大学英语六级分类模拟题454及答案解析.doc

1、大学英语六级分类模拟题 454 及答案解析(总分：497.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Section A(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Minority ReportAmerican universities are accepting more minorities than ever. Graduating them is another matter. ABarry Mills, the president of Bowdoin College, was justifiably proud of Bowdoin

2、“s efforts to recruit minority students. Since 2003 the small, elite liberal arts school in Brunswick, Maine, has boosted the proportion of so-called under-represented minority students in entering freshman classes from 8% to 13%. “It is our responsibility to reach out and attract students to come t

3、o our kinds of places,“ he told a NEWSWEEK reporter. But Bowdoin has not done quite as well when it comes to actually graduating minorities. While 9 out of 10 white students routinely get their diplomas within six years, only 7 out of 10 black students made it to graduation day in several recent cla

4、sses. B“If you look at who enters college, it now looks like America,“ says Hilary Pennington, director of postsecondary programs for the Bill neither his policy nor his accounts receive corporate contributions. Does his job instability and lack of benefits worry him? Nope. The 26-year-old does not

5、expect to hold a traditional 9-to-5 job unless he starts his own business again, and he is not overly pessimistic about the recession“s long-term effect on his career. “I don“t pay that much attention to what is going on in the economy,“ he says. “I just found stuff I was interested in.“ Whatever yo

6、u make of this attitude-smart, entitled, tech savvy (聪明的), risky, or bold-Benton is arguably the prototype (典型) of the new and perhaps ideal worker in the post-recession economy. Still, this savvy demographic group isn“t immune from the career setbacks of the recession. Workers born after 1980, who

7、are having a harder time gaining a foothold in the job market, may face lower earnings over the next several years of their careers. Those who opt for traditional corporate careers have had to readjust their expectations. For some young, well-educated workers such as 24-year-old Adrian Muniz, the re

8、cession has been startling. Muniz graduated from Brown University in 2007 and moved to New York City, expecting to easily find work at a magazine. Instead, he ended up working at high-end retail stores for the past three years and doing media internships on the side to build up his （分数：71.00）(1).Wha

9、t do we learn about Andrew Benton“s work experience?（分数：14.20）A.He has now an unsteady job without corporate welfare benefits.B.Without a Ph.D., he was at a disadvantage when applying for job.C.He gave up the chance to take a traditional corporate job.D.It takes about four years for him to realize w

10、hat he wants to be.(2).What is a main concern of Andrew Benton?（分数：14.20）A.Whether the economy is going to pick up quickly.B.When he should start and run another software firm.C.Whether the job interests him and arouses his curiosity.D.How he can find an ideal job unaffected by the recession.(3).Acc

11、ording to the passage, in the job market, workers born after 1980 _.（分数：14.20）A.earn much more than their predecessorsB.have been affected by the economic downturnC.gain a competitive edge with good educationD.are undoubtedly ideal workers for the economy(4).What accounts for millennials“ being suit

12、able for work created by the current economy?（分数：14.20）A.Their desire to promote themselves.B.Their strong sense of looking after families.C.Their special skills in running and managing firms.D.Their embrace of tech skills and innovative ideas.(5).What can we infer from the passage about millennials

13、“ attitude towards their future?（分数：14.20）A.Negative.B.Uncertain.C.Positive.D.Conservative.In the college-admissions wars, we parents are the true fighters. We“re pushing our kids to get good grades, take SAT preparatory courses and build rsums so they can get into the college of our first choice. I

14、“ve twice been to the wars, and as I survey the battlefield, something different is happening. We see our kids“ college background as a prize demonstrating how well we“ve raised them. But we can“t acknowledge that our obsession (痴迷) is more about us than them. So we“ve contrived various justificatio

15、ns that turn out to be half-truths, prejudices or myths. It actually doesn“t matter much whether Aaron and Nicole go to Stanford. We have a full-blown prestige panic; we worry that there won“t be enough prizes to go around. Fearful parents urge their children to apply to more schools than ever. Unde

16、rlying the hysteria (歇斯底里) is the belief that scarce elite degrees must be highly valuable. Their graduates must enjoy more success because they get a better education and develop better contacts. All that is plausibleand mostly wrong. We haven“t found any convincing evidence that selectivity or pre

17、stige matters. Selective schools don“t systematically employ better instructional approaches than less selective schools. On two measuresprofessors“ feedback and the number of essay examsselective schools do slightly worse. By some studies, selective schools do enhance their graduates“ lifetime earn

18、ings. The gain is reckoned at 24% for every 100-point increase in a school“s average SAT scores. But even this advantage is probably a statistical fluke (偶然). A well-known study examined students who got into highly selective schools and then went elsewhere. They earned just as much as graduates fro

19、m higher-status schools. Kids count more than their colleges. Getting into Yale may signify intelligence, talent and ambition. But it“s not the only indicator and, paradoxically, its significance is declining. The reason: so many similar people go elsewhere. Getting into college isn“t life“s only co

20、mpetition. In the next competitionthe job market and graduate schoolthe results may change. Old-boy networks are breaking down. Princeton economist Alan Krueger studied admissions to one top Ph.D. program. High scores on the GRE helped explain who got in; degrees of prestigious universities didn“t.

21、So, parents, lighten up. The stakes have been vastly exaggerated. Up to a point, we can rationalize our pushiness. America is a competitive society; our kids need to adjust to that. But too much pushiness can be destructive. The very ambition we impose on our children may get some into Harvard but m

22、ay also set them up for disappointment. One study found that, other things being equal, graduates of highly selective schools experienced more job dissatisfaction. They may have been so conditioned to being on top that anything less disappoints.（分数：71.00）(1).Why does the author say that parents are

23、the tree fighters in the college-admissions wars?（分数：14.20）A.They have the final say in which university their children are to attend.B.They know best which universities are most suitable for their children.C.They have to carry out intensive surveys of colleges before children make an application.D.

24、They care more about which college their children go to than the children themselves.(2).Why do parents urge their children to apply to more schools than ever?（分数：14.20）A.They want to increase their children“s chances of entering a prestigious college.B.They hope their children can enter a universit

25、y that offers attractive scholarships.C.Their children will have a wider choice of which college to go to.D.Elite universities now enroll fewer students than they used to.(3).What does the author mean by “Kids count more than their colleges.“ (Para. 4)?（分数：14.20）A.Continuing education is more import

26、ant to a person“s success.B.A person“s happiness should be valued more than their education.C.Kids“ actual abilities are more important than their college backgrounds.D.What kids learn at college cannot keep up with job market requirements.(4).What does Krueger“s study tell us?（分数：14.20）A.Getting in

27、to Ph.D. programs may be more competitive than getting into college.B.Degrees of prestigious universities do not guarantee entry to graduate programs.C.Graduates from prestigious universities do not care much about their GRE scores.D.Connections built in prestigious universities may be sustained lon

28、g after graduation.(5).One possible result of pushing children into elite universities is that _.（分数：14.20）A.they earn less than their peers from other institutionsB.they turn out to be less competitive in the job marketC.they experience more job dissatisfaction after graduationD.they overemphasize

29、their qualifications in job applications大学英语六级分类模拟题 454 答案解析(总分：497.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Section A(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Minority ReportAmerican universities are accepting more minorities than ever. Graduating them is another matter. ABarry Mills, the president of Bowdoin Co

30、llege, was justifiably proud of Bowdoin“s efforts to recruit minority students. Since 2003 the small, elite liberal arts school in Brunswick, Maine, has boosted the proportion of so-called under-represented minority students in entering freshman classes from 8% to 13%. “It is our responsibility to r

31、each out and attract students to come to our kinds of places,“ he told a NEWSWEEK reporter. But Bowdoin has not done quite as well when it comes to actually graduating minorities. While 9 out of 10 white students routinely get their diplomas within six years, only 7 out of 10 black students made it

32、to graduation day in several recent classes. B“If you look at who enters college, it now looks like America,“ says Hilary Pennington, director of postsecondary programs for the Bill neither his policy nor his accounts receive corporate contributions. Does his job instability and lack of benefits wor

33、ry him? Nope. The 26-year-old does not expect to hold a traditional 9-to-5 job unless he starts his own business again, and he is not overly pessimistic about the recession“s long-term effect on his career. “I don“t pay that much attention to what is going on in the economy,“ he says. “I just found

34、stuff I was interested in.“ Whatever you make of this attitude-smart, entitled, tech savvy (聪明的), risky, or bold-Benton is arguably the prototype (典型) of the new and perhaps ideal worker in the post-recession economy. Still, this savvy demographic group isn“t immune from the career setbacks of the r

35、ecession. Workers born after 1980, who are having a harder time gaining a foothold in the job market, may face lower earnings over the next several years of their careers. Those who opt for traditional corporate careers have had to readjust their expectations. For some young, well-educated workers s

36、uch as 24-year-old Adrian Muniz, the recession has been startling. Muniz graduated from Brown University in 2007 and moved to New York City, expecting to easily find work at a magazine. Instead, he ended up working at high-end retail stores for the past three years and doing media internships on the

37、 side to build up his （分数：71.00）(1).What do we learn about Andrew Benton“s work experience?（分数：14.20）A.He has now an unsteady job without corporate welfare benefits. B.Without a Ph.D., he was at a disadvantage when applying for job.C.He gave up the chance to take a traditional corporate job.D.It tak

38、es about four years for him to realize what he wants to be.解析：解析 选 A。事实细节题。首段前两句讲述了 Andrew Benton 的工作状况：现在，他正着手出售自己开创的公司，同时，他是硅谷的一家云计算机公司的自由职业人员。他自己购买健康保险，并为自己的养老保险账户缴纳保险金；他的保险和养老账户公司均不负责。第 3 句提到的 job instability and lack of benefits 正是对上述工作状况的概括总结，故答案为 A。(2).What is a main concern of Andrew Benton?

39、（分数：14.20）A.Whether the economy is going to pick up quickly.B.When he should start and run another software firm.C.Whether the job interests him and arouses his curiosity. D.How he can find an ideal job unaffected by the recession.解析：解析 选 C。事实细节题。首段末句提到了 Andrew Benton 关注的东西。C 项中提到的 the job interests

40、 him and arouses his curiosity 是对该句提到的 stuff I was interested in 的同义转述，故答案为 C。(3).According to the passage, in the job market, workers born after 1980 _.（分数：14.20）A.earn much more than their predecessorsB.have been affected by the economic downturn C.gain a competitive edge with good educationD.are

41、undoubtedly ideal workers for the economy解析：解析 选 B。事实细节题。第 3 段首句提到，这部分聪明的人也不能免于济衰退时的事业困境。第 2 句进行了解释说明：越来越难在就业市场赢得一席之地的 80 后工作者，在他们事业接下来的几年里可能要面对收入下降的情况。由此可知，80 后工作者也受到了经济衰退的影响，故答案为 B。 注意理解句子间的解释说明关系，判断 this savvy demographic group 指代 workers born after 1980。(4).What accounts for millennials“ being s

42、uitable for work created by the current economy?（分数：14.20）A.Their desire to promote themselves.B.Their strong sense of looking after families.C.Their special skills in running and managing firms.D.Their embrace of tech skills and innovative ideas. 解析：解析 选 D。事实细节题。题干中的 millennials“ being suitable for

43、 work created by the current economy 是对第 5 段倒数第 2 句提到的 The economy.creating.work.suits millennials well 的同义转述。D 项中的 embrace of tech skills and innovative ideas 是对末句原因中提到的require serious technological，entrepreneurial，and creative skills 的同义转述，故答案为 D。(5).What can we infer from the passage about millen

44、nials“ attitude towards their future?（分数：14.20）A.Negative.B.Uncertain.C.Positive. D.Conservative.解析：解析 选 C。观点态度题。末段通过两个问句提出 millennials 未来所要面临的问题，末句millennials 对此进行了回答：他们到时候会找到或者创造出应对这些由来已久的问题的方法。由millennials 的回答可推断出，他们对未来持积极乐观的态度，故答案为 C。 本题需要根据 millennials 对两个涉及未来的问题的回答来推断他们的态度。In the college-admis

45、sions wars, we parents are the true fighters. We“re pushing our kids to get good grades, take SAT preparatory courses and build rsums so they can get into the college of our first choice. I“ve twice been to the wars, and as I survey the battlefield, something different is happening. We see our kids“

46、 college background as a prize demonstrating how well we“ve raised them. But we can“t acknowledge that our obsession (痴迷) is more about us than them. So we“ve contrived various justifications that turn out to be half-truths, prejudices or myths. It actually doesn“t matter much whether Aaron and Nico

47、le go to Stanford. We have a full-blown prestige panic; we worry that there won“t be enough prizes to go around. Fearful parents urge their children to apply to more schools than ever. Underlying the hysteria (歇斯底里) is the belief that scarce elite degrees must be highly valuable. Their graduates mus

48、t enjoy more success because they get a better education and develop better contacts. All that is plausibleand mostly wrong. We haven“t found any convincing evidence that selectivity or prestige matters. Selective schools don“t systematically employ better instructional approaches than less selectiv

49、e schools. On two measuresprofessors“ feedback and the number of essay examsselective schools do slightly worse. By some studies, selective schools do enhance their graduates“ lifetime earnings. The gain is reckoned at 24% for every 100-point increase in a school“s average SAT scores. But even this advantage is probably a statistical fluke (偶然). A well-known study examined students who got into highly selective schools and then went elsewhere. They earned just as much as graduates from higher-status schools. Kids count more than their colleges. G