[外语类试卷]大学英语六级模拟试卷99（无答案）.doc

1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 99（无答案）一、Part I Writing (30 minutes)1 For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a short essay entitled Energy Crisis. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below in English:1. Energy crisis is one of the main problems facing the world today.2. Import

2、ance of energy.3. Conserving energy.二、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

3、 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.2 THE BLENDING OF THE UNITED STATESFor years, Jorge Del Pinals job as assistant chief of the Census Bureaus Population

4、Division was to fit people into neat, distinct racial and ethnic boxes: white, black, Hispanic, Asian or Native American. As the son of an Anglo mother and a Hispanic father, however, he knew all along that the task was not always possible.For the 2000 decennial census, that will no longer be the ca

5、se. For the flint time, the census forms will allow people to check off as many races as apply. As a result, the Census Bureau should obtain a better picture of the extent of intermarriage in the United States.In the absence of such a direct method, a few years ago veteran demographer Barry Edmonsto

6、n used sophisticated mathematical modeling techniques to calculate how intermarriage is changing the face of the United States as part of an immigration study he directed for the National Research Council of the American Academy of Sciences. His research was summarized in a report entitled The New A

7、mericans: Economic, Demographic and Fiscal Effects of Immigration. But as the Canadian-born, white husband of sociologist Sharon Lee, a Chinese-American, Edmonston really needed no computer to understand the transformation under way in this society. He and his family are living, breathing participan

8、ts.The face of America is changing-literally. As former President Clinton has said, within 30 or 40 years, when there will be no single race in the majority in the United States, “we had best be ready for it.“ For his part, Clinton is preparing for that, time by talking about racial tolerance and th

9、e virtues of multiculturalism. Others are debating immigration policy, almost all discussion focuses on the potential divisiveness inherent in a nation that is no longer a predominantly white country with a mostly European ancestry.But afoot behind the scenes is another trend that, if handled carefu

10、lly, could bring the country closer together rather than drive it apart. This quiet demographic counter-revolution is a dramatic upsurge in intermarriage.Edmonstons study projected that by 2050, 21 percent of the U.S. population will be of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry, up from an estimate of seve

11、n percent today. Among third-generation Hispanic and Asian Americans, exogamy-marriage outside ones ethnic group or tribe-is at least 50 percent, he and others estimate. Exogamy remains much less prevalent among African Americans, but it has increased enormously, from about 1.5 percent in the 1960s

12、to 8 to 10 percent today.Such a profound demographic shift could take place while no one was watching because, officially, no one was watching. Federal agencies traditionally collected racial data using a formula-one person, one race-similar to the time-honored voting principle. Thus, the Census Bur

13、eau could estimate that on census forms no more than two percent of the population would claim to be multiracial. In the absence of a more straightforward count, no one could know for sure what the demographics are.Thats about to change. After the 2000 census, the U.S. Government should have a bette

14、r idea. In 1997, the Office of Management and Budget, which oversees federal statistical practices, approved a directive allowing people to cheek as many racial boxes as they believe apply to them. The shift was a compromise between the demands of some interest groups that wanted the addition of a “

15、multiracial“ box, and those that objected to any change, fearing dilution of their numbers.Meanwhile, in the absence of official numbers, with the heightened tension surrounding racial issues, and with the mutual suspicion that exists among competing racial and ethnic interest groups, theres little

16、agreement on what intermarriage will mean for U.S. society in the future.Melting PotTo see the new face of the United States, go to a grocery store and look at a box of Betty Crocker-brand food products. Bettys portrait is now in its eighth incarnation since the first composite painting debuted in 1

17、936 with pale skin and blue eyes. Her new look is brown-eyed and dark-haired. She has a duskier complexion than her seven predecessors, with features representing an amalgam of white, Hispanic, Indian, African and Asian ancestry.A computer created this new Betty in the mid-1990s by blending photos o

18、f 75 diverse women. That process was relatively quick, General Mills Inc, spokesmen explain. But they acknowledge that it took quite a while to spread the new image to the whole range of Betty Crocker products.The slow pace of that process itself could be a metaphor for gradual racial and ethnic int

19、ermixing in this country. Indeed, its taking a long time for the new blended American to surface in societys consciousness. Tiger Woods, the young golf great, publicized the trend by identifying himself as Cablinasian, a mixture of Caucasian, black, Native American and Asian.For the most part, the m

20、arket-place-net government-is leading the way in this evolution. Mixed-race models, particularly men, are in great demand, according to fashion industry experts. And multiracial child actors are now more likely to be tapped for television advertisements.That serious scholars should be talking about

21、a melting pot is itself a reversal. As a metaphor for American diversity, the melting pot was first discredited after World War I, when the European immigrants streaming into American cities formed distinct ethnic and national enclaves that didnt melt together.The timing was off, it turned out, and

22、the metaphorical pot was in the wrong place. Interracial and multiethnic fusion started after World War and happened in the suburbs. City folk moved from their Italian, Irish, Polish or Jewish urban neighborhoods into diffuse suburban settings, then sent their kids to large public universities, thro

23、wing them together with youngsters from other ethnic backgrounds who, nonetheless, came from families with similar lifestyles.Whether blacks will follow other minorities into the melting pot remains a subject of debate. Skeptics point to the much smaller proportion of black-white marriages and say i

24、t wont happen soon. Others respond that the statistical base is very small because, until 1967, such marriages were illegal in 19 states.Countervailing ForcesWhile many forces arc at work to facilitate intermarriage, others militate against it. This is particularly the case for African Americans,The

25、 growing segment of the black community that is going to college, entering the middle class and moving out to the suburbs is also fallowing the general trend toward intermarriage. This tendency is particularly noticeable in California and in cities such as Dallas (Texas), Las Vegas (Nevada) and Phoe

26、nix (Arizona), where residential segregation has been less pronounced than in the older northeastern and Midwestern U.S. cities, according to Reynolds Farley, who has studied African American residential patterns. In California, for example, among 25-to-34-year-old African Americans, 14 percent of t

27、he married black women and 32 percent of the married black men had spouses of a different race, Edmonston noted.But in the isolated urban neighborhoods of the U.S. Northeast and Midwest, the old pattern remains. “There is a considerable fraction of the black population that still lives in inner-city

28、 areasin Detroit, Chicago, New York Citythat has not been caught up in dynamic economic growth,“ said Farley, formerly a professor at the University of Michigan and now a vice president of the Russell Sage Foundation in New York City. “Theyve been left behind, and they arc quite far out of it.“Anoth

29、er countervailing force is immigration. Immigrants generally dont marry outside their racial or ethnic group. Their children do to some extent, but out-marriage really is most prevalent in the third generation. The most recent large-scale wave of immigration has produced only first-or second-generat

30、ion Americans.Regardless of the real degree of racial and ethnic intermixing that goes on, the test of a blended society will be the proportion of people who identify as multiracial or multiethnic. Until now, that percentage has been small. Thats partly because people tend to assume the racial or et

31、hnic identity of one parent-often the minority parent, in the case of blacks and Hispanics. But to a large extent, that identity has been imposed by society.“I have a Spanish name and I speak Spanish, so people see me as being of Spanish origin,“ Del Pinal, the Census Bureau official, explained.Raci

32、al identification can stem from other sources, such as heightened ethnic pride or the opportunity to benefit from affirmative action and other programs. Over the last few decades, having Native American ancestry has apparently become popular. Between 1970 and 1980, the number of people who checked “

33、American Indian“ on their census forms grew from 800,000 to 1.4 million, a much faster increase than could be accounted for by births minas deaths. “People decided they wanted to identify as American Indians, to some extent because of rising ethnic consciousness,“ observed Jeffrey S. Passol, directo

34、r of the Immigration Policy Program at the Urban Institute and a former director of the Census Bureaus Population Division.It is this positive approach to racial or ethnic identification on which liberal elements of the Jewish community are trying to capitalize. For two millennia, exogamy was a majo

35、r transgression for Jews. (In many communities, prayers for the dead were recited for a Jew who married a non-Jew.) As a result, out-marriage was rare. Before World War , it amounted to less than seven percent of Jewish marriages, according to Mayer of CUNY. But in 1970, a National Jewish Population

36、 Survey discovered that in the previous five years, 30 percent of new Jewish marriages were to non-Jews. By 1990, that figure was more than 50 percent.After many meetings, much soul-searching and a lot of acrimonious debate, various synagogue groups in the most liberal denominations and Jewish civic

37、 organizations decided to reverse their approach. They still try to discourage intermarriage, but once it occurs, they tend to welcome new interfaith families.2 The 2000 decennial census aims at obtaining the exact number of population as well as a better picture of the extent of intermarriage in th

38、e United States.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG3 The results of census have always been the compromise of certain groups of interest.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG4 Theres little agreement on what intermarriage will mean for U.S. society in the future as there is a lack of official numbers, a heightened tension surrounding racial

39、 issues, and the mutual suspicion that exists among different racial groups.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG5 The racial and ethnic intermixing in this country is sometimes gradual and sometimes accelerated in history.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG6 Sophisticated _ techniques have been already employed to calculate how intermarria

40、ge is changing the face of the United States.7 President Clinton advised that people _ as no single race will exceed other races in number 30 or 40 years later.8 It is _ that plays the leading role in the ethnic intermixing of the U.S.9 In cities or towns where _ is not serious, it is more likely th

41、at black people would enter intermarriage.10 Regardless of the real degree of racial and ethnic intermixing that goes on, the test of a blended society will be the proportion of people_.11 More and more people in the U.S. tend to identify as American Indians partly because they _.Section ADirections

42、: 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, yo

43、u must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.（A）Sit where she is.（B） Sit where there is a breeze.（C） Extinguish his cigarette.（D）Move to another part of the plane.（A）Monday and Tuesday.（B） Tuesday and Wednesday.（C） Wednesday and Thursday.（D）Thursday and Frid

44、ay.（A）A waitress.（B） A lawyer.（C） A bank clerk.（D）A shop assistant.（A）He doesnt like the drama club.（B） He doesnt know how to get there.（C） He doesnt know what day the picnic will be held.（D）He doesnt want to go since the weather is bad.（A）Theyll have to get some more paint.（B） They should get someo

45、ne to help them.（C） They shouldnt delay any longer.（D）They dont have to paint the room again.（A）She should buy the blue suit.（B） She shouldnt buy the blue suit.（C） She should be careful about her money.（D）She should find a job to make more money.（A）The weather was a little bit cold.（B） The weather w

46、as a little bit warm.（C） The weather was favorable.（D）The weather was disappointing.（A）He is annoyed but understands.（B） He is not happy.（C） He knows Mary must drive a long way.（D）He is afraid of the woman he is speaking to.（A）A businessman in a store.（B） A wander in the street.（C） Amateur detective

47、.（D）A man with plain clothes.（A）Fifteen cigarette fighters.（B） Fifty cigarette lighters.（C） Sixty lipsticks.（D）An identity card.（A）At last, the man gave a break to the woman.（B） The woman was arrested by the man.（C） The man gave choices to the woman.（D）The man missed the woman.（A）You will have lees

48、possibility to get enrolled in.（B） You will get more financial aid.（C） You will get less financial aid.（D）You will have more possibility to get enrolled in.（A）Before the end of the year.（B） Before the end of Feb.（C） Before the end of fall.（D）Before the end of spring.（A）$20 to $50.（B） $200 to $500.（C

49、） $2000 to $5000.（D）$10 to $100.（A）You are ready to enter the top school.（B） You should not make preparations, since you will enter the worst school.（C） You should not expect to enter the top school.（D）You should make full preparations and face the worst result.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 bes