1、大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷 99及答案与解析 Section C 0 For London-based Michelle Brideau, 10 years in the travel industry felt like an eternity. What started as low pay and high stress but great perks had evolved into low pay, high stress, no perks and lots of competition from the internet. Brideau was ready for a
2、 change. She considered running a mobile coffee cart for commuters in her neighbourhood, but the idea of London winters spent outside quickly nixed those plans. She decided on a career in technology. The problem: no experience. At some point in almost everyone s career comes the desire to change fie
3、lds and try something completely different. But one of the most common stumbling blocks to making a dramatic career change is a lack of experience in the new field. Gaining that experience often means taking what can be felt like a giant step backwards in your career, whether it s by re-entering the
4、 students world or signing on for an internship. Choices like these can be financially draining in the short term, but the long-term hope is that they will pay off before too long. Brideau needed to learn to code if she was going to launch a career in technology. But she d been under the impression
5、it would take years of schoolwork to learn what she needed in order to make the switch, she said in an email. Then she heard about the Makers Academy, a highly selective coding program in London that teaches web development. The intensive 10-week program,(it now costs 7200 and is three months long)m
6、eant Brideau was studying code whenever she “wasnt eating or sleeping.“ With the coding experience under her belt, Brideau spent two months looking for the right job or internship. “I made sure to get out into the developer community as much as possible: meet ups, events, conferences, job fairs and
7、such,“ she said. “I also went to interviews, was invited to do code exercises as part of the job application process, and I continued to study at home.“ Eventually, through the connections she made, Brideau landed a six-month paid code-writing internship at London-based Enternships, which placed stu
8、dents and recent graduates in positions with starts ups and small businesses. Once her internship is over, she hopes to find a position as a junior coder. “The hardest part was taking the leap to doing something so completely different than I have ever done previously,“ said Brideau. She likened it
9、to the move she had made from Canada to the UK. “You keep moving forward with a lot of unanswered questions not knowing how it will all turn out until one day you find yourself at home in your new surroundings.“ 1 Which of the following words has a similar meaning with “nixed“(Line 3, Para.2)? （ A）
10、Curl up. （ B） Nestled. （ C） Stop. （ D） Mix. 2 According to the passage what prevent people from making a change in their careers? （ A） Lack of connection. （ B） Lack of experience. （ C） Tough haunting market. （ D） Difficult to find a new job. 3 Which of the following is not true about the Makers Acad
11、emy? （ A） It is a highly selective program. （ B） It is in London. （ C） It offers intensive training. （ D） Students can eat and sleep at the center. 4 Why Brideau compared the change to the move from Canada to the UK? （ A） The uncertainty of the result and a lot of unanswered questions. （ B） Hard to
12、get used to the new surroundings. （ C） Similar motives. （ D） Both are very difficult. 5 We can learn from the passage that Brideau_. （ A） is a rich woman （ B） is a positive woman （ C） is brave and dare to try new things （ D） hate London s weather 5 When Erik Robertson, an account executive at a San
13、Francisco public relations agency, meets with conservative clients, he s always sure to wear a suit and tie. But with his video game client, short sleeves and an open-collar shirt are perfectly fine. His wardrobe choices aren t just based on what the clients will be wearing. Sometimes, he also wants
14、 to conceal the tattoos covering his arms and chest because he realizes they could alienate customers. “You have to be smart and not risk offending current clients or new business prospects,“ said Robertson, who is 29 years old. “Id also like to have my hands and neck tattooed, but I dont because I
15、couldnt cover them. Im just glad I didn t go overboard when I was in college. When the online jobs site CareerBuilder asked employers which personal appearance attributes would make them less likely to promote someone, piercings were named most often(37% of respondents), while visible tattoos ranked
16、 third(31%). However, this is not the case for many young workers today. A new Pew Research Center survey found that 38% of the respondents between the age of 18 to 29 in the US had at least one tattoo, and 23% had a piercing in a place other than their ear lobes. “To attract and retain talent, busi
17、nesses will have to overcome negative stereotypical views about body art,“ said Barrie Gross, a human-resources consultant based in San Francisco. “They need to ask whether it really matters to job performance and the companys reputation if someone has a nose ring or tattoo.“ KPMG, the international
18、 accounting firm, advises its college recruits “to remove visible body piercings and cover tattoos“ at work. Similarly, Macy, the big US retailer, tells employees to avoid “excessive“ facial piercings and tattoos that distract or offend customers. A Macys spokeswoman declined to explain what qualifi
19、es as “excessive.“ The degree of flexibility about body art may change with changing recruiting needs. When the US Army needed to attract more recruits for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, for instance, it relaxed its dress code to allow tattoos on the neck and hands. In interviewing hiring manager
20、s in Scotland, Andrew Timming, a reader in management at the University of St Andrews, found that they harbour mostly negative attitudes toward job candidates with visible tattoos. Even recruiters who were tattooed themselves held such views. But the hiring managers told Timming they wouldn t reject
21、 applicants because of their own bias, but rather because they believed customers would disapprove of body art. 6 What do we know about Erik Robertson s wardrobe choices? （ A） He tends to dress in suit and tie. （ B） He likes to dress casually. （ C） Just based on what the clients will be wearing. （ D
22、） He also wants to conceal his tattoos. 7 According to the passage which personal appearance attributes prevent people from being promoted most? （ A） Tattoos on the arms. （ B） Piercings. （ C） Casual dresses in formal occasions. （ D） Male employee with long hair. 8 What does Barrie Gross s words mean
23、? （ A） Companies should not refuse talents just because of their body art. （ B） Body art does not affect a company s reputation. （ C） Body art does not matter at all if he is a talent. （ D） Employees should get rid of body art. 9 Which is not true about Andrew Timming s finding? （ A） Most managers h
24、ave prejudice against candidates with body art. （ B） Most managers prefer candidates without body art. （ C） Most managers think customers would dislike body art. （ D） Most managers think body art will affect business. 10 Which is the best title for the passage? （ A） Getting Rid of Body Art （ B） Prej
25、udice Against Tattoo （ C） Tattoo And Recruitment （ D） Will Body Art Affect Work? 10 The Conservative government will face difficulty proving that its plan to automatically enroll eligible Canadians in the Old Age Security plan will save taxpayers money. An audit on the first phase of the program has
26、 found the department responsible, Employment and Social Development Canada(ESDC), couldnt show “expected benefits“ from the program because it has no measurable targets. The government plans to gradually increase the age of eligibility for OAS benefits to 67 from 65 starting in 2023, but it plans t
27、o more quickly introduce automatic enrollment for eligible Canadians. The Tories argue the move will help federal coffers through reduced benefit costs and reduced service spending. The audit, however, concluded the department s targets “were not documented, specific or measurable.“ For instance, th
28、ere were no “measurable targets“ set for one of the keys to the governments strategy: “improve services to Canadians.“ According to the audit, the department did plan to use one specific measurement to gauge effectiveness: the number of Canadians who could be enrolled automatically versus those who
29、are actually enrolled. The auditor, however, argued that this shouldnt be used to show the government was reducing “costly paper processing“, because some seniors who were auto-enrolled would still have to file paper applications “for a number of reasons“ such as to defer taking the OAS. “With limit
30、ed baseline information on the costs for paper application processing, it will be difficult to demonstrate the planned productivity improvements and their associated savings,“ the auditors wrote in their report, dated February 2014 but only published a few weeks ago. The government announced in the
31、2012 budget the eligibility age would change to 67 from 65, but it would be phased in over six years, starting in 2023. That means anyone who was 56 or older as of March of this year wont be affected. The government estimated the savings at $10.8 billion annually starting in 2030, when 9.3 million C
32、anadians are projected to be eligible for OAS benefits almost double the 4.7 million eligible in 2010. To further reduce costs, the government planned to automatically enroll eligible Canadians and eliminate the need for seniors to receive and return a mailed enrollment form. The audit team reviewin
33、g the first phase of the OAS changes concluded ESDC had enough oversight for the first phase of the project, which was to use information already available within the department and to identify Canadians for possible automatic enrollment. However, auditors had concerns with how the department planne
34、d to prove in the long-term that the changes to the OAS program were having their intended effects. For example, “there is currently limited capacity to monitor the additional workload introduced by the implementation of automatic enrollment,“ they wrote. 11 Why cannot ESDC prove that its plan to au
35、tomatically enroll eligible Canadians in OSA plan will save taxpayers money? （ A） Because it did not produce great benefits. （ B） Because the benefits it made are intangible. （ C） Because it has no measurable target. （ D） Because it only made long-term benefits. 12 Whats the benefits of introducing
36、automatic enrollment for eligible Canadians according to the Tories? （ A） It can save money and time. （ B） It will reduce OSA benefit costs and service spending. （ C） It will increase the age of eligibility for OAS benefits. （ D） It can help old people who are eligible for OSA benefits. 13 Who will
37、be affected by the change of eligibility age? （ A） People over 65. （ B） People who was 56 or older. （ C） People under 56. （ D） People over 67. 14 What does the audit team worry about the program? （ A） How to prove the changes to the OAS program were having their intended effects. （ B） How to monitor
38、 the additional workload introduced by automatic enrollment. （ C） How to further reduce cost. （ D） How to achieve the intended effects. 15 Paragraph six intends to show that_. （ A） Audit team disapproves ESDC （ B） Audit team s comments on the work done by ESDC （ C） Audit teams concern about the OAS
39、program （ D） Audit team s attitude towards automatic enrollment 15 One of the biggest variables when flying, is the company that you re forced to keep. Whether youre in economy or business, aisle or window, there will almost always be someone sitting next to you and if that person is particularly fl
40、irtatious, odoriferous, anxious or loud, your experience could be drastically altered But with recent upgrades allowing noise-conscious passengers to choose a seat away from children, having at least one type of less-than-desirable seatmate could soon be a thing of the past. Last week, Scoot airline
41、s, the budget subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, announced that seats in child-free areas, dubbed the “ScootinSilence“ rows, can now be booked for a small fee. The section is an updated set of restrictions on their premium economy product; in addition to extra leg room and a better seat pitch, you ar
42、e also liberated from having to sit with children 12 and under. “Just as there are some people who prefer to travel without checked baggage, or to sleep rather than eat. there are some who would rather travel with adults. We re simply providing the option to do so,“ said Scoot Airlines CEO Campbell
43、Wilson. In September 2012, AirAsia X launched a similar service in their premium economy cabin, and Malaysian Airlines has a similar policy on the upper-deck economy cabin of its A380 jumbo jet, which it flies on selected long-haul routes. The trend seems to be catching on quickly in Asia, perhaps b
44、ecause culturally the region places a premium on the wealthier business savvy class and is eager to please affluent customers. “The reality is that the companies, people and culture of Asia are actually a little bit less politically sensitive in certain areas than places like America,“ said Jonathan
45、 Galaviz, airline analyst and managing director at Galaviz & Company. “The practicality of Asia is one of the things that makes it unique in the world. Many people enjoy that.“ But could child-free zones spread around the world? Not necessarily. “I dont think that well ever see child-free zones on U
46、S carriers, any more than well see the return of smoking zones. In the politically correct United States, it would be considered discriminatory to exclude passengers with kids from certain cabin sections,“ said George Hobica, founder of A. The issue that Western airlines will need to consider is the
47、 strong consumer voice, which could create a significant and harmful image problem for the carriers. In Asia, that community is neither as loud nor as vociferous. Disrupting the consumer base and any potential discrimination litigation that would follow may create risks that Western carries aren t w
48、illing to take. 16 Scoot airlines offers child-free seats for_. （ A） people who hate small kids. （ B） passengers who want to sleep. （ C） noise-conscious passengers. （ D） senior passengers. 17 Where are the child-free seats most popular? （ A） Europe. （ B） Asia. （ C） North America. （ D） Africa. 18 Acc
49、ording to the passage Asia people_. （ A） are less politically sensitive （ B） are not very practical （ C） don t like to seat with children （ D） prefer silence 19 Which is not among the reasons that well never see child-free zones on US carriers? （ A） It would be considered discriminatory to exclude passengers with kids. （ B） It may create a significant and harmful image problem. （ C） People dont mind children so much as people in other areas do. （ D） They afraid it may disrupt the consumer base. 20 Which
