1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 485及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Announcement. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below: 你们学校将开展一次赴西部支教的活动，在校生均可参加， 为期一年，教授的课程为初中语文、数学、英语、物理和化学。请你以学生会名义，起草一份本次活动的宣传
2、启事。 Announcement 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 the information
3、 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. 1 Part Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quick
4、ly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet I. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Rich Man, Poor Man Gluers and sawyers from the furniture factories in Galax n
5、ear the mountains of Virginia lost their jobs last year when American retailers decided they could find a better supplier in China. At the other end of the furniture industry Robert Nardelli lost his job this month when Home Depot decided it could find a better chief executive in his deputy. But any
6、 likeness ends there. Mr. Nardellis exit was as extravagantly rewarded as his occupation of the corner office had been. Next to his $ 210 million severance pay, the redundant woodworkers packages were mean to the point of provocation (激怒 ). Thats the way it goes all over the rich world. If you look
7、back 20 years, the total pay of the typical top American manager has increased from roughly 40 times the average-the level for four decades - to 110 times the average now. These are the glory days of global capitalism. The mix of technology and economic integration transforming the world has created
8、 unparalleled prosperity. In the past five years the world has seen faster growth than at any time since the early 1970s. Having joined the global labor force, hundreds of millions of people in developing countries have won the chance to escape squalor (肮脏 ) and poverty. Hundreds of millions more st
9、and to join them. That promises to improve the lot of humanity as a whole incalculably. But in the rich world labors share of GDP has fallen to historic lows, while profits are soaring. A clamor is abroad that Mr. Nardelli and his friends among the top hundredth - or even the top thousandth - of the
10、 population are seizing the lions share of globalizations gains. Meanwhile everyone else - not just blue-collar factory workers but also the wider office - working middle class - shuffles along, grimly waiting for the next round of cost-cuts. Fear and clothing Signs of a backlash abound. Stephen Roa
11、ch, the chief economist at Morgan Stanley, has counted 27 pieces of anti-China legislation in Congress since early 2005. The German Marshall Fund found last year that, although most people still say they favor free trade, more than half of Americans want to protect domestic companies from foreign co
12、mpetition even if that slows economic growth. In a hint of labors possible resurgence, the House of Representatives has just voted to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade. Even Japan is alarmed about inequality, stagnant (不景气的 ) wages and jobs going to China. Europe has tied
13、 itself in knots trying to “manage“ trade in Chinese textiles. Should you blame your computer? The panic comes in part from a rush to lump all the blame on globalization. Technology - an even less resistible force - is also destroying white- and blue-collar tasks in a puff of automation and may play
14、 a bigger role in explaining rising wage inequality. The distinctions between technology and globalization count, if only because people tend to welcome computers but condemn foreigners (whether as competitors or immigrants). That makes technology easier to defend. For economists, the debate about w
15、hether technology or globalization is responsible for capitals rewards outpacing those of labor is crucial, complicated and unresolved. One school, which blames globalization, argues that the rocketing profits and sluggish middling wages of the past few years are the long-lasting results of trade, a
16、s all those new developing-country workers enter the labor market. This school says that technology helps workers by increasing their productivity and benefits them in other aspects. The opposing school retorts(反驳 ) that technology does not increase wages immediately as they blaming globalization sa
17、y, and some sorts of information technology seem to boost the returns to capital instead. The first rule is to avoid harming the very miracle that generates so much wealth. Take for instance the arguments about high executive pay. Some say this is simply a matter of governance - and forcing company
18、boards to work better. If only it were that simple. High pay is, by and large, the price needed to attract and motivate gifted managers, as our special report argues in this issue. The abuses of companies such as Home Depot obscure how most high pay has been caused not by powerful bosses fixing thei
19、r own wages, but by the changing job of the chief executive, the growth of large companies and the competitive market for talent. Executive-pay restrictions would not put that horse back in its box, but they would harm companies. If the winners are difficult to curb without doing damage to your econ
20、omy, the losers are tough to help. Doling out aid for the victims of trade makes sense in theory; but in practice it is increasingly hard to do. When the jobs going abroad are not whole assembly lines, but bits of departments, how exactly do you pick out the person who has lost his job to globalizat
21、ion from the millions of people changing jobs for other reasons? And, hardhearted though it may sound, most of the gains from trade and technology alike come from the way they redeploy investment and labor to activities that create more wealth. That, like all change, can be painful; but it is what m
22、akes a country richer. A policy locking people into jobs that could be better done elsewhere is self-defeating. The limits of redistribution If protectionism will not help the losers, what about using the tax system? Some argue that redistributing more cash from the Nardellis to the Galaxians would
23、not just make society less unequal; it would also buy middle-class support for globalization. In fact the two arguments should be kept separate. This newspaper has long argued that a mobile society is better than an equal one: disparities are tolerable if combined with meritocracy and general econom
24、ic advance. For decades America has shown how dynamic economies are better than equality-driven ones at generating overall prosperity. That still leaves plenty of room to debate how progressive to make taxation, or how lavish to make public services. But a society would want compelling evidence that
25、 the social contract had been torn up before flexing the tax system to offset what may turn out to be only temporary fluctuations in relative incomes. And it makes little sense for free-traders to use taxes to buy off people from voting for protectionism, when doing so would in any case be against t
26、heir interests. Active, not reactive Instead, the way to ease globalization is the same as the way to ease other sorts of economic change, including the impact of technology. The aim is to help people to move jobs as comparative advantage shifts rapidly from one activity to the next. That means less
27、 friction in labor markets and regulatory systems that help investment. It means an education system that equips people with general skills that make them mobile. It means detaching health care and pensions from employment, so that every time you move your job, you are not risking an awful lot else
28、besides. And for those who lose their jobs - from whatever cause - it means beefing up assistance: generous training and active policies to help them find work. None of that comes cheap - and much of it takes years to work. But an economy that gains from globalization can more easily find the money
29、to pay for it all. The business people and politicians gathering on their Swiss Alp next week should certainly spend more time worrying about the citizens of Galax; but they also need to be far more courageous about defending a process that can do so much good even if its impact can sometimes appear
30、 so cruel. 2 Compared with Mr. Nardellis severance pay, the woodworkers _. （ A） seemed to be redundant （ B） irritated them （ C） satisfied them （ D） was close to Mr. Nardellis 3 What has brought about unbelievable advancement of the global economy in the latest 20 years? （ A） Top American manager. （
31、B） Global capitalism. （ C） Technology and economic integration. （ D） The global labor force. 4 The view that the minorities like Mr. Nardelli and his friends are seizing most of globalizations gains could be _. （ A） negative （ B） popular （ C） radical （ D） doubtful 5 What the German Marshall Fund fou
32、nd last year implies that _. （ A） most Americans tend to free trade （ B） free trade could slow down economic growth （ C） foreign competition could harm domestic economy beyond doubt （ D） most Americans dont want an economic growth at the cost of domestic companies 6 Which is the element responsible
33、for rising wage inequality? （ A） Technology as a more irresistible force. （ B） Technology and globalization. （ C） Technology and automation. （ D） Social class in white and blue-collars. 7 The school which blames globalization thinks _. （ A） trade influences middling wages positively （ B） the labor m
34、arket becomes more dense （ C） technology decreases workers wages at once （ D） the reason of capitals rewards outpacing those of labor is uncertain 8 According to the first rule, high executive pay is _. （ A） nothing but a problem concerning governance （ B） due to the abuses of power （ C） unrelated w
35、ith bosses decisions （ D） provided for managers so that it would harm companies 9 A country will become richer if it, though painful, fulfils _. 10 Taking interests into account, it is illogical that free-traders give bribes to protectionist via _. 11 The fact that comparative advantage of an activi
36、ty displaces that of the other one could moderate the conflict of _. Section A Directions: 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
37、will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） At a hamburger shop. （ B） At a parking lot. （ C） At a laundry. （ D） At a gas station. （ A） The Best of Jazz. （ B） Clas
38、sical Favorites. （ C） Christmas Carols. （ D） Rock Music Collection. （ A） He has to fill in for someone. （ B） He has an appointment. （ C） He has a meeting. （ D） He doesnt give a reason. （ A） She met someone who could pay the bill. （ B） She billed her new roommate for the suit. （ C） She hasnt found a
39、suitable roommate yet. （ D） Shes looking for someone who can lend her money. （ A） She went to Atlanta. （ B） She went to a convention. （ C） She went to a hospital. （ D） She stayed at home. （ A） She hasnt talked with the new manager yet. （ B） The new manager was not in the office. （ C） She has been at
40、 home. （ D） She didnt want to talk with the new manager. （ A） He has just been dead. （ B） He went home after church. （ C） He has not felt well lately. （ D） He will attend church tomorrow. （ A） He is going driving. （ B） He is going shopping. （ C） He is going blowing. （ D） He is going fishing. （ A） Wh
41、ere they should move. （ B） How to negotiate with the landlord. （ C） How to fight the increase. （ D） Whether to accept an increase in rent or move. （ A） Stay and negotiate or move. （ B） Move closer to the University or near the subway. （ C） Fight for a small increases or accepts an in crease offer. （
42、 D） There is no choice. （ A） It is close to the school. （ B） It is cheap. （ C） It has convenient facilities. （ D） The tenant agreement is good. （ A） Shes in a meeting. （ B） Shes out of the office. （ C） Shes talking with another customer. （ D） Shes avoiding the caller. （ A） Information on after-sales
43、 service. （ B） A picture of the newest computers. （ C） A list of software and hardware products. （ D） Information about Ultimate Computers. （ A） 2: 30p. m. （ B） 3: 30p. m. （ C） 4: 30p. m. （ D） 5:00p. m. （ A） 560-1287. （ B） 560-1828. （ C） 560-2187. （ D） 560-1288. Section B Directions: In this section
44、, 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 best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） The Japanese mathematic teachers. （ B）
45、Both the speaker and his German friend. （ C） Both Americans and immigrants. （ D） The son of the speakers German friend. （ A） Do present-day children learn less than their forefathers in the good old days? （ B） Why do Japanese businessmen send their children to Japanese-staffed schools? （ C） Why cant
46、 American children memorize enough geographic information? （ D） Is American education really worse than education in other countries? （ A） Children in California are not likely to learn creative geography. （ B） Children in private schools run by Japanese are smarter. （ C） They experiment freely with
47、 ideas and become creative when they grow up. （ D） They are less innovative than other children in the world. （ A） Early newspapers in England. （ B） The early history of magazines. （ C） The life of Daniel Defoe. （ D） Differences between newspapers and magazines. （ A） It had many more pages than news
48、papers. （ B） It was given away for free. （ C） It dealt with issues rather than events. （ D） It was more widely available than newspapers, （ A） It was not really a magazine. （ B） It featured a variety of articles and stories. （ C） It was praised by readers of poetry. （ D） It was unpopular with politi
49、cians. （ A） Reading magazine articles. （ B） Reviewing book reports. （ C） Writing research papers. （ D） Selecting information sources. （ A） Gathering non-relevant materials. （ B） Stealing another persons ideas. （ C） Sharing note with someone else. （ D） Handing in assignments late. （ A） In the students own words. （ B） In direct quotations. （ C） In short phrases. （ D） In shorthand. （ A） It should be assimilated thoroughly. （ B） It should be enclosed in quotation marks. （ C） It should be para
