1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 788及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 Celebritys Privacy 1人们对名人的隐私很感兴趣 2有些人认为名人也应该有隐私 3我的看法 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
2、 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 Annie is a lo
3、ngtime 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. Some of t
4、hese 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 (失礼的 ) a
5、nd dismissive, so Altair 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“. Suggestions to
6、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 many ne
7、wly 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 the jobs
8、eeker 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 fur ge
9、tting 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 advantage.
10、 “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 help from
11、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 beverage, bu
12、t 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 interview
13、er. “Dont ask probing questions about the company or offer unsolicited opinions,“ Gostanian 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 grumbling afte
14、r youre hired. Dont talk on your ceil 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 forget to sa
15、y 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 moments. And
16、 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 task of a jo
17、b be it bond trading, teaching, balancing the books, or cleaning hotel rooms are 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 Rules: What the
18、 Worlds Greatest Managers Do Differently, they offer a useful guide in the form of 12 questions: Do I know whats expected of mc at work? Do I have the materials and equipment I need to de my work right? At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day? In the last 7 days, have I rec
19、eived 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 important? Are my c
20、oworkers 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 looking for patterns am
21、ong 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,“ they wrote. Their rea
22、soning: 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 engaged in their work or not
23、. So, assuming you feel youre paid the going rate for your job, answering affirmatively to ail 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, then the promise of a bigg
24、er 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 overall doesnt Why? The m
25、anager 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 majority of the 12 questio
26、ns 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 likely to be disengaged with
27、 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 not able to use your gifts every day, youll be pretty frustrated,“ Coffman said. Of course, job satisfaction isnt a one-way street with a depart
28、ment 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 not 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 recognition do you like? Pu
29、blic 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 an interview, there is no
30、 need to care the feelings of the 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 fight start, you should treat the receptionis
31、ts as your potential bosses. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 If yon 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 work, you should consider
32、 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 cannot pass the 12-quastinn
33、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 you want to answer the 12 questions honestly, you should know what makes you not blindly blame your department for _. Section A Directions: In this
34、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, you must rea
35、d the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） Sell second-hand computers. （ B） Exhibit state-of-the-art computers. （ C） Cut down the price of the computers. （ D） Find more cooperative partners. （ A） She arrived at the theater late. （ B） She left his watch in the
36、theater. （ C） She liked looking at his watch. （ D） She did not enjoy the drama. （ A） In a laboratory. （ B） At a party. （ C） In a supermarket. （ D） In a garden. （ A） A library. （ B） A theater. （ C） A coffee shop. （ D） A music hall. （ A） He is worried that his son might fail. （ B） He will suffer from
37、a lot of pressure. （ C） He wants his son to have a happy childhood. （ D） He wants his son to be successful. （ A） Negotiate with his boss. （ B） Calm down and wait for the right time. （ C） Quit his job and get a better one. （ D） Try harder to be promoted. （ A） She thought the lecture was interesting.
38、（ B） She was too tired to learn much from the lecture. （ C） She missed the lecture this morning. （ D） She did not finish the reading before the lecture. （ A） The man enjoyed the concert. （ B） They were disappointed with the concert. （ C） They listened to some elevator music. （ D） The woman didnt lik
39、e rock music. （ A） Secretary and Boss. （ B） Teacher and Student （ C） Customer and Librarian. （ D） Customer and Salesman; （ A） By desk-top computer terminals. （ B） With the help of a librarian. （ C） By the old card catalogue system. （ D） By the microfiche. （ A） To look for a part-time job here. （ B）
40、To borrow “War and Remembrance.“ （ C） To borrow a novel for some light reading. （ D） To learn to use the library as efficiently as possible. （ A） The size of the cafeteria. （ B） The food served in the cafeteria. （ C） The cost of meals in the cafeteria. （ D） Career opportunities in cafeterias. （ A） I
41、nform students of the disadvantages of frying food. （ B） Find other students who will work in the cafeteria. （ C） Ask students to try a new dish he has made. （ D） Collect students opinions about meals. （ A） Use less sauce on the food. （ B） Serve some less expensive food. （ C） Make some of the meals
42、less fattening. （ D） Stop serving hamburgers and fried chicken. （ A） Very doubtful. （ B） Quite annoyed. （ C） Somewhat curious. （ D） Indifferent. Section B Directions: 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 q
43、uestions 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） Some brave teachers ran secret night schools. （ B） Teachers who were found educating black children were forced to leave town. （ C） The first African Free Sc
44、hool was opened in New York City. （ D） Several African free schools began receiving public funding. （ A） They attempted to burn the school building down. （ B） They attempted to call the local police. （ C） They attempted to use laws against those students. （ D） They attempted to kill Crandall. （ A） B
45、ecause she was arrested and imprisoned. （ B） Because a white mob attacked the school. （ C） Because she was afraid that the students would be killed or badly injured. （ D） Because a law was passed making it illegal to provide a free education for black students. （ A） Their self-reported health record
46、s and mass index. （ B） Their marital and work history. （ C） Whether they have children or not. （ D） All-above mentioned. （ A） Women with multiple roles. （ B） Homemakers. （ C） Single mothers. （ D） Childless women. （ A） A method commonly used in research. （ B） A method of measuring obesity. （ C） A met
47、hod of analyzing data. （ D） A method of measuring height. （ A） Treasure hunters dont report their finds to avoid paying taxes on it. （ B） Those who find treasure usually keep it to themselves for fear that others might claim it. （ C） The police don t bother about keeping a record. （ D） Both A and B
48、（ A） Treasure hunters must report their finds to the police. （ B） Treasure hunters must have permits. （ C） A person who finds treasure must return it to its original owner. （ D） Taxes must be paid on treasure finds. （ A） It is located on the Gulf of Mexico. （ B） It has a warm climate. （ C） It didnt
49、have any laws during pirate days. （ D） It was under the rule of Spain. （ A） They would have money handy in many different places. （ B） They would leave it to later generations. （ C） It would be kept safe. （ D） They would get rid of it permanently. 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 th
