大学六级-106及答案解析.doc

1、大学六级-106 及答案解析(总分：509.01，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPart Writing(总题数：1，分数：103.00)1.1)近年来越来越多的大学在郊区成立了分校2)分析出现这种现象的原因3)指出其可能带来的问题Universities Branch Campuses in Suburban Areas_（分数：103.00）_二、BPart Reading (总题数：1，分数：10.00)BThe Stock Exchange/BB Who Needs the stock Exchange/BEverybody does. Nine out of ten of the ad

2、ult population of this country save or invest in one form or another. The Stock Exchange provides a way in which this money can be put to work.If you are buying a car, a television, or a washing machine, you may pay for it out of your savings, or borrow from a bank or hire-purchase company. If you a

3、re buying a house, you may get a mortgage from a building society.A business needing new machinery, or new premises, has similar options. Some of the costs can be met from profits kept in the business, in other words, paid for out of savings, but as a company grows, this becomes increasingly difficu

4、lt.From your point of view as a saver, you may be saving up for something definite, such as a down payment on a car or house, or simply in order to have money available, should some unforeseen emergency arise.Either way, you will not be prepared to entrust your savings to a company seeking cash for

5、expansion unless you can be sure you will be able to get it out again. If the company has meantime invested your money in launching a new product, it will not be able simply to hand it back. Nor can it usefully hand over a bit of the factory roof, or two or three tons of soap, to redeem the investme

6、nt.How then can these conflicting requirements be met?The answer is through the Stock Exchange. When the saver needs his money back, he does not have to go to the company with whom he originally placed it. Instead, he sells his shares to some other saver who is seeking to invest his money.Large comp

7、anies need a way to; tap the savings of the public at large.An oil-field in the North Sea can cost hundreds of millions of pounds to bring into production. Not until the oil is flowing can it contribute to the profits of the company that discovered it.The same problem, on a smaller scale, faces prac

8、tically every company trying to develop new products and create new jobs.There can be little prospect of raising, the sort of sums needed from friends and acquaintances, and while banks may be willing to provide short-term finance, they are generally reluctant to provide money on a permanent basis f

9、or long-term projects.So companies turn to the public, inviting people to lend them money, or take a share in the business in exchange for a share in future profits. This they do by issuing stocks and shares in the business through the Stock Exchange. By so doing they can mobilize the savings of ind

10、ividuals and institutions, both in the U. K. and overseas.Many of the services needed both by industry and each of us are provided by government or our local authorities. Without hospitals, roads, electricity, railways, this country could not function. All these, require continuous expenditure on ne

11、w equipment and development if they are to serve us properly, requiring more money than is raised through rates and taxes alone.The government, local authorities, and nationalized industries therefore frequently need to borrow money to finance major capital spending, and they, too, come to the Stock

12、 Exchange.There is hardly a man or woman in this country whose job or whose standard of living does not depend on the ability of his or her employers to raise money to finance new development. In one way or another, this new money must come from the savings of this country. The Stock Exchange exists

13、 to provide a channel through which these savings can reach those who need finance.B Who Are the Savers?/BMany attempts have been made to find out how many savers there are in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. It is difficult to be sure, because one person may have a savings bank account,

14、another a bank deposit book, another a building society account and another all three. It has never been determined exactly how any people own shares directly. At the time of the Royal Commission on The Distribution of Wealth, which took evidence in 1971, there were believed to be about 2 million in

15、dividual shareholders. However, the launch of British Telecom in December 1984 may have brought the figure to nearer 3 million.Another one million invest in shares through unit trusts and investment trusts, and around 14 million save through life assurance. On top of this are the various pension sch

16、emes, which depend on the income they receive from their stocks and shares to provide the pensions when their contributors retire. At the last count, it was calculated that over 11 million people were paying into such schemes, and more than 2 million were already receiving pensions from them.It is n

17、ot only employers who run pension schemes. Trade unions, too, run benevolent funds for their members. The machinery for converting small savings into long-term finance is as highly developed here as in any country in the world. All these institutions, whether unit trusts, investment trusts, insuranc

18、e companies, pension funds or trade unions, invest through the Stock Exchange, in order to earn profits for their policy-holders, share-holders and pensioners.B How Is the Stock Exchange Different from Other Markets?/BA market is a place where people meet to buy and sell. Most markets deal in goods

19、that have a practical use-the producers on the one hand, provide a steady supply of the goods traded, and the consumers, on the other, provide a steady demand.The Stock Exchange deals with a different sort of commodity. The goods on sale, in themselves, have no intrinsic value. Stock and share certi

20、ficates are evidence of your stake in a company, or, in the case of “Gilts“, that you have lent money to the government by buying government stock. They are important documents that should be kept carefully, but they are not useful in the sense that foodstuffs or raw materials for industry are.There

21、 is a further complication because, however many shares a company may have in issue, they all belong to somebody. How then can the stock market ensure that there are always shares available to be bought, and buyers available to buy them? How can there be a market at all, if the public all want to bu

22、y at the same time?Stock exchanges in other countries have found different solutions to the problem of providing a continuous and free market in securities, with varying degrees of success.In Britain, the essential freedom is provided by a special group of Stock Exchange Member Finns, the Jobbers, w

23、ho constitute a unique feature of the British market system.In other countries, Broken attempt to match up buyers and sellers with each other directly. Here, the Jobbers act as stallholders in the market. At these stalls a Broker can buy or sell for his client whatever quantity of shares he wishes.

24、There is no need to hunt for a matching amount; the Jobber will provide one, and channeling all deals in this way provides immense flexibility. Unlike Brokers, who are agents for their clients and are paid by commission, Jobbers deal as principals, buying and selling shares at their own riskB What I

25、s the History of the stock Exchange?/BDealings in stocks and shares began with the merchant ventures in the 17th Century. Gradually an informal market developed around the coffee houses in the City of London. In 1773 “New Jonathans“ Coffee House became the Stock Exchange, though it was not formally

26、constituted until 1802, with some 550 subscribers and 100 clerks. Though London was overwhelmingly the largest exchange (until the 1914-1918 war it was the worlds largest) the growth of the Industrial Revolution prompted the establishment of local share markets in other parts of the country. More th

27、an 30 of them at the peak. These markets first began moves towards amalgamation in 1890, when the Council of Associated Stock Exchanges was formed. By 1967 the “Country, Exchanges had grouped themselves into six Regional Exchanges, and in 1973 all seven Exchanges in the British Isles amalgamated to

28、form the Stock Exchange of Great Britain and Ireland, with Member Firms scattered from Aberdeen to the Channel Islands and from Lancaster to Limerick.（分数：10.00）(1).Companies usually need the Stock Exchange to invest money in a profitable way.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).People are willing to invest their mon

29、ey in risky businesses because the profit is quite high.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).It is difficult for banks to provide funds for business expansions as they have to go through a complicated evaluation process.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).The Stock Exchange provides the large companies with a way to reach into the

30、pockets of the public.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).The living standards of every member of the society depend on his or her employers ability to_.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).The sharp increase in the number of shareholders at the end of 1984 was due to_.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).The contributor to the pension schemes will

31、 collect their pension according to_.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).One major difference between the Stock Exchange and other markets is that the Stock Exchange deals with goods with_.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(9).The Jobbers will deal with immense flexibility as principals because they are buying and selling shares_.（分

32、数：1.00）填空项 1:_(10).The emergence of local share markets outside London was promoted by_.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_三、BPart Listenin(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、BSection A/B(总题数：3，分数：105.00)（分数：56.00）(1). A. The woman should invite all her classmates. B. The woman should hold two parties. C. The woman should call off her b

33、irthday party. D. The woman should be angry with her classmates.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A. He doesnt like Marias dress. B. He doesnt know the size of the dress. C. He doesnt know whether Maria likes the color of the dress. D. He saw Maria this morning.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. The man has no place to l

34、ive next semester. B. The man is always late for class. C. The woman doesnt think the dorm at campus is good. D. The woman thinks the rent of the dorm at campus is acceptable.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A. Get a bottle of milk for the woman. B. Read the articles on the magazines for the woman. C. Go and b

35、uy some new magazines for the woman. D. Stand there and accompany the woman for a while.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(5). A. He will not stay in Holiday Inn. B. He wants to make some changes to his reservation. C. He will stay there for over 3 days. D. He wants to order a single room for his wife.（分数：7.00）A.B.C

36、.D.(6). A. She doesnt know where the Peoples Theater is. B. She doesnt think the show will start at seven. C. She has homework to do before she goes to the show. D. She promises to meet the man at the gate.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(7). A. Check the fridges warranty. B. Go and buy a new fridge. C. Go and fet

37、ch a fridge repairman. D. Ask Jim to repair his fridge.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(8). A. The woman needs to pay him one hundred dollars for his job. B. The woman has to pay a one-hundred-dollar fine for speeding. C. The woman has to be fined because of speeding and drunk driving. D. The woman is a fool.（分数：7

38、.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：28.00）(1). A. How to care for precious metal. B. A standard unit for measuring weight. C. The value of precious metal. D. Using the metric system.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A. To check the accuracy of scale. B. To calculate the density of other metal. C. To observe changes in the atmosphe

39、re. D. To measure amounts of rainfall.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. Someone spilled water on it. B. Someone lost it. C. It was made of low quality metal. D. The standard for measuring had changed.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A. It is a small amount to pay for so much precious metal. B. It is difficult to judge

40、the value of such an object. C. It is reasonable for an object with such an important function. D. It is too high for such a light weight.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：21.00）(1). A. The woman wants to drink something cold. B. The man wants to have a filling replaced. C. The woman is having a dental check up.

41、 D. The man suggests the woman to remove her teeth.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A. Husband and wife. B. Brother and sister. C. Salesman and customer. D. Doctor and patient.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. She just saw a bird flying in the bush. B. Their team will definitely win. C. Its too early to draw a conclusi

42、on. D. Four scores ahead is never enough to win the game.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.五、BSection B/B(总题数：3，分数：70.00)（分数：28.00）(1). A. A goods train hit a bus carrying many passengers. B. Two passenger trains crashed into each other. C. A passenger train collided with a goods train. D. An express train was derai

43、led when hit by a bomb.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A. The rescue operations have not been very effective. B. More than 300 injured passengers were hospitalized. C. The cause of the tragic accident remains unknown. D. The exact casualty figures are not yet available.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. There was a bom

44、b scare. B. There was a terrorist attack. C. A fire alarm was set off by mistake. D. 50 pounds of explosives were found.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A. Follow policemans directions. B. Keep an eye on the weather. C. Avoid snow-covered roads. D. Drive with special care.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：21.00）(1). A. She

45、 worked in a supermarket for tuition. B. She helped someone to learn to read. C. She gave single mothers the help that they needed. D. She went to a training program to help a volunteer.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A. She knew where the goods were in the supermarket. B. She asked others to take her to the

46、right place. C. She managed to find the goods by their looks. D. She remembered the names of the goods.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. Marie benefited a lot from the practical lessons. B. Marie was able to read stories with the help of her son. C. Marie decided to continue her studies in school. D. Marie f

47、ound her lessons more challenging than her childrens.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：21.00）(1). A. Because Wal-Mart and Target offered birds as gifts. B. Because shopping was the major weekend activity. C. Because people had time to go shopping online. D. Because they were allowed special discounts.（分数：7.00）A.

48、B.C.D.(2). A. Consumers seem to feel eager to buy discounted goods. B. Consumers seem to be hungry for special kinds of goods. C. Consumers seem to like to buy new DVD players as gifts. D. Consumers seem to be interested in major department stores.（分数：7.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. Online sales were 61% higher than retailers. B. Online merchants had a