[中国名校六百家]中国名校六级密卷(广州外语外贸大学)(8)（上）

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Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension(20 minutes)
Section A
Directions:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question 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. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Example:You will hear: 
M: When shall we start our work, Jane?
W: Tomorrow at 9 o’clock. But we must work quickly, for we have to finish everything before 2 in the afternoon.
Q: For how long can they work?
You will read:
A) 2 hours.
B) 3 hours.
C) 4 hours.
D) 5 hours.
From the conversation we know that the two are talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D)“5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose ［D］ on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.
Sample Answer ［A］ ［B］［C］ ［D］
1. A) A drug store. B) A hospital.C) A supermarket. D) A clothes shop.
2. A) Clean air. B) Friendly folks.C) Freshness. D) Peaceful surroundings.
3. A) Buy a ticket. B) Leave at once.C) Get ready immediately. D) Call a taxi.
4. A) Stay at home and review the lesson.
B) Stay at home and have a good rest.
C) Go somewhere else.
D) Go to the concert tomorrow.
5. A) There is a flood every two years.
B) The flood is the worst ever since sixties.
C) There is a serious drought.
D) There is a severe flood.
6. A) The woman is an excellent cook.
B) The woman is a housewife.
C) Mary helped a lot in cooking the dish.
D) The woman has never cooked before.
7. A) He had to rewrite his essay.
B) He thought it better not to take part in the party.
C) He forgot about the English Evening.
D) His supervisor wanted to talk to him.
8. A) He has failed in the exam.
B) He has lost in the game.
C) He couldn’t represent his team.
D) The track meet had been cancelled.
9. A) To return the shoes and get the refund.
B) To buy another pair of shoes.
C) To change the shoes for another style.
D) To change the shoes for a different color.
10.A) He has some trouble with his parents.
B) His parents had a quarrel.
C) He and his wife might have had a quarrel. 
D) His wife and his parents might have disagreed with each other.
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Section B
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. Then listen to the passage again. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered S1 to S7 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered S8 to S10 you are required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
    Urban life has always involved a balancing of opportunities and __(11) __against dangers and stress; its __(12) __ force is, in the broadest sense, money. Opportunities to make money mean competition and competition is stressful; it is often at its most intense in the largest cities, where opportunities are greatest. The presence of huge numbers of people inevitably involves more conflict, more traveling, the __(13) __ of public services and __(14) __ to those __(15) __ and criminals who are drawn to the rich pickings of great cities. Crime has always __(16) __ in the relative anonymity of urban life, but today’s ease of movement makes its control more difficult than ever; there is much evidence that its extent has a direct relationship to the size of the communities. City __(17) __ may become trapped in their homes by the fear of crime around them.
    As a defense against these developments,__(18) __:contacts with other people are generally made brief and impersonal;doors are kept locked;telephone numbers may be exdirectory;Journeys outside the home are usually hurried,rather than a source of pleasure.__(19) __.Furthermore,all these defensive forms of behavior are harmful to society in general;they cause widespread loneliness and destroy the community’s concern for its members.__(20)__.

Part ⅡReading Comprehension(35 minutes)
Directions:There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B),C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 

Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

    Many people seem to think that science fiction is typified by the Bug-eyed Monster,embodying every feature that most people find repulsive.This is unfortunate because it degrades a worthwhile literary endeavor. Instead, the basic interest of science fiction lies in the relation between man and his technology and between man and the universe. Science fiction is a literature of change and a literature of the future, and the aspects of human life that it considers make it well worth reading and studying for no other literary form does quite the same things. What is science fiction? To begin, the following definition should be helpful: science fiction is a literary subgenre which postulates(以…为前提) a change (for human beings) from conditions as we know them and follows the implications of these changes to a conclusion.
The first point that science fiction is a literary sub genre-is a very important one, but one which is often overlooked or ignored in most discussions of science fiction. Specifically, science fiction is either a short story or a novel. There are only a few dramas which could be called science fiction, the body of poetry that might be labeled science fiction is only slightly larger. To say that science fiction is a subgenre of prose fiction is to say that it has all the basic characteristics and serves the same basic functions in much the same way as prose fiction in general, that is, it shares a great deal with all other novels and short stories.
    Everything that can be said about prose fiction, in general, applies to science fiction. Every piece of science fiction, whether short story or novel, must have a narrator, a story, a plot, the themes of science fiction are concerned with interpreting man’s nature and experience in relation to the world around him. Themes in science fiction are constructed and presented in exactly the same ways that themes are dealt with in any other kind of fiction. They are the result to a particular combination of a narrator, story, plot, character, setting, and language. In short, the reasons for reading and enjoying science fiction, and the ways of studying and analyzing it, are basically the same as they would be for any other story or novel.
21.From the first paragraph, we can infer that science fiction has been most popular in the 20th century because ____.
A) with the growth of literacy, the size of the reading public has increased
B) competition from television has created a demand for more exciting fiction
C) science fiction is easier to understand than other kinds of fiction
D) the increased importance of technology has given science fiction an increased relevance
22.According to the definition in the passage, a fictional work that places human beings in a prehistoric world inhabited by dinosaurs____.
A) cannot be called science fiction because it does not deal with the future
B) cannot be called science fiction because it doesn’t deal with technology
C) can be called science fiction because it deals with man’s relation to the world 
D) can be called science fiction because it places people in an environment different from the one we know
23. Science fiction is called a literary subgenre because____.
A) it is not important enough to be a literary genre
B) it cannot be made into a dramatic presentation
C) it shares characteristics with other types of prose fiction
D) it has its limits
24.One implication of the final sentence in the passage is that____.
A) the reader should turn next to commentaries on general fiction
B) there is no reason for any reader not to like science fiction
C) the reader should compare other novels and stories to science fiction
D) those who can appreciate prose fiction can appreciate science fiction
25.An appropriate title for this passage would be____.
A) Man and the Universe
B) Toward a Definition of Science Fiction
C) A Type of Prose Fiction
D) The Bug-Eyed Monster

Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
    The railroads played a key role in the settlement of the West. They provided relatively easy access to the region for the first time, and they also actively recruited farmers to settle there. The railroads are criticized for their part in settling the West too rapidly, with its resultant economic unrest. (After the Civil War the vast Great Plains area was settled all at once.) Of course there were abuses connected with building and operating the railroads, but it must be pointed out that they performed a useful service in extending the frontier and helping to achieve national unity.

The real tragedy of the rapid settlement of the Great Plains was the shameful way in which the American Indians were treated. Threatened with the destruction of their whole mode of life, the Indians fought back savagely against the white man’s final assault. Justice was almost entirely on the Indians’ side. The land was clearly theirs. The Indians, however, lacked the military force and the political power to protect this right. Not only did white men possess the Indians’ hunting grounds, but they rapidly destroyed the Indians’ principal means of existence—the buffalo. It has been estimated that there are 15 million buffalo in the plains in the 1860s. By 1869 the railroads had cut the herd in half, and by 1875 the southern herd was all but eliminated. By the middle of the 1880s the northern herd was also a thing to the past. Particularly annoying to the Indians was the fact that the white man frequently killed the buffalo merely for sport, leaving the valuable dead body to rot in the sun. 
    Theoretically, at least, the government tried to be fair to the Indians, but all too often the Indian agents were either too indifferent or corrupt to carry out the government’s promises conscientiously, the army frequently ignored the Indian Bureau and failed to coordinate its policies with the civilians who were normally in charge of Indian affairs. The settlers hated and feared the Indians and wanted them exterminated. This barbaric attitude, is certainly not excusable, but it is understandable in the context of the times.
26.The author’s attitude toward the treatment of American Indians by whites is of ____.
A) qualified regret B) violent angerC) strong disapproval D) objective indifference
27.The author implies which of the following about the forces at work during the settlement of the Great Plains?
A)The federal government represented the moral use of law.
B)Justice was overcome by military firepower.
C)Attempts by the government to be fair were rejected by the Indians.
D)The settler’s hatred and fear was offset by the Indians’ attempts at kindness. 
28.Which of the following shows that the white settlers did not need the buffalo as did the Indians?
A) Buffalo dead bodies were left rotting in the sun by whites. 
B) Nearly fifteen million buffalo were killed within twenty years.
C) More than half of the great buffalo herd had disappeared by 1869.
D) The railroad brought necessary food and supplies to the white settlers.
29.The author of the passage would most likely disagree that____.
A) the U.S. government’s policies towards the American Indians were shameful
B) the land that the Indians fought to retain belonged to them
C) numerous abuses were among the results of the railroads’ rapid spread 
D) the U. S. army could not be considered a friend of the American Indian
30.It can be inferred from the passage that the purpose of the Indian Bureau was to____.
A) establish reservations where the peaceful American Indians would live
B) assist with Indian affairs regarding the American Indians
C) help Indians with their food supplies
D) assist the Indians in learning a new method of obtaining food 

Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

    “Popular”art has a number of meanings,impossible to define with any precision,which range from folklore to junk(质量低劣的东西).The poles are clear enough,but the middle tends to blur.There can be great trash, just as there is bad high art.The musicals of George Gershwin are great popular art,never aspiring to high art.Schubert and Brahms,however,used elements of popular music-folk themes-in works clearly intended as high art.The case of Verdi is a different one,he took a popular genre（流派）-bourgeois melodrama set to music(an accurate definition of 19th century opera)and,without altering its fundamental nature,transformed it into high art.This remains one of the greatest achievements in music,and one that cannot be fully appreciated without recognizing the essential trashiness of the genre.As an example of such a transformation, consider what Verdi made of the typical political elements of 19th century opera. Generally in the plots of these operas, a hero or heroine--usually portrayed only as an individual, independent from social class is caught between the corruption of the aristocracy and the greed of the proletariat. Verdi transforms this naive and unlikely formulation with music of extraordinary energy and rhythmic vitality, music more subtle than it seems at first hearing. Such pieces lend an immediacy to the otherwise concealed political message of these operas and call up feelings beyond those of the opera itself.
    Or consider Verdi’s treatment of character. Before Verdi, there were rarely any characters at all in musical drama, only a series of situations which allowed the singers to express a series of emotional states. Any attempt to find coherent psychological portrayal in these is misplaced cleverness. The only coherence was the singer’s vocal technique: when the cast changed, new arias (独唱曲) were from other operas. Verdi’s characters, on the other hand, have consistency and integrity. The integrity of the character is achieved through the music: once he had become established. Verdi did not rewrite his music for different singers or countenance alterations, as every 18th-century composer had done. When he revised an opera, he only intended for dramatic economy and effectiveness.
31.The author refers to Schubert and Brahms in order to suggest____.
A) that their works are examples of great trash
B) that their works are examples of high art
C) that popular music could be employed in compositions intended as high art
D) that their achievements are no less substantial than those of Verdi
32.It can be inferred that the author regards the independence from social class of the heroes and heroines of 19th century opera as____.
A) an idealized but fundamentally accurate portrayal of bourgeois life
B) a plot convention with no real connection to political reality
C) a plot refinement 
D) a convention largely seen as irrelevant by audiences
33.According to the passage, the immediacy of the political message in Verdi’s operas stems from the____.
A) vitality and subtlety of the music
B) audience’s familiarity with the earlier operas
C) individual talents of the singers
D) portrayal of the heightened emotional states
34.According to the passage, all of the following characterize music drama before Verdi EXCEPT____.
A) arias tailored to a particular singer’s ability
B) adaptation of music from other operas
C) psychological inconsistency in the portrayal of characters
D) music used for defining a character
35.It can be inferred that the author regards Verdi’s revisions to his operas with____.
A) regret that the original music and texts are altered
B) concern that many of the revisions altered the plots of the original work 
C) approval for the intentions that motivated the revisions.
D) enthusiasm, since the revisions were aimed at reducing the conventionality

Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

    Surprisingly, modern historians have rarely been interested in the history of the American South in the period before the South began to become self-consciously “Southern”. Consequently, the cultural history of Britain’s North American Empire in the 17th and 18th centuries has been written almost as if the Southern colonies had never existed. The American culture that emerged during the Colonial periods has been depicted as having been simply an extension of New England Puritan culture. However, Professor Davis has recently argued that the South stood apart from the rest of American society during this early period, following its own unique pattern of cultural development. The case for Southern distinctiveness rests upon two related premises(前提): the first: the cultural similarities among the five Southern colonies were far more impressive than the differences; the second: what made those colonies alike also made them different from other colonies. The first, for which Davies offers an enormous amount of evidence, can be accepted; the second is far more problematic.
What makes the second premise problematic is the use of the Puritan colonies as a basis for comparison. Quite properly, Davis condemns the excessive influence ascribed by historians to the Puritans in the formation of American culture. Yet Davis carelessly adds weight to such ascriptions by using the puritans as the standard against which to assess the achievements and contributions of Southern colonials. Throughout, Davis focuses on the important differences between the Southern and Puritan colonies in patterns of early settlement, in attitudes toward nature and Native Americans, and in the degree of receptivity (接受能力) to metropolitan cultural influences.
    However, recent scholarship has strongly suggested that aspects of early New England culture that seem to have been most distinctly puritan, such as the strong religious orientation, were largely confined to the two colonies of Massachusetts and Connecticut.
36.According to the first paragraph, modern historians____.
A) are not interested in the history of American South
B) are more interested in the history of American South
C) are not interested in the history of American South colonies
D) are seldom interested in the history of American South colonies

37.The author mainly attempts to argue about____.
A)the influence of puritan culture on the early American south
B)the distinctiveness of the early American South culture
C)early American culture was similar in nature
D)the American South made greater contributions to early American culture than Puritan New England did.
38.According to Professor Davis, the culture of American South colonies ____.
A) has its own uniqueness
B) differs greatly from each other
C) is similar to Puritan Culture
D) is problematic
39.According to the author, the depiction of American culture during the Colonial periods reflects the fact that____.
A) American culture was influenced by the religious orientation of the colonists 
B) historians overestimated the influence of Puritans on American culture
C) Massachusetts served as cultural models for the other American colonies
D) colonial America resisted Puritan cultural patterns 
40.The author is in agreement with which of the following elements of Davis’ book.
ⅠDavis’ argument that there were significant differences between Puritan and Southern culture during the Colonial period.
ⅡDavis’ thesis that the cultural of Southern colonies differs a lot from each other.
A) I and II.B) II only.C) I only.D) None.

Part Ⅲ Vocabulary(20 minutes)
Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
41.Some African countries are ____ by mounting external debts
A) afflicted B) inflictedC) assaulted D) alienated
42.You showed great ____ in not crying.
A) constraint B) restrictC) strain D) restraint
43.Before they started to work, I asked the worker to give me an ____ of the cost of building the house.
A) assessment B) estimateC) evaluation D) measurement
44.At last justice has ____ and the guilty man has been punished.
A) prevalent B) prevailedC) persuaded D) perceived
45.I ____ you that there’s no danger.
A) ensure B) assureC) insure D) secure
46.We must ____ the usual customs of the local people and arrange accordingly.
A) assert B) certainC) allege D) ascertain
47.We ____ his great success to his intelligence and persistence.
A) distribute B)attributeC)contribute D) subject
48.The lawyer alleged that the doctor’s behavior had not been ____.
A) ethnic B) ethicsC) ethnics D) ethical
49.The wild animals are____in small cages in the zoo.
A) limited B) boundedC) restrict D) confined
50.A friendship may be ____, temporary, situational, or deep and long-lasting.
A)superficial B)superstitiousC) superior D)supplementary
51.The waste pipe is blocked; try ____ it out with hot water.
A) rushing B)brushingC)crushing D)flushing
52.His actions do not ____ to his words.
A)respond B)consistC) correspond D)accord
53.He____satisfaction from helping people in trouble.
A) derides B)derivesC) deviates D)detaches
54.There is a shift in____ from a woman’s view to a man’s view. 
A) prospective B) prospectusC) prosperous D) perspective
55.I ____ on a book with him. He help me a lot with collecting materials. 
A) cooperate B) operateC) collate D) collaborate
56.She is the ____ survivor of the air crash.
A) alone B) uniqueC) single D) sole
57.Both Bach and Beethoven wrote ____ music.
A) classical B) classicC) class D) classics
58.Physical attractiveness is not an important ____ in some people’s opinion.
A) ascribe B) attributeC) tribute D) trains
59.They came up with a(n) ____ way of preventing cheating in exams. 
A) ingnue B) ingenuousC) ingenious D) genius
60.The school dining room____ as a meeting place for teachers and students.
A) uses B) utilizesC) functions D) exerts
61.Their marriage is declared ____.
A) ineffective B) invalidC) in vain D) empty
62.The recent airplane crash ____ my belief that stronger safety regulations are needed.
A) infirm B) affirmsC) firms D) confirms
63.The salesgirl had ____ the mistakes in my bill as soon as possible.
A) rectified B) verifiedC) underlined D) certified
64.He doesn’t want to get married because he is afraid of any____.
A) committee B) contaminationC) commemoration D) commitments
65.I am____ of that woman; I think she may have stolen something from our shop.
A) skeptical B) specificC) suspicious D) spacious
66.The republication of the writer’s works will surely ____ his reputation. 
A) enhance B) strengthenC) enlarge D) magnify
67.In fairy tales, ____ beings will never die.
A) immoral B) immortalC) fatal D) immobile
68.Working consistently without rest, a lot of doctors and nurses ____ SARS. 
A) go down with B) go intoC) go for D) go away
69.Evening was____as I took the road over Mountain Top.
A) setting out B) setting inC) setting down D) setting off
70.It’s interesting that Mary____her aunt in every way.
A) takes on B) takes afterC) takes down D) takes to

Part Ⅳ Error Correction (15 minutes)
Directions:This part consists of a short passage. In this passage，there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark(∧ ) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash( /) in the blank.
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There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling. No school I have taught has ever ignored spelling or considered it important as a basic skill. There are, however, vastly different ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority (重点) it must be given over general language development and written ability. The problem is, how to encourage a child to express himself freely and confidently in writing without holding him back with the complexities of spelling?
If spelling becomes the only focal point of his teacher’s interest, clearly a bright child will be like to “play safe”. He will tend to write only words with his range and choose to avoid adventurous language. That is why teachers often encouraging the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability.
I was shocking to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about personal experience: “This work is terrible! There are far too many spelling errors and your writing is eligible.” It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupil’s technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection at the teacher who has omitted to read the essay, which contained any beautiful expressions of the child’s deep feelings. The teacher’s wrong not to draw attention to the errors, but if his priority centered on the child’s ideas, as expression of his disappointment with the presentation would have given the pupil more motivation to seek improvement.
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71.__________
72.__________
73.__________
74.__________
75.__________
76.__________
77.__________
78.__________
79.__________
80.__________

Part Ⅴ Writing (30 minutes)
Directions:For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition of letter, “Apply for a Junior Management Position at Lake Geneva Resort.” You should write at least 150 words.
Dear Mr. Borden,
yours truly,
Li Ming

听力原文
Section A
1.M: Good evening, Miss. Can I help you at all?
W: Oh, yes. I need some aspirin and a bottle of vitamin B, please.
Q: Where does this conversation most likely take place?
2.W: You must have passed through a lot of rural areas during your trip. Do you enjoy the country?
M: Yes. When you’ve been staying in an urbanized area too long you appreciate rural areas for a change. Everything is relaxed and easy. The scenery is beautiful.
Q: Why did the man enjoy the country?
3.W: You’ll have to hurry if you really want to catch the fight. The new airport is quite far from here.
M: Don’t worry. I’m almost ready. We’ll make it all right if we leave immediately. Have you called a taxi?
Q: What does the man have to do in order to get to the airport in time?
4.M: How would you like to go to the concert tonight?
W: Not tonight. I’m really not in the mood. I have to go to bed early. I have an important meeting to attend tomorrow.
Q: What does the woman want to do tonight?
5. W: This is the worst drought ever since the sixties.
M: Yes. But it’s just the opposite down in the south. They have the severest flood for the past 30 years.
Q: What do you know about the weather in the south?
6.M: The dish is delicious. I never knew that you are so good at cooking.
W: Thanks. But the credit should go to Mary. She prepared everything. If it weren’t for her, I’d never cook. Oh, please have some more.
Q: what can you infer from the conversation?
7.W: You didn’t turn up for yesterday’s English Evening as you had promised.
M: You know what. I went to see my supervisor about my essay. And then I forgot all about the party.
Q: What happened to the man?
8.W: Jack looked gloomy and depressed these days. Do you know why?
M: Oh, he practiced faithfully for the track meet, but was let down when it was called off.
Q: Why is Jack depressed?
9.M: Good afternoon, Madam. Can I help you?
W: Oh, Yes, Please. I bought this pair of leather shoes for my husband the other day. They are smart, aren’t they? But he doesn’t like the color. Have you got black ones?

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