大学英语六级分类模拟题458及答案解析.doc

1、大学英语六级分类模拟题 458 及答案解析(总分：326.50，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)Bosses Say “Yes“ to Home WorkA. Rising costs of office space, time lost to stressful commuting, and a slow recognition that workers have lives beyond the officeall are strong arguments for lett

2、ing staff work from home. For the small business, there are additional benefits toostaff are more productive, and happier, enabling firms to keep their headcounts (员工数) and their recruitment costs to a minimum. It can also provide a competitive advantage, especially when small businesses want to att

3、ract new staff but don“t have the budget to offer huge salaries. B. While company managers have known about the benefits for a long time, many have done little about it, skeptical of whether they could trust their employees to work to full capacity without supervision, or concerned about the additio

4、nal expenses teleworking policies might incur as staff start charging their home phone bills to the business. Yet this is now changing. When communications provider Inter-Tel researched the use of remote working solutions among small and medium-sized UK businesses in April this year, it found that 2

5、8% more companies claimed to have introduced flexible working practices than a year ago. C. The UK network of Business Links confirms that it too has seen a growing interest in remote working solutions from small businesses seeking its advice, and claims that as many as 60-70% of the businesses that

6、 come through its doors now offer some form of remote working support to their workforces. D. Technology advances, including the widespread availability of broadband, are making the introduction of remote working a piece of cake. “If systems are set up properly, staff can have access to all the reso

7、urces they have in the office wherever they have an Internet connection,“ says Andy Poulton, a business advisor at Business Link for Berkshire and Wiltshire. “There are some very exciting developments which have enabled this.“ E. One is the availability of broadband everywhere, which now covers almo

8、st all of the country (BT claims that, by July, 99.8% of its exchanges will be broadband enabled, with alternative plans in place for even the most remote exchanges). “This is the enabler,“ Poulton says. F. Yet while broadband has come down in price too, those service providers targeting the busines

9、s market warn against consumer services masquerading (伪装) as business friendly broadband. G. “Broadband is available for as little as 15 a month, but many businesses fail to appreciate the hidden costs of such a service,“ says Neil Stephenson, sales and marketing director at Onyx Internet, an Intern

10、et service provider based in the north-east of England. “Providers offering broadband for rock bottom prices are notorious for poor service, with regular breakdowns and heavily congested (拥堵的) networks. It is always advisable for businesses to look beyond the price tag and look for a business-only p

11、rovider that can offer more reliability, with good support.“ Such services don“t cost too much-quality services can be found for upwards of 30 a month. H. The benefits of broadband to the occasional home worker are that they can access email in real time, and take full advantage of services such as

12、Internet-based backup or even Internet-based phone services. Internet-based telecoms, or VoIP (Voice over IP) to give it its technical title, is an interesting tool to any business supporting remote working, not necessarily because of the promise of free or reduced price phone calls (which experts p

13、oint out is misleading for the average business), but because of the sophisticated voice services that can be exploited by the remote workerfacilities such as voicemail and call forwarding, which provide a continuity of the company image for customers and business partners. I. By law, companies must

14、 “consider seriously“ requests to work flexibly made by a parent with a child under the age of six, or a disabled child under 18. It was the need to accommodate employees with young children that motivated accountancy firm Wright Vigar to begin promoting teleworking recently. The company, which need

15、ed to upgrade its IT infrastructure (基础设施) to provide connectivity with a new, second office, decided to introduce support for remote working at the same time. J. Marketing director Jack O“Hern explains that the company has a relatively young workforce, many of whom are parents: “One of the triggers

16、 was when one of our tax managers returned from maternity leave. She was intending to work part time, but could only manage one day a week in the office due to childcare. By offering her the ability to work from home, we have doubled her capacitynow she works a day a week from home and a day in the

17、office. This is great for her, and for us as we retain someone highly qualified.“ K. For Wright Vigar, which has now equipped all of its fee-earners to be able to work at maximum productivity when away from the offices (whether that“s from home, or while on the road), this strategy is not just about

18、 saving on commute time or cutting them loose from the office, but enabling them to work more flexible hours that fit around their home life. L. O“Hern says, “Although most of our work is client-based and must fit around this, we can“t see any reason why a parent can“t be on hand to deal with someth

19、ing important at home, if they have the ability to complete a project late in the day.“ Supporting this new way of working came with a price, though. Although the firm was updating its systems anyway, the company spent 10-15% more per user to equip them with a laptop rather than a PC, and about the

20、same to upgrade to a server that would enable remote staff to connect to the company networks and access all their usual resources. M. Although Wright Vigar hasn“t yet quantified the business benefits, it claims that, in addition to being able to retain key staff with young families, it is able to s

21、ave fee-earners a substantial amount of “dead“ time in their working days. That staff can do this without needing a fixed telephone line provides even more efficiency savings. “With Wi-Fi (fast, wireless Internet connections) popping up all over the place, even on trains, our fee-earners can be prod

22、uctive as they travel, and between meetings, instead of having to kill time at the shops,“ he adds. N. The company will also be able to avoid the expense of having to relocate staff to temporary offices for several weeks when it begins disruptive office renovations (翻新) soon. Financial recruitment s

23、pecialist Lynne Hargreaves knows exactly how much her firm has saved by adopting a teleworking strategy, which has involved handing her company“s data management over to a remote hosting company, Datanet, so it can be accessible by all the company“s consultants over broadband Internet connections. O

24、. It has enabled the company to dispense with its business premises altogether, following the realisation that it just didn“t need them any more. “The main motivation behind adopting home working was to increase my own productivity, as a single mum to an 11-year-old,“ says Hargreaves. “But I soon re

25、alised that, as most of our business is done on the phone, email and at off-site meetings, we didn“t need our offices at all. We“re now saving 16,000 a year on rent, plus the cost of utilities, not to mention what would have been spent on commuting.“（分数：71.00）(1).According to marketing director Jack

26、 O“Hern, teleworking enables the company to keep highly qualified staff.（分数：7.10）(2).A sales and marketing director in an Internet service company advised businesses to look for reliable business-only providers.（分数：7.10）(3).With fast, wireless Internet connections, employees can still be productive

27、while travelling.（分数：7.10）(4).Small business can get more benefits from letting staff work at home, especially in making staff more efficient.（分数：7.10）(5).Single mother Lynne Hargreaves decided to work at home mainly because she wanted to be more productive.（分数：7.10）(6).According to the research con

28、ducted by Inter-Tel, more businesses have adopted remote working solutions than the year before.（分数：7.10）(7).The initial intention of the accountancy firm Wright Vigar adopting teleworking is to support its employees with children.（分数：7.10）(8).Access to broadband everywhere has made flexible working

29、 practices very easy.（分数：7.10）(9).VoIP facilitates remote working by offering sophisticated voice services.（分数：7.10）(10).Wright Vigar“s practice of allowing for more flexible working hours not only benefits the company but helps improve employees“ home life.（分数：7.10）三、Section B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Passa

30、ge One(总题数：3，分数：154.50)Most of us are taught to pay attention to what is saidthe words. Words do provide us with some information, but meanings are derived from so many other sources that it would hinder our effectiveness as a partner to a relationship to rely too heavily on words alone. Words are u

31、sed to describe only a small part of the many ideas we associate with any given message. Sometimes we can gain insight into some of those associations if we listen for more than words. We don“t always say what we mean or mean what we say. Sometimes our words don“t mean anything except “I“m letting o

32、ff some steam. I don“t really want you to pay close attention to what I“m saying. Just pay attention to what I“m feeling.“ Mostly we mean several things at once. A person wanting to purchase a house says to the current owner, “This step has to be fixed before I“ll buy.“ The owner says, “It“s been li

33、ke that for years.“ Actually, the step hasn“t been like that for years, but the unspoken message is: “I don“t want to fix it. We put up with it. Why can“t you?“ The search for a more expansive view of meaning can be developed of examining a message in terms of who said it, when it occurred, the rela

34、ted conditions or situations, and how it was said. When a message occurs can also reveal associated meaning. Let us assume two couples do exactly the same amount of kissing and arguing. But one couple always kisses after an argument and the other couple always argues after a kiss. The ordering of th

35、e behaviors may mean a great deal more than the frequency of the behavior. A friend“s unusually docile (温顺的) behavior may only be understood by noting that it was preceded by situations that required an abnormal amount of assertiveness. Some responses may be directly linked to a developing pattern o

36、f responses and defy logic. For example, a person who says “No!“ to a serials of charges like “You“re dumb.“, “You“re lazy.“ and “You“re dishonest.“ may also say “No!“ and try to justify his or her response if the next statement is “And you“re good looking.“ We would do well to listen for bow messag

37、es are presented. The words “It sure has been nice to have you over.“ can be said with emphasis and excitement or ritualistically. The phrase can be said once or repeated several times. And the meanings we associate with the phrase will change accordingly. Sometimes if we say something infrequently

38、it assumes more importance; sometimes the more we say something the less importance it assumes.（分数：71.00）(1).It can be inferred from Paragraph 1 that _.（分数：14.20）A.sometimes people speak insincerelyB.we don“t need to pay much attention to wordsC.implications are key to effective communicationD.peopl

39、e lie when they are reluctant to shoulder responsibilities(2).Based on the context, the phase “let off steam“ in Line 6, Paragraph 1 means _.（分数：14.20）A.to reduce pressureB.to lose temperC.to draw attentionD.to pass time(3).According to Paragraph 2, which of the following is the most adequate for th

40、e two couples“ example?（分数：14.20）A.Different orderings brought about distinct outcomes.B.Frequency is inappropriate as a factor to measure the relationship.C.The first couple has better relationship than the second one.D.We need to see through the appearance to get a thorough understanding.(4).Why d

41、id the person in Line 7, Paragraph 2 make the same response to both criticism and praise?（分数：14.20）A.He wanted to sound more assertive.B.He had formed a set pattern of behavior.C.He tended to be modest.D.He didn“t trust others“ words.(5).According to the last paragraph, which of the following statem

42、ents is NOT true?（分数：14.20）A.The tone of speaking always implies the speaker“s real intention.B.The more we talk about one thing, the more important it becomes.C.Sometimes invitation is a way of greeting.D.The frequency of referring to a word may change its connotation.Sleep is a funny thing. We“re

43、taught that we should get seven or eight hours a night, but a lot of us get by just fine on less, and some of us actually sleep too much. A study out of the University of Buffalo last month reported that people who routinely sleep more than eight hours a day and are still tired are nearly three time

44、s as likely to die of strokeprobably as a result of an underlying dis-order that keeps them from snoozing (睡) soundly. Doctors have their own special sleep problems. Residents (住院医生) are famously sleep deprived. When I was training to become a neurosurgeon, it was not unusual to work 40 hours in a r

45、ow without rest. Most of us took it in stride, confident we could still deliver the highest quality of medical care. Maybe we shouldn“t have been so sure of ourselves. An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association points out that in the morning after 24 hours of sleeplessness, a pers

46、on“s motor performance is comparable to that of someone who is legally intoxicated. Curiously, surgeons who believe that operating under the influence is grounds for dismissal often don“t think twice about operating without enough sleep. “I could tell you horror stories,“ says Jaya Agrawal, presiden

47、t of the American Medical Student Association, which runs a website where residents can post anonymous anecdotes. Some are terrifying. “I was operating after being up for over 36 hours,“ one writes. “I literally fell asleep standing up and nearly face planted into the wound.“ “Practically every surg

48、ical resident I know has fallen asleep at the wheel driving home from work,“ writes another. “I know of three who have hit parked ears. Another hit a “Jersey barrier“ on the New Jersey Turnpike, going 105km/n“ “Your own patients have become the enemy,“ writes a third, because they are “the one thing

49、 that stands between you and a few hours of sleep.“ Agrawal“s organization is supporting the Patient and Physician Safety and Protection Act of 2001, introduced last November by Representative John Conyers Jr. of Michigan. Its key provisions, modeled on New York State“s regulations, include an 80-hour workweek and a 24-hour work-shift limit. Most doctors, however, resist such interference. Dr. Charles Binkley, a senior surgery resident at the University of Michigan, agrees that something needs to be done but believes “doctors should be bound by their conscience, not by the g