1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 727 及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 1. 如今的大学毕业生面临的职业选择：兴趣重要还是工资重要 2. 你的观点 3. 结论 Salary or Interest 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 attac
2、hed to the passage. For questions 1-4, mark： Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with 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. 1 Suggestions for Your Work Ann
3、ie is a longtime secretary/receptionist for two senior vice presidents at a big company. They have been doing a lot of hiring lately, and almost all of the new middle-management personnel have been interviewed by one or the other of Annies two bosses, so naturally they come through her office first.
4、 Some of these people are unbelievably rude. Either they treat Annie like a piece of furniture (no hello, no eye contact) or they think she is their errand(差使 ) girl. Lately, Annies two bosses have started asking her for her impressions of job candidates. So far this week, two have been discourteous
5、(失礼的 ) and dismissive, so Annie gave both the thumbs-down. Neither is getting called back for the next round of interviews. No one knows how common this is, but if you are job hunting, its necessary to be aware that the dummy at the reception desk may be anything but not “just a secretary“. Suggesti
6、ons to Job Hunters According to Annie Stevens and Greg Gostanian, two partners at a Boston-based executive coaching firm called Clear Rock, its not unusual these days for a hiring manager to ask everyone who meets a potential new hire to give an opinion of him or her. “One of the biggest reasons so
7、many newly recruited managers fail in a new job is their inability to fit in and get along with the people who are already there,“ says Stevens. “So employers now want to get staffers impressions right at the start.“ Adds Gostanian: “A lot can be learned from how candidates treat receptionists, If t
8、he jobseeker is rude, condescending, or arrogant, this might be an indication of how he or she would treat coworkers or direct reports.“ Obviously, anyone looking for a new job would do well not to alienate the person who sits outside the interviewers door. Stevens and Gostanian offer these six tips
9、 for getting off to the right start: -introduce yourself as you would to any other potential new colleague. Smile, shake hands, and so on. It seems odd that this has to be spelled out, but apparently it does; and, besides being a matter of common courtesy, ordinary friendliness offers a practical ad
10、vantage. “Learning and remembering an interviewers receptionists name can only help as you advance in the interviewing process,“ Stevens notes. -Dont regard a receptionist or other assistant as an underling(部下 )-at least, not as your own personal underling. “Always ask the interviewer if you need he
11、lp from anyone else in the office where youre interviewing, instead of seeking this directly yourself,“ says Gostanian. In other words, if youd like to leave an extra copy of your resume, refrain from sending the interviewers assistant to the Xerox machine. -Its fine to accept if youre offered a bev
12、erage, but keep it simple. “Dont ask for particular brand names or expect to be brewed a fresh pot of coffee,“ Stevens says. And of course, need we add that dispatching anybody to Starbucks is out of the question? -Feel free to make small talk, but know that anything you say may well get back to the
13、 interviewer. “Dont ask probing questions about the company or offer unsolicited opinions,“ Gostardan advises. No matter how hideous the office door, endless the hike from the parking lot, or inconvenient the wait to see the interviewer, keep it to yourself. Plenty of time for whining(抱怨 ) and grumb
14、ling after youre hired. -Dont talk on your cell phone in front of the receptionist, and try to put your BlackBerry aside. “If you have to make or take a call, leave the reception area,“ Stevens says. Preoccupation with wireless devices will mark you, she says, as “a cold and fixated person“. -“Dont
15、forget to say good-bye. “Failure to say good-bye to someone youve just met reflects negatively on you,“ Gostanian notes. “Youll come across as impersonal and uncaring.“ Thats hardly the image any job hunter wants to project. How to Measure Your Work Any job, like any relationship, has its difficult
16、moments. And with the job market heating up, the temptations to change partners are growing. As with any relationship, however, you really should assess the full value of what youve got before giving it up wholesale, because-lets face it-regret really is a waste of your time. Regardless of the main
17、task of a job-be it bond trading, teaching, balancing the books, or cleaning hotel roomsare there objective criteria that you can use to measure whether your job is wonderful or not? Workplace experts Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman have identified several. In their book First, Break All the Rule
18、s: What the Worlds Greatest Managers Do Differently, they offer a useful guide in the form of 12 questions: -Do I know whats expected of me at work? -Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right? -At work, do I have the opportunity to de what I do best every day? -In the last 7 d
19、ays, have I received recognition or praise for doing good work? -Does my supervisor, or someone at work, seem to care about me as a person? -Is there someone at work who encourages my development? -At work, do my opinions seem to count? -Does the mission/purpose of my company make me feel my job is
20、important? -Are my coworkers committed to doing quality work? -Do I have a best friend at work? -In the last six months, has someone at work talked to me about my progress? -This last year, have I had opportunities at work to learn and to grow? Buckingham and Coffman picked these 12 questions after
21、looking for patterns among the responses of more than 1 million employees to workplace questions posed by the Gallup Organization over the years. “We were searching for those special questions where the most engaged employees. answered positively, and everyone else. answered neutrally or negatively,
22、“ they wrote. Their reasoning: they wanted to identify the key elements of a strong workplace that can attract and retain talent. Satisfaction with pay and benefits didnt make the list not because theyre not important, Coffman said, but because theyre important to all employees, whether theyre engag
23、ed in their work or not. So, assuming you feel youre paid the going rate for your job, answering affirmatively to all or even most of the 12 questions can be an indication that youve got a great job that you should part with only for very good reason. And if job satisfaction is important to you, the
24、n the promise of a bigger paycheck alone may not be reason enough. When Coffman is asked what percentage of companies he thinks actually pass the 12- question test, his estimate is no more than 15 percent. But within a company, he said, Individual departments may meet the test, even if the company o
25、verall doesnt. Why? The manager of a department makes all the difference. Coffman said when an employee quits, 70 percent of the time shes not leaving because of the job, shes leaving because of the manager. One cautionary note: your job may not be as wonderful for you as you think if you answer a m
26、ajority of the 12 questions affirmatively but the few questions that you cant are among the first six. Thats because the first six questions make up the base on which job satisfaction rests, according to Buckingham and Coffman. If your current job doesnt meet the first six criteria, you are more lik
27、ely to be disengaged with your work and less productive than you could be. Consider question three after all. Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best everyday? “If youre net able to use your gifts every day, youll be pretty frustrated,“ Coffman said. Of course, job satisfaction isnt a one
28、-way street with a department either meeting your needs or not. In order to answer the 12 questions honestly, you need to know what it is that makes you tick and net blindly blame your department for any job dissatisfaction. Do you know what it is you like to do and what you do best? What kind of re
29、cognition do you like? Public or private? What are your values and do they square with your companys goals? How do you like a manager to relate to you? Otherwise, your career, like a string of bad relationships, can become a case of “different partner, same problems“. 2 When you go to a company for
30、an interview, there is no need to care the feelings oftbe receptionists. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 According to Annie Stevens, many newly recruited managers fail in a new job because they cannot get along with their coworkers. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 If you want to get off to the right start, you shou
31、ld treat the receptionists as your potential bosses. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 If you fail to say “thank you“ to the receptionists, they will have negative impressions of you. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 If you want to give up a job wholesale, you should evaluate _ from it. 7 When you are measuring your w
32、ork, you should consider that if there is someone at work who encourages your development and talks to you about _. 8 The question about satisfaction with pay and benefits is not included in the 12 questions because its important to all employees, whether _ or not. 9 Even if the company overall cann
33、ot pass the 12-question test, _ may pass it. 10 You should pay special attention to the first six questions of the 12 questions because they make up the base on which _. 11 If yon want to answer the 12 questions honestly, you should know what makes you not blindly blame your department for _. Sectio
34、n 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 will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During
35、 the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） Go home. （ B） See a doctor. （ C） Finish the report. （ D） Look for his glasses. （ A） There is a chance she will turn down the scholarship. （ B） He is surprised that she won the scholarship. （ C）
36、 Its not true that she received a scholarship. （ D） She was certain to win the scholarship. （ A） He hopes to buy the computer after three months. （ B） He has been saving for three months. （ C） The computer was delivered earlier than he expected. （ D） The computer he wants is not available. （ A） What
37、 subject Dr. Duncan teaches. （ B） If she resembles Dr. Duncan. （ C） What kind of teacher Dr. Duncan is. （ D） What kind of classes the man wants to take. （ A） Plant some rose bushes in the yard. （ B） Cut some fresh flowers. （ C） Visit the park. （ D） Talk to someone who has visited the park. （ A） Buy
38、himself a cup of coffee. （ B） Buy four quarters of milk. （ C） Refill the coffee machine. （ D） Hand the woman some money. （ A） Shes willing to go to the movie. （ B） She has to go to sociology class tonight. （ C） Shell stay home to study tonight. （ D） The man should meet her at the restaurant. （ A） Th
39、e students dont need to drive to campus. （ B） There is a lack of parking areas on campus. （ C） The university is building new parking lots. （ D） The students are usually able to find parking places quickly. （ A） What kind of medicine to develop. （ B） When to advertise the drugs. （ C） How to promote
40、their products. （ D） The regulations of medicine advertising. （ A） To launch a campaign in all the specialist medical journals. （ B） To offer to return the purchase price if the customers are not satisfied. （ C） To advertise in the papers with doctors recommendation. （ D） To advertise through televi
41、sion commercials. （ A） She is a medical expert （ B） She knows nothing about the regulations of medicine advertisement. （ C） She will have to think of new ideas. （ D） The man appreciates her work very much. （ A） Bob is the mans college friend. （ B） Bob is a farm owner. （ C） Bob can never get over his
42、 love for a girl. （ D） Bob was once the captain of the football team. （ A） He will meet his college friends in a few days. （ B） He will eat fresh eggs and fresh milk on the farm. （ C） Fie has a family and grandchildren. （ D） He won the girls love. （ A） He doesnt believe in marriage. （ B） The girl he
43、 loved died. （ C） He loves football more than anything else. （ D） He cannot get over the girl who married someone else. （ A） Yes, she will. （ B） She has not made her decision yet. （ C） No, she wont. （ D） It is not known. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the e
44、nd 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） Almost all her life （ B） Less than half her life （ C） Until 1830 （ D） Before 1872
45、 （ A） She was not a productive poet. （ B） She saw many of her poems published. （ C） She was not a sociable person. （ D） She communicated only with seven poets. （ A） After Henry James referred highly to her. （ B） After seven of her poems were published. （ C） After her poems became known to others. （
46、D） After she had been dead for many years. （ A） It was named by the Chinese. （ B） It was named after a country house in England. （ C） It was named by a famous sports player. （ D） It was named by Indian army officers. （ A） In 1873. （ B） In 1875. （ C） In 1893. （ D） Between 1900 and 1934. （ A） He was t
47、he most influential figure in badminton. （ B） He had won 21 All-England championship in badminton. （ C） He had won the gold medal of badminton in the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992. （ D） He had won over eighty international titles all his life. （ A） Driving a car on a highway. （ B） The speed limit.
48、 （ C） The speed of light. （ D） The way our eyes see light. （ A） Because the speed of light changes easily. （ B） Because light slows down when it enters other medium. （ C） Because light moves very fast. （ D） Because the speed of light is reliable. （ A） The light will bend a lot. （ B） The speed limit
49、will be lower. （ C） The speed of light will not change. （ D） The speed of light will be lower. （ A） Light would slow down. （ B） Telescopes and eyeglasses wouldnt work. （ C） Light would bend slightly. （ D） Telescopes and eyeglasses would be broken. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you
