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六级最新710分全真模拟题答案与详解(1)
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PartⅠ Listening Comprehension
1.答案A。［解题思路］这是一个phone conversation，谈话内容是关于广告的。
［详细解答］从四个选项得知所问问题是关于where的，既然是关于刊登广告的，到底是哪家呢？在对话开头有一句话提示“Hello, Campus Daily, advertising department. This is Mark speaking.”因此可排除B、C、D。Mark在报社工作。
［解题思路］弄清Cecilia广告的内容。
［详细解答］Mark问：Under what classification?Cecilia回答是the“Roomate Wanted” section.
根据常识可知她在寻找室友。选D。
［解题思路］弄清广告内容。
［详细解答］广告内容提及了B、C。问题是Cecilia忘了告诉Mark什么了。Mark said :“You’ll want your phone numbers on these, right?” Cecilia answered :“Thanks for reminding me――it’s 555――6972.”因此选A。
［解题思路］弄清广告的受收费标准。
［详细解答］Mark告诉她收费标准是：five dollars a week per line. Each of your ads will take up 3 lines, so that’s $15 per ad.问题是两则广告每周总费用。因而选C。
【试题分析】本题是一道细节题。
【关键词语】tele teaching,lesson
【详细解答】这道题中虽然提到“marine”一词，但考生只要听到“on the screen”一词就可以知道地点不是海洋中。关键在于考生听清了“an interesting tele teaching lesson”，就可以作出正确选择。
【试题分析】本题是一道细节题兼简单推断题。
【关键词语】in bad mood,failed
【详细解答】这道题关键词是“in bad mood”，“what’s wrong...”这类的词，然后结合后面的“failed the examination”，就可以判断出正确的选项。
【试题分析】本题是一道细节题兼简单判断题。
【关键词语】the biology class,replaced,a chemistry class
【详细解答】这道题要求考生对“replace”这类词要敏感，听到这个词，考生应当马上注意“什么代替了什么”这个问题，这样就不难得出答案。
【试题分析】本题是一道间接推断题。
【关键词语】the subway,faster,less
【详细解答】这道题要考生对“since”这类表示原因的词要注意，并且考生应当特别留心“but”这类转折连词，往往这类词后面的内容会是问题的关键所在。
【试题分析】本题是一道理解推断题。
【关键词语】would,bus,plane,but
【详细解答】这道题首先要求考生对虚拟语气的用法要了解。其次，在“but”这类词后的内容往往会反应出说话人对所讨论的事情的真正看法，考生要相当留意。
10.答案C。
【试题分析】本题是一道简单推断题。
【关键词语】least expensive,￡20,twice the much
【详细解答】这道题中考生听清“least expensive”后就要注意本题就价格进行讨论，然后掌握往“only”和“twice the much”，并记住它们各自所指，这样就不难得出结论。
11.答案C。
【试题分析】本题是一道计算题。
【关键词语】11 o’clock,time difference,4 hours earlier
【详细解答】这道题是一个关于时差的题，关键在于考生要明白“earlier”一词的含义。当巴黎时间是11点时，说话人所在地的时间是7点，这样才是“The time in Paris is 4 hours earlier than that here.”
12.答案D。
【试题分析】本题是一道间接判断题。
【关键词语】no use,after 5:30
【详细解答】这道题只是要求考生在听懂录音后进行逻辑推断，商店在5：30或5：30之前关门，所以5：30之后就没必要到那间商店去了，因为它已经关门了。
13.答案C。
【试题分析】本题是一道简单计算题。
【关键词语】150 pounds,took off 10 pounds,gained back 5 pounds
【详细解答】这道题的关键词是“took off”和“gained back”，一个是减，一个是加，150-10+5＝145就是所要的答案。
14.答案D。
【试题分析】本题是一道间接推断题。
【关键词语】a waste of
【详细解答】这道题中，只要考生听准了“a waste of...”这个词组，就
很容易通过判断得出答案了。
15.【参考答案】 extremely
【详细解答】 extremely意为“极度地，极努力地”，为extreme的副词形
16.【参考答案】 executive
【详细解答】 executive意为“执行者”，注意其拼写。
17.【参考答案】 extra
【详细解答】 extra意为“额外的，特别的”。
18.【参考答案】 refreshments
【详细解答】 refreshments名词，意为“恢复，爽快”，注意其拼法。
19.【参考答案】 hospitality
【详细解答】 hospitality名词，好客，殷勤，注意其拼法。
20.【参考答案】 vagueness
【详细解答】 此词为vague“含糊的”加ness构成名词，意为“含糊”。
21.【参考答案】 newcomer
【详细解答】 此词为new+comer构成，意为“新来的”。
22.【参考答案】 quality
【详细解答】 quality意为“质量”，注意与quantity区别。
23.【参考答案】 Try to identify the decisionmaker regarding&your product or services immediately and get to know him on a friendly basis. Do your homework. Be prepared to discuss details of your product or proposal. Be ready to answer technical questions.
【详细解答】 identify验明，注意immediately, basis, proposal和technical的拼写。
24.【参考答案】 On the other hand, “yes” does not necessarily mean “yes”. A smile and slow nod might seem like an agreement, but in fact, your host is being polite. An Arab considers it impolite to disagree with a guest.
【详细解答】 on the other hand另一方面；in fact事实上；disagree with对…
25.答案B。
【试题分析】本题是一道综合推断题。
【关键词语】Weather Report,Chicago
【详细解答】这道题中，当考生听过录音以后，不难判断出这是一篇天气预报，这样就可以排除C、D两项。考生听到了关键词“Chicago”(芝加哥)，就不难判断出这是一篇美国的天气预报了。
26.答案C。
【试题分析】本题是一道细节推断题。
【关键词语】Monday Morning
【详细解答】这道题要求考生注意开头第一句总起时就强调是“周一早间天气预报”，然后就不难推出文中后面提及的“tomorrow”就是周二，文中提到“we are expecting warm dry weather to continue throughout the day...”这样就能得出正确答案。该题有一定隐蔽性，要求考生要细心听录音。
27.答案D。
【试题分析】本题是一道细节题。
【关键词语】fair weather continuing
【详细解答】这道题要求考生一定要注意天气预报中一般都会有对未来几天
的天气形势的预测，考生注意了这个信息点，就能正确选择答案了。
28.答案A。
【试题分析】本题是一道细节题。
【关键词语】hardly,difficult
【详细解答】这道题要求考生注意细节，特别是“hardly”，“difficult
”一类表示
否定或有否定含义的词，排出否定的内容，四个选项中就能选出正确的选项了。
29.答案B。
【试题分析】本题是一道细节题。
【关键词语】disappearance of many ships and planes
【详细解答】这道题主要是考查考生听音是否细心，只要注意到细节，是不
难得出答案的。
30.答案D。
【试题分析】本题是一道细节题兼推断题。
【关键词语】the Atlantic Ocean
【详细解答】这道题的答案在一开始就已出现，经过训练，对文中开头一句
特别注意的考生
是不难得出答案的。即便漏听了第一句，考生也可以根据后面提到的地理位置推断出答案。
31.答案A。
【试题分析】本题是道综合推断题。
【关键词语】bombs
【详细解答】这道题就是要求考生对新闻英语中所发生的事件要留意去听，而且文中多次提及“bomb”，从这，也不难推出答案。
32.答案B。
【试题分析】本题是一道细节题。
【关键词语】a bus center
【详细解答】这道题要求考生注意细节，也就是事件发生的地点。
33.答案D。
【试题分析】本题是一道简单计算题。
【关键词语】killing one person,killing 3 others
【详细解答】我们一再要求考生对听音中听到的数字要保持敏感，这道题中
只要考生记住了数字，就只是一个简单的1+3=4的问题。
34.答案D。
【试题分析】本题是一道细节题。
【关键词语】turned down any UN investigation
【详细解答】这道题要求考生理解“turn down”一词的含义为“拒绝，摒
斥”，只要了解这一点，答案是显然的。
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
本文讲述了拍卖的一些特点，以及拍卖的起源，它的程序以及内容。
35.答案A。
【参考译文】拍卖的货物被如何卖掉?
【试题分析】本题是一道推断题。
【详细解答】这道题的答案在第一段的第三句话。B、C、D三个选项都是错误的表述。
36.答案D。
【参考译文】竞价结束叫做“knocking down”是因为……
【试题分析】本题是一道推断题。
【详细解答】这道题要求考生不要被A、B、C选项迷惑，考生只要注意到第一段最后的一句话中由“for”引导的原因状语从句，就可以得到答案。
37.答案D。
【参考译文】在“The Romans usually sold in this way the spoils taken in war”一句中，“spoil”一词最可能意为……
【试题分析】本题是一道综合推断题。
【详细解答】这道题要求考生进行分析。“taken in war”的东西而且能出卖的，当然不会是A.也不会单单只是“spears”或“food”，而该是D“战利品”。
38.答案D。
【参考译文】在英格兰，拍卖时点一支蜡烛是为了……
【试题分析】本题是一道细节题。
【详细解答】这道题要求考生注意第二段的最后一句话“... and bid could be made while it was burning.”这句话就是答案所在。
39.答案B。
【参考译文】拍卖目录给了买者……
【试题分析】本题是一道理解分析题。
【详细解答】这道题要求考生掌握“particulars”词意指“详细情况”。而且考生也可以从第四段第二句“If the advertisement cannot give full details,...”一句中得出正确。
本文主要讲述了美洲猴中一些种类的“第五只手”――一种能卷缠住东西的尾巴。文中讲述这种尾巴的功能特证，并对不同种类进行比较。文章结尾还提及了美洲猴上半身的进化。[FK)][CSX]
40.答案A。
【参考译文】这篇文章主要讨论……
【试题分析】本题是一道综合概括题。
【详细解答】这道题要求考生通读全文进行归纳。B、D两项文中并未涉及，而C项仅仅是结尾处提了一下，根据文章大意，选项A正确。
41.答案B。
【参考译文】作者可能认为猴子用它能卷住东西的尾巴是为了……
【试题分析】本题是一道细节题。
【详细解答】这道题要求考生注意文中的举例，而且A、C、D三项文中没有提到过。
42.答案A。
【参考译文】第二句，“their”一句是指……
【试题分析】本题是一道理解分析题。
【详细解答】这道题要求考生注意，文中的代词所指对象。从“their old world counterparts”可推出their是指代“many of these”的，而many of these”又指的是“New World monkeys”。
43.答案D。
【参考译文】从文中可以推断出亚洲的猩猩和一种美洲猴在哪方面相似?
【试题分析】本题是一道细节题。
【详细解答】这道题的答案在最后一句。考生注意了“have also evolved arms and shoulders”一句，arms and shoulders也就是“upper body structure”。
44.答案C。
【参考译文】据文中的信息，下列哪种说法不正确?
【试题分析】本题是一道综合判断题。
【详细解答】这道题要求考生通读全文，A、B、D三项是文中提到的，而C正与文中“While of course a tail is not equipped with fingers,...”相反，所以C是不正确的。
本文讲述了巴尔的摩的建成与发展，讲述了它在发展初期的发展原因以及存在的一些问题。
45.答案A。
【参考译文】巴尔的摩何年建立?
【试题分析】本题是一道细节题。
【详细解答】这道题的答案就在文章的第一句。
46.答案D。
【参考译文】下列哪个选项在1790年不是该国三大城市之一?
【试题分析】本题是一道细节题。
【详细解答】这道题的答案在第一段最后一句，考生唯一要注意的问题是问“三个最大的城市”，巴尔的摩当时排第四位。
47.答案C。
【参考译文】在13行，用什么词代替“sparked”最合适?
【详细解答】本题是一道理解推断题。
【详细解答】这道题要求考生结合句子理解词意。选项中，A为“激怒”，B为“闪烁”，C为“导致”，D为“解雇”，而根据文中句子可以解释spark意为“引发，激发”，所以答案为C。
48.答案D。
【参考译文】在1788年成立了哪一级政府?
【试题分析】本题是一道细节题。
【详细解答】这道题的答案在第二段第三句。
49.答案B。
【参考译文】下面哪个关于1812年巴尔的摩的论述可从文章推断出来?
【试题分析】本题也是一道细节题。
【详细解答】这道题考生可以从文章最后一句“preindustrial”一词，可以推断出选项B是正确的。
&50.答案A。
【参考译文】作者的主要目的是什么?
【试题分析】本题考查综合归纳能力。
【详细解答】文章谈论动物打哈欠的不同用意，并不一定是感到疲倦，人类与动物打哈欠的
用意不同，也不仅只有社会化的动物才打哈欠。用排除归纳法可选出正确答案A。
&51.答案B。
【参考译文】文章的主要观点是[CD#4]。
【试题分析】本题考查综合归纳能力。
【详细解答】A项有“totally”,不能选；C项不是主题；D项不是主要内容。全文主要讲述巴基斯坦妇女地位的提高，选B项。
&52.答案B。
【参考译文】关于急救的描述哪句是对的?
【试题分析】本题考查综合归纳能力。
【详细解答】可从文中分析出(或根据自己的经验判断)A、C、D三项肯定不正确，只有B项是
53.答案C。
【参考译文】哪项不是所有的船上都有的?
【试题分析】本题是信息查寻题。
【详细解答】在Rock climbing wall后有注明some ships，即不是所有的船都有此项目。
Part Ⅲ The Use of English
54.答案：registered 改为 has registered。
【试题分析】本题为时态误用。
【详细解答】用过去式，只表示过去取得进步，不一定表示和现在的关系。由于下文是主句，其内容是“房改仍受旧住房分配制度的束缚”，说明仍对现在有影响，而改用现在完成式就可强调这一点。本句意为：……中国的房改已在过去的十年中取得了引人注目的进步，……
55.答案：to改为from。
【试题分析】本题是介词错用。
【详细解答】从本句意义上看，房子由单位领导分配，应用表示“从”的英语介词。而“to”表示“朝……方向；向；至”等意义，不符合句意。本句的意思是：大多数国有企业的职工仍能从他们的单位得到公寓房。
56.答案：a 改为an。
【试题分析】本题为不定冠词误用。
【详细解答】obstacle是元音开头，应用不定冠词an。本句可译为：……这种做法已造成国有企业的沉重负担并成为改革的障碍。
57.答案：去掉in the charge of 中的“the”。
【试题分析】本题为词组的误用。
【详细解答】in the charge of表示“由……主管”的被动意义，主语通常是某个单位，部门或某项工作等名词，of 后接表示人的名词或代词，例如：The work in the charge of our monitor has been finished.由我们班长负责的这项工作已经做完了。而本句需要用表示主动的in charge of“负责、主管”的意思。其主语通常为表示人的名词或代词。of 后接某项工作、任务等名词。例如：Professor Wang in charge of the experiment in physics has just gone out.负责这项物理实验的王教授刚才出去了。本句意为：那些企业应当建立负责住房的一个专门的股份公司。
58.答案：at改为for。
【试题分析】本题是介词误用。
【详细解答】responsible后接for ,表示“负责……”的意思；responsible不与at搭配。本句的意思是：让这个股份公司自负盈亏。
59.答案：own 应为owned。
【试题分析】本题是词性误用。
【详细解答】根据构词法own加形容词后缀-ed表示“有”的意思。own作形容词时本身只有“自己的”意思；作动词时是“拥有”之意。另外，本文开头一句中已有此词。本句的意思为：国有企业必须在住房投资和生产投资之间区别清楚。
60.答案：to 改为with/by。
【试题分析】本题是介词的误用。
【详细解答】根据句意，要用意思为“以……代替……”的句型，因而应是replace…with…或replace…by …。本句意为：企业应该以足够的住房补贴来代替旧的住房分配制度……。
61.答案：beef后加up。
【试题分析】本题为介词的漏用。
【详细解答】beef up 是“增强,加强”之意,符合句意。beef作动词时,是“发牢骚;抱怨”的意思。本句的意思是:中国应不断努力来改善社会保障体系。
62.答案：with改为to。
【试题分析】本题是介词的误用。
【详细解答】“provide ……… with”的意思是“给……提供……”汉语中“给”后接指人的名词或代词,“提供”后接指“物”的名词或代词。但英语中“provide”后跟指人的名词或代词,“with”后跟指“物”的名词或代词。显然原句错用了介词。 “provide…… to”表示“为……提供……”。 “provide”后跟指“物”的名词或代词,“to”后跟指人的名词或代词。本句可译为:政府为那些买不起房子的人提供住房时有两种选择。
63.答案：redistributing改为to redistribute 。
【试题分析】本题为动词形式的误用。
【详细解答】根据句意,重新分配旧房是比较具体的动作, 用动词不定式作表语比较合适。而动名词作表语时表示一般的, 抽象的动作。其次,“重新分配旧房”这个动作尚未发生,这也是用动词不定式的原因。另外,根据上句,采取不定式作表语。本句意为：另一种是重新分配旧房。
冰山是大自然最壮观的产物，其形成和消失都鲜为人知, 冰山总笼罩着神秘的面纱，然而它们形状各异，色彩缤纷，是海上一道绚丽的风景。冰山虽然美丽但也危险，因为它们大部分都隐藏在水下，只露出一角，而且还容易突然反转形成急流。冰山上的积雪大多年代久远，有的甚至有几百万年的历史，因此冰山是由千年的积雪反复堆积而形成的冰晶体。
S1.【参考答案】The nature and origin of icebergs.
【解题技巧】采用归纳法，从全文归纳其中心思想。
【详细解答】文章第一段谈到冰山是大自然最壮观的产物，因其形成和消失都鲜为人知, 冰山总笼罩着神秘的面纱；第二段提到了冰山的美丽；它们形状各异，色彩缤纷，是海上一道绚丽的风景；第三段介绍了冰山的危险，因为它们大部分都隐藏在水下，只露出一角，而且还容易突然反转形成急流；第四段介绍了冰山上的积雪年代久远；第五段介绍了冰山是如何形成。这样，通过归纳，不难得出全文主要是谈论讨论了冰山的性质和起源。解答此类大意主旨题，需要考生通读全文才能归纳出文章的大意。
S2.【参考答案】Because they are located in remote regions of the world.
【解题技巧】本题利用原文所给信息进行归纳得出答案。
【详细解答】文章第一段提到“They come into being-somewhere-in faraway, frigid waters, amid thunderous noise and splashing turbulence, which in most cases no one hears or sees.”冰山形成于遥远的地方，故大多数人都看不到，听不到。
S3.【参考答案】Because they are hidden underwater and can turn over unexpectedly.
【解题技巧】分析归纳原文中的相关信息得出答案。
【详细解答】文章第三段介绍了冰山的危险性，提到“Most of their bulk is hidden below the water, so their underwater parts may extend out far beyond the visible top. Also, they may roll over unexpectedly, churning the waters around them.”冰山的大部分都隐藏在水下，只露出一角，而且还容易突然反转形成急流，因此它们很危险。
S4.【参考答案】The result of accumulation of snowflake.
【解题技巧】本题利用第五段所给信息进行归纳得出答案。
【详细解答】第五段介绍了冰山是如何形成的，“As each year’s snow accumulation lay on the surface, evaporation and melting caused the snowflakes slowly to lose their feathery points and become tiny grains of ice…With time and pressure from above, the many small ice grains joined and changed to larger crystals, and eventually the deeper crystals merged into a solid mass of ice.”说到底，冰山是由雪花经过长时间的堆积而成。
S5.【参考答案】The author is full of wonder.
【解题技巧】通过关键字句揣测作者的态度。
【详细解答】从文章第一句话“Icebergs are among nature’s most spectacular creations”作者说冰山是大自然最壮观的产物，以及第二段对冰山美丽的描述，说它们是最纯粹的美，既幽雅又端庄，为平静的海面平添了许多激情，可以看出作者对冰山充满了惊叹之情。
Part Ⅳ Writing
2008年申奥成功, 体育运动必将成为社会讨论的热门话题,六级考试写作也可能涉及到这方面的话题，应该引起大家的重视。本题是一篇号召大家参加体育运动的论说文。根据给出的写作提纲，全文可分为三段来写，而每条提纲也可作为每段的主题句。第一段的主题可为：In the world today, more and more people are interested in sports and games, which have become part of people’s daily life.围绕这个主题句，可具体列举出一些人们喜爱从事的体育活动，如：swing, running, basketball, football, table tennis and badminton。第二段的主题句可为：But there are still some people who don’t know the importance of sports and games.此段可用举例法来说明为什么有些人仍然不了解运动的重要性；第三段为总结段，画龙点睛地提出体育运动的重要性。
Writing Sample
Let’s Go in for Sports
&&& In the world today, more and more people are interested in sports and games, which have become part of people’s daily life. In our country, swing, running, basketball, football, table tennis and badminton are the favourite sports and games. Early every morning you can see people doing all kinds of exercises in parks and open grounds. Friendly matches and sports meets are often held in schools and factories.
&&& But there are still some people who don’t know the importance of sports and games. They treat them only as amusements just like films or radio programmes. We all know that sports and games build our bodies and keep us in good health. They are especially helpful to those who work with their brains. So sports and games can also train a person’s character. On the sports field, a child learns to fight fair and hard, to win without pride and lose with grace. Sports and games are like a bridge to true friendship. Later, when he has grown up, he will naturally work for the good of his country instead of for his own benefit.
&&& As we have said above, sports and games can be of great value. They not only make people live happily but also help people to learn virtues and do their work better. A sound mind is in a sound body. Let’s go in for sports and games.
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中国科学院研究生院权威支持(北京)　电 话：010-　传 真：010-2013年大学英语大学英语六级单项选择试题每日一练（）
以下试题来自：（2006年模拟试卷，试卷总分：100分，）单项选择：Passage Two
The free enterprise has produced a technology capable of providing the American consumer with the largest and most varied marketplace in the world. Technological advances, however, have come hand-in-hand with impersonal mass marketing of goods and services. Along with progress, too, have come some instances of manipulative advertising practices and a great increase of products whose reliability, safety and quality are difficult to evaluate.
Today's consumers buy, enjoy, use and discard more types of goods than could possibly have been imagined even a few years ago. Yet too often consumers have no idea of the materials that have gone into the manufacturer's finished product or their own motivation in selecting one product over another.
Easy credit and forceful techniques of modern marketing persuade many consumers to buy what they cannot afford. The consequent overburdening of family budgets is a problem for consumers at all economic levels. It is not unusual for families to allocate 20 percent or more of their income to debt repayments without understanding the effect of this allocation has upon other choices. Some families have such tight budgets that an illness, a period of unemployment, or some other crises finds them without adequate reserves.
In addition to the growing complexity of the market, consumers are sometimes faced with unfair and deceptive practices. Although there are laws designed to protect the consumers, there is not a sufficient number of law enforcers to cover all the abuses of the marketplace.
An adult in today’s society should be knowledgeable in the use of credit. He could understand what is involved in purchasing a house, and the many pitfalls to be avoided when entering into financial agreements. He should know enough about advertising and selling techniques to enable him to discern the honest from the deceptive. He should be knowledgeable about consumer protection laws so that he can demand his rights. When he needs help, he should know the private and public sources to which he can turn for assistance.第1题：The author points out that some families ________.A．are unprepared for financial emergenciesB．forget to claim interest charges on their income tax formsC．spend more money on food than they would like toD．purchase a house without knowing its true value正确答案：A （）答案解析：[解析] 推断题。文章第三段最后一句指出贷款消费导致的后果，即“有些家庭的预算竟如此拮据，以至当有了疾病、失业或者其它紧急情况时，他们发现自己没有任何的储蓄”(Some families have such tight budgets that an illness，a period of unemployment，or some other crises finds them without adequate reserves．)。据此推断A是正确答案。以下试题来自：（2004年真题试卷，试卷总分：95分，）单项选择：Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
It's hardly news that the immigration system is a mess. Foreign nationals have long been slipping across the border with fake papers, and visitors who arrive in the U.S. legitimately often overstay their legal welcome without being punished. But since Sept. 11, it's become clear that terrorists have been shrewdly factoring the weaknesses of our system into their plans. In addition to their mastery of forging passports, at least three of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers (劫机者) were here on expired visas. That's been a safe bet until now. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) (移民归化局) lacks the resources, and apparently the inclination, to keep track of the estimated 2 million foreigners who have intentionally overstayed their welcome.
But this laxness (马虎) toward immigration fraud may be about to change. Congress has already taken some modest steps. The U. S. A. Patriot Act, passed in the wake of the Sept. 11 tragedy, requires the FBI, the Justice Department, the State Department and the INS to share more data, which will make it easier to stopwatch-listed terrorists at the border.
But what's really needed, critics say, is even tougher laws and more resources aimed at tightening up border security. Reformers are calling for a rollback of rules that hinder law enforcement. They also want the INS to hire hundreds more border patrol agents and investigators to keep illegal immigrants out and to track them down once they're here. Reformers also want to see the INS set up a database to monitor whether visa holders actually leave the country when they are required to.
All these proposed changes were part of a new border-security bill that passed the House of Representatives but died in the Senate last week. Before Sept. 11, legislation of this kind had been blocked by two powerful lobbies: universities, which rely on tuition from foreign students who could be kept out by the new law, and business, which relies on foreigners for cheap labor. Since the attacks, they've backed off. The bill would have passed this time but for congressional maneuverings and is expected to be reintroduced and to pass next year.
Also on the agenda for next year: a proposal, backed by some influential law-makers, to split the INS into two agencies -- a good cop that would tend to service functions like processing citizenship papers and a bad cop that would concentrate on border inspections, deportation and other functions. One reason for the division, supporters say, is that the INS has in recent years become too focused on serving tourists and immigrants. After the Sept. 11 tragedy, the INS should pay more attention to serving the millions of ordinary Americans who rely on the nation's border security to protect them from terrorist attacks.第2题：It can be inferred from the passage that before Sept. 11, aliens with expired visas ________.A．might have them extended without troubleB．would be closely watched by FBI agentsC．might stay on for as long as they wishedD．would live in constant fear of deportation正确答案：C （）答案解析：事实判断题。题目询问我们从文中可得出9月11日前，带着过期签证的外国人会怎么样。根据文章第2句“visitors who arrive in the U．S．legitimately often overstay their legal welcome without being punished(以合法途径来到美国的游客经常超过合法停留时间却不会受到惩罚)”，可以得出答案为[C]第3题：We learn from the passage that coordinated efforts will be made by various U. S. government agencies to ________.A．refuse the renewing of expired visasB．ward off terrorist suspects at the borderC．prevent the forgery of immigration papersD．limit the number of immigrants to the U. S.正确答案：B （）答案解析：事实判断题。题目询问我们可以从文中得知美国不同政府机构共同努力是为了什么。根据第2段最后一句，其中的the FBI，the Justice Department，the State Department and the INS就是题目中的various U．S．government agencies。而从“which will make it easier to stop watch-listed terrorists at the border(这将使得在边境阻止监视名单上的恐怖分子入境变得更为容易)”可以判断答案为[B]。以下试题来自：（2001年真题试卷，试卷总分：100分，）单项选择：Passage Four
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
Taking charge of yourself involves putting to rest some very prevalent myths. At the top of the list is the notion that intelligence is measured by your ability to so to read, write and compu and to resolve abstract equations quickly. This vision of intelligence asserts formal education and bookish excellence as the true measures of self-fulfillment. It encourages a kind of intellectual prejudice that has brought with it some discouraging results. We have come to believe that someone who has more educational merit badges, who is very good at some form of school discipline is "intelligent". Yet mental hospitals arc filled with patients who have all of the properly lettered certificates. A truer indicator of intelligence is an effective, happy life lived each day and each present moment of every day.
If you are happy, if you live each moment for everything it's worth, then you are an intelligent person. Problem solving is a useful help to your happiness, but if you know that given your inability to resolve a particular concern you can still choose happiness for yourself, or at a minimum refuse to choose unhappiness, then you are intelligent. You are intelligent because you have the ultimate weapon against the big N. B. D. -- Nervous Break Down.
"Intelligent" people do not have N. B. D. 's because they are in charge of themselves. They know how to choose happiness over depression, because they know how to deal with the problems of their lives.
You can begin to think of yourself as truly intelligent on the basis of how you choose to feel in the face of trying circumstances. The life struggles are pretty much the same for each of us. Everyone who is involved with other human beings in any social context has similar difficulties. Disagreements, conflicts and compromises are a part of what it means to be human. Similarly, money, growing old, sickness, deaths, natural disasters and accidents are all events which present problems to virtually all human beings. But some people are able to make it, to avoid immobilizing depression and unhappiness despite such occurrences, while others collapse or have an N. B.D. Those who recognize problems as a human condition and don't measure happiness by an absence of problems are the most intelligent ki also, the most rare.第4题：According to the passage, what kind of people are rareA．Those who don't emphasize bookish excellence in their pursuit of happiness.B．Those who are aware of difficulties in life but know how to avoid unhappiness.C．Those who measure happiness by an absence of problems but seldom suffer from N. B. D. 's.D．Those who are able to secure happiness though having to struggle against trying circumstances.正确答案：B （）答案解析：推断题。题目询问从文章中可看出哪一类人是少有的。根据文章最后一句话“Those who recognize problems as a human condition and don't measure happiness by an absence of problems are the most intelligent kind of humans we know；also，the most rare．(那些认识到困难是人生必然存在的情况，并且不以有无困难来衡量幸福的人才是我们所知的最聪明的一类人，也是很罕见的一类人)”，[B]与文章的观点相符。[A]和[C]与文章所陈述的内容相背，[D]文章并没有提及此类信息。第5题：In the last paragraph, the author tells us that ______.A．difficulties are but part of everyone's lifeB．depression and unhappiness are unavoidable in lifeC．everybody should learn to avoid trying circumstancesD．good feelings can contribute to eventual academic excellence正确答案：A （）答案解析：辨认事实题。题目询问在最后一段中，作者告诉了我们什么。文章最后一段提到“Everyone who is involved with other human beings in any social context has similar difficulties．Disagreements，conflicts and compro raises are a part of what it means to be human．Similarly，money，growing old，sickness，deaths，natural disasters and accidents are all events which present problems to virtually all human beings．But some peo pie are able to make it，to avoid immobilizing depression and unhappiness despite such occurrences，while others collapse or have an N．B．D．(生活的磨难对每个人都是一样的。处于社会生活中的人都会遇到相似的困难、意见分歧、冲突和妥协都是生活的一部分。同样，金钱、衰老、疾病、死亡、自然灾害也是人所面临的问题。但有些人能乐观地面对困难，快乐地生活，避免生活中的沮丧和不幸，而有些人却被困难所击倒，情绪沮丧)”，因此，[A]与作者的写作意图相符；[B]与文中所给的意思不符；[C]也与文章所陈述的意思不符，因为艰难的处境是难以避免的；[D]的信息在文章中并没有提及。以下试题来自：（2000年真题试卷，试卷总分：95分，）单项选择：Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
Conventional wisdom about conflict seems pretty much cut and dried. Too little conflict breeds apathy" (冷漠) and stagnation (呆滞). Too much conflict leads to divisiveness (分裂) and hostility. Moderate levels of conflict, however, can spark creativity and motivate people in a healthy and competitive way.
Recent research by Professor Charles R. Schwenk, however, suggests that the optimal level of conflict may be more complex to determine than these simple generalizations. He studied perceptions of conflict among a sample of executives. Some of the executives worked for profit-seeking organizations and others for not-for-profit organizations.
Somewhat surprisingly, Schwenk found that opinions about conflict varied systematically as a function of the type of organization. Specifically, managers in not-for-profit organizations strongly believed that conflict was beneficial to their organizations and that it promoted higher quality decision-making than might be achieved in the absence of conflict.
Managers of for-profit organizations saw a different picture. They believed that conflict generally was damaging and usually led to poor-quality decision making in their organizations. Schwenk interpreted these results in terms of
the criteria for effective decision making suggested by the executives. In the profit-seeking organizations, decision making effectiveness was most often assessed in financial terms. The executives believed that consensus rather than conflict enhanced financial indicators.
In the not-for-profit organizations, decision-making effectiveness was defined from the perspective of satisfying constituent. Given the complexities and ambiguities associated with satisfying many diverse constituents executives perceived that conflict led to more considered and acceptable decisions.第6题：People working in a not-for-profit organization ______.A．find it easier to reach agreementB．seem to be difficult to satisfyC．are less effective in making decisionsD．are free to express diverse opinions正确答案：D （）答案解析：推断题。题目询问在非赢利机构工作的人员______。根据文章最后一段“In the not-for-profit organizations， decision making effectiveness was defined from the perspective of satisfying constituent．Given the complexities and ambiguities associated with satisfying many diverse constituents executives perceived that conflict led to more considered and acceptable decisions (非赢利机构的决定的有效性通常是根据其成员的满意度来确定的。考虑到满足不同成员的复杂性和隐讳性，决策者认为只有冲突才能产生成熟的和可接受的决定)”，由此可看出，他们能随意发表自己的意见。因此，[D]与文章所陈述的意思一致；[A]与文中所陈述之意相背；[B]在文中并没有出现此类信息；[C]在文中并没有进行阐述。第7题：The passage suggests that in for-profit organizations______.A．decisions must be justifiableB．expression of different opinions is encouragedC．success lies in general agreementD．there is no end of conflict正确答案：C （）答案解析：推断题。题目询问根据文章，赢利机构______。根据文章第4段“They believed that conflict generally was damaging and usually led to poor-quality decision making in their organizations．In the profit-seeking organizations，decision-making effectiveness was most often assessed in financial terms．The executives believed that consensus rather than conflict enhanced financial indicators(赢利机构的经理们认为冲突往往只会给他们带来破坏性。在赢利机构中，决定的效率绝大多数是用经济标准衡量的。只有意见一致而不是发生冲突才能增加财政指标，获得效益)”；[A]在文中并没有提及；[B]和[D]与文中意思相背。以下试题来自：（2007年模拟试卷，试卷总分：687分，）单项选择：Passage Two
Scientific consensus is a rare thing. But the experts agree almost unanimously on one thing—humankind is changing the earth's natural environment, and quickly. As an expanding global population spreads ever further a round the globe, habitats (栖息地) are being destroyed to make room for mushrooming towns and cities, all the while consuming more and more oil and other fossil fuels.
In many ways humans have never had it so good: average global life expectancy has shot up by almost 20 years in the past half-century, most countries are getting richer by the day and medical science has beaten scores of previously fatal conditions. And yet there are increasing fears that this human-dominated phase of the earth's long history docs much harm to the earth. The statistics compiled by the United Nations Environment Programme, or UNEP, can make for depressing reading. Species are becoming extinct at a speed around 100 times faster than would happen naturally. Almost half the world's original forests—the habitat which supports around two-thirds of the wildlife—has disappeared in. the past three decades. Farming land is eaten by deserts around 30 times faster than ever before seen, while air pollution is thought to kill 50,000 annually in the United States.
Most seriously of all, the climate appears to be changing. The billion of tons of carbon dioxide pumped into the earth's atmosphere annually, along with other so-called greenhouse gases, is causing the earth to heat up, virtually all environmental scientists agree. Such a change would have a wide range of impacts on the natural world and human society.
Environmental campaigners—joined by increasing numbers of politicians—want urgent action. "We really should be very alarmed as a global community," says Tony Juniper, director of green group Friends of the Earth, "We still have time to do something about these things, but time is now extremely short. There is an increasingly confident assessment about the likelihood of the consequences of global climate change, and the time scales that we have to deal with it."
The international response has been mixed. The 1997 Kyoto protocol (协议) committed industrialized nations to cut their combined greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 2008-12, but was undermined after the United States, the biggest global polluter, declined to approve the deal. Washington opposed Kyoto's methods rather than its aims. It acknowledged something needs to be done, calling for the country to cure its addiction to oil. Whatever the consensus on diagnosis, there is little agreement on action, something the UNEP warns must change. To tackle global warming, it warns that only a fundamental change in lifestyle and economy, with a significant moderation in the consumption of resources, can bring any hope of a solution.第8题：In order to handle the greenhouse effect, the UNEP warns that ______.A．the world must agree on what has caused the changing climateB．the world must agree on what may result from the changing climateC．all the countries should agree on how to reduce the greenhouse gasesD．all the countries should take part in looking for the solutions正确答案：C （）答案解析：[定位] 根据题于the UNEP warns定位到原文第五段第五句。[解析] 该句指出，各个国家在如何采取行动方面没有达成一致，联合国环境规划署因此发出警告，要求改变这一现状，C)与之相符。 [避错指导] 第三段第二句说明人们已经认可了全球气温升高的原因是向大气排放大量二氧化碳等气体，故排除A)；第五段第五句the consensus on diagnosis指各个国家对全球升温的原因及后果意见一致，故排除B)。第9题：The US refused to join the 1997 Kyoto protocol because it ______.A．thought it unnecessary to deal with the global warmingB．found it impossible to reach the goal set by the protocolC．doubted whether it was treated equal as the biggest polluterD．believed that control of oil use would be more effective正确答案：D （）答案解析：[定位] 由题干Kyoto protocol定位到第五段。[解析] 该段第三句此句说明美国反对《京都协定书》的具体做法，第四句则指出美国的做法是号召全国降低对石油的依赖程度，D)与之相符。[避错指导] A)与第五段第四句中的It acknowledged something needs to be done相反。以下试题来自：（2006年模拟试卷，试卷总分：95分，）单项选择：Passage Two
If ambition is to be well regarded, the rewards of ambition -- wealth, distinction, control over one' s destiny -- must be deemed worthy of the sacrifices made on ambition' s behalf. If the tradition of ambition is to have vitality, it m and it especially must be highly regarded by people who are themselves admired, the educated not least among them. In an odd way, however, it is the educated who have claimed to have given up on ambition as an ideal. What is odd is that they have perhaps most benefited from ambition -- if not always their own than that of their parents and grandparents. There is a heavy note of hypocrisy(伪善) in this, a case of closing the barn door after the horses have escaped -- with the educated themselves riding on them.
Certainly people do not seem less interested in success and its signs now than formerly. Summer homes, European travel, BMWs -- the locations, place names and name brands may change, but such items do not seem less in demand today than a decade or two decades ago. What has happened is that people cannot confess fully to their dreams, as easily and openly as once they could, lest they be thought pushing, acquisitive and vulgar, instead, we are treated to fine hypocritical spectacles, which now more than ever seem in ample supply: the critic of American materialism with a Sou the publisher of radical books who takes his meals in three- the journalist advocating participatory democracy in all phases of life, whose own children are en rolled in private schools. For such people and many more perhaps not so exceptional, the proper formulation is, "Succeed at all costs but avoid appearing ambitious." The attacks on ambition are many and come its public defenders are few and unimpressive, where they are not extremely unattractive. As a result, the support for ambition as a healthy impulse, a quality to be ad mired and fixed in the mind of the young, is probably lower than it has ever been in the United States. This does not mean that ambition is at an end, that people no longer feel its stirrings and promptings, but only that, no longer openly honored, it is less openly professed. Consequences follow from this, of course, some of which are that ambition is driven underground, or made sly. Such, then, is the way things stand: on the left angry critics, on the right stupid supporters, and in the middle, as usual, the majority of earnest people trying to get on in life.第10题：The last sentence of the first paragraph most probably implies that it is ______.A．customary of the educated to discard ambition in wordsB．too late to check ambition once it has been let outC．dishonest to deny ambition after the fulfillment of the goalD．impractical for the educated to enjoy benefits from ambition正确答案：C （）答案解析：推理判断题。第一段最后一句的前半句指责这些人是虚伪的(hypocrisy)，后半句是一个比喻。含意为：他们是野心的受益者，但又虚伪地否认拥有野心的重要性。C)意为：在目标实现后又不诚实地否认(拥有)野心(的重要性)，与之吻合。[避错指导]A)意为：受过教育者习惯于口头上摈弃野心。含意为：口头上否认自己有野心，但行动上实践之。原句中的“虚伪”并非指这些人口是心非，而是指他们是野心的受益者(也许他们自己都没有认识到这一点)，但又虚伪地否认拥有野心的重要性；B)中的too late根本无从得知，D)与全段相左，自然不会是这句话的寓意。第11题：It is generally believed that ambition may be well regarded if ______.A．its returns well compensate for the sacrificesB．it is rewarded with money, fame and powerC．its goals are spiritual rather than materialD．it is shared by the rich and the famous正确答案：A （）答案解析：推理判断题。文章第一句指出，如果正确看待野心(雄心)，由野心所带来的收益——如财富、名声以及对自己命运的控制力等——必须被看做是抵得上为(实现)野心所做出的牺牲的。言外之意。只有树立雄心壮志，并为实现雄心壮志做出努力和牺牲，收到的回报就会大于做出的牺牲，使你感到没有白白做出牺牲。B)依然根据第一句进行判断，这里，财富、名誉以及对自己命运的控制力只是作为取得回报的三个例子，并非仅包括这三方面。因此，选项A)更加确切地表达了第一句的意思。[避错指导]C)与这部分内容完全相左；由第二句中的widely shared可判断D)错误。
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