever possible.
B) However, other families, especially those whose food budgets may be more limited wonder if organic food is really worth its hefty price tag. Other experts point out that there isn't enough scientific evidence to say for sure that eating organic food leads to better health. As such, they say the most important dietary advice they can give Americans is to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables and less processed food.
C) Alex Leo, associate professor of environmental exposure biology at the Harvard School of Public Health, argues for eating more organic food. Janet H. Silverstein, a professor of endocrinology (内分泌学) at the University of Florida and a co-author of an American Association of Pediatrics (儿科学) study on the health benefits of an organic diet, takes the skeptic's view. So far, researchers haven't been able to provide them with a definitive answer.
Short Exposure to Pesticide
D) Is there definitive scientific proof that an organic diet is healthier? "Not yet," said Leo. Robust scientific studies comparing food grown organically and food grown conventionally don't exist, thanks to a lack of funding for this kind of research."The lack of definitive evidence combined with the higher price of organic food has given skeptics a golden opportunity to argue that organic isn't worth the cost and effort," he added.
E) While studies in recent years have delivered a decidedly mixed message about the healthfulness of organic food, those on both sides of the debate generally agree that organic produce typically contains fewer pesticides than conventional produce, and that people may be able to reduce or eliminate agricultural chemicals from their bodies by adopting an organic diet. This was illustrated in a study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives in 2006. That study, which was led by Leo, showed that within five days of substituting mostly organic produce for conventional produce in children's diets, pesticides disappeared from the children's urine (尿液).
Protective Effect
F) Many say the pesticides found in our food are nothing to fear because the levels fall well below federal safety guidelines and thus aren't dangerous. Similarly, they say the bovine growth hormone used to increase cows' milk yield is perfectly safe. But federal guidelines don't take into account what effect repeated exposure to low levels of chemicals might have on humans over time. And many pesticides were eventually banned or restricted by the federal government after years of use when they were discovered to be harmful to the environment or human health.
G) Pesticides, in particular, are made to kill organisms, and the President's Cancer Panel in 2010 made clear that it sees them as a threat, advising Americans to "reduce their cancer risks by choosing, to the extent possible, food grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers."
H) Recent field studies showed that organic produce, such as strawberries, leafy vegetables and wheat, not only tastes better but contains much higher levels of phenolic acids (酚酸) than conventional produce. Phenolic acids can prevent cellular damage, and offer some protection against oxidative stress (氧化应激), inflammation and cancer.
The Price Debate
I) Yes, organic food typically costs more and can be harder to find than traditional food, but one could argue that the price of conventional food is artificially low because of all the subsidies that organic farmers don't get and that the government could do more to help organic farmers lower their costs. Nevertheless, when bought in-season, organic produce is often comparable in price to conventional produce.
J) A good strategy for consumers on limited budgets is to buy the organic versions of foods on the Environmental Working Group's "Dirty Dozen" list, as they typically contain the most pesticides. Or, consumers could focus on buying the organic versions of the foods they eat most. Knowing that we could reduce our exposure to pesticides and increase our exposure to antioxidants (抗氧化剂） by eating organic food, it makes great common sense to consume more of it.
K) Organic food is more expensive than conventional offerings, which could make it cost-prohibitive for families on limited food budgets. Given the lack of data showing that organic food leads to better health, it would be counterproductive to encourage people to adopt an organic diet if they end up buying less produce as a result. If families can afford to buy organic and still put a good amount of healthy food on the table, then the decision about whether to spend the extra money on organic produce, milk and meat should be based on a solid understanding of what we do and don't know about the benefits.
Pesticides and Safety
L) It is difficult to compare the nutritional value of organic versus conventional food because the soil, climate, timing of harvest, and storage conditions all affect the composition of produce. Still, published studies have found no significant differences in nutritional quality between organic and nonorganic produce or milk. Similarly, there is no evidence that giving bovine growth hormone (BGH) to cows changes the composition of milk or affects human health. BGH is inactive in humans and degrades in the acidic environment of the stomach. As for pesticide exposure, the U.S. in 1996 established maximum permissible levels for pesticide residues in food to ensure food safety. Many studies have shown that pesticides levels in conventional produce fall well below those guidelines.
M) While it's true that organic fruits and vegetables in general contain fewer traces of these chemicals, we can't draw conclusions about what that means for health as there haven't been any long-term studies comparing the relationship between exposure to pesticides from organic versus nonorganic foods and adverse health outcomes. It may seem like "common sense" to reduce exposure to these chemicals, but there are currently no good evidence-based studies to answer the question.
N) While awaiting definitive studies, families on limited budgets who are concerned about pesticide exposure can refer to the Environmental Working Group's list of the "Dirty Dozen," those foods with the highest pesticide residues, and the "Clean 15", the foods with the lowest pesticide concentrations. A good strategy would be to focus on buying organic versions of the foods on the "Dirty Dozen" listing.
Don't Trust Labels
O) We would like to think that organic food is grown locally, put in a wheelbarrow and brought directly to our homes. However, much of it comes from countries where regulations might not be as tightly enforced as in the U.S., and labeling of the foods might be misleading.
P) And just because food is labeled organic doesn't mean it is completely free of pesticides. Contamination can occur from soil and ground water containing previously used chemicals, or during transport, processing and storage. Organochlorine insecticides (有机氯杀虫剂) were recently found in organically grown root crops and tomatoes even though these pesticides haven't been used for 20 years.
46. Federal guidelines do not consider the impact of constant exposure to small amounts of chemicals on human health.
47. Consensus is reached that traditional products have more pesticides than organic products.
48. Alex Leo believes we should eat more organic food, but it is still unknown whether an organic diet contributes to one's health or not by now.
49. In many countries, a lot of food is marked organic and this may mislead consumers.
50. Consumers interested in organic food can buy seasonal vegetables that match with conventional produce in price.
51. The Environmental Group's lists tell people which food is with the most pesticide residues and which is with the least.
52. Americans, especially those from less wealthy families, are suggested by some experts to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables rather than processed foods.
53. If people can only afford less food, we should not encourage them to adopt an organic diet, especially when there is no solid evidence that proves organic food is better for our health.
54. Many factors make it hard to tell the differences between organic food and traditional food in terms of nutrition.
55. It is our common sense that food with even the smallest amount of synthetic chemicals is more dangerous and unhealthy than food without those substances.
Section C
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 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.
The Sunday Times Rich List suggests that the combined wealth of Britain's 1,000 richest people rose by more than ￡77bn to 333.5bn, with the number of billionaires up from 43 to 53. That still leaves the list relatively poorer than at its peak in 2008, when the combined total was nearly ￡413bn and there were said to be 75 billionaires. But it still
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