2009年英语六级(CET-6)考试新题型预测试卷(2)-中大网校.doc

中大网校引领成功职业人生 2009年英语六级(CET-6)考试新题型预测试卷(2)总分：100分 及格：60分 考试时间：120分Part I Writing (30mintes)(1)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to a company declining a job. You should write at least 150 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:1.对公司提供职位表示感谢 2. 解释为何不能接受所提供的职位3.希望予以谅解，并表达对公司的良好祝愿 A Letter Declining a Job Offer_Part II Reading Comprehension (15 minutes)(1)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over- the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.For questions TSE, markY (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.For questions 6 -11, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Cell phone: your next computerOne hundred nineteen hours, 41 minutes and 16 seconds. Thats the amount of time Adam Rappoport, a high school senior in Philadelphia, has spent talking into his silver Verizon LG phone since he got it as a gift last Christmas. Thats not even the full extent of his habit. He also spends countless additional hours using his phones Internet connection to check sports scores, download new ring-tones and send short messages to his friends phones, even in the middle of class. I know the touch-tone pad on the phone better than I know a keyboard, he says, Im a phone guy. In Tokyo, halfway around the world, Satoshi Koiso also closely eyes his mobile phone.Koiso, a college junior, lives in the global capital of fancy new gadgets - 20 percent of all phones in Tokyo link to the fastest mobile networks in the world. Tokyoites use their phones to watch TV,read books and magazines and play games. But Koiso also depends on his phone for something simpler and more profound: an anti-smoking message that pops up on his small screen each rooming as part of a program to help students kick cigarettes.Technology revolutions come in two flavors: greatly fast and imperceptibly slow. The fast kind, like the sudden ubiquity of iPods or the proliferation (增殖) of music-sharing sites on the Net, seem to instantly reshape the cultural landscape. The slower upheavals grind away over the course of decades, subtly transforming the way we live and work.There are 1.5 billion cell phones in the world today, more than three times the number of PCs. Mobile phones are so integral to our lives that its difficult to remember how the life we ever got on without them.Can the cell phone turn into the next computer?As our phones get smarter, smaller and faster, and enable users to connect at high speeds to the Internet, an obvious question arises: is the mobile handset turning into the next computer? In one sense, it already has. Todays most sophisticated phones have the processing power of a mid1990s PC while consuming 100 times less electricity. And more and more of todays phones have computer-like features, a(2)No matter how slow technology revolutions are, they can change our lifestyles. V N NG(3)The mobile handset has completely turned into the next computer.Y N NG(4)As a smart phone, Treo 600 has GPS antenna and access to local Wi-Fi hotspot.Y N NG(5)A survey shows that the sale rate of smart phones has grown_ each year.(6)The cell phone industry says that future cell phones can provide _based on its ability to detect its exact location anywhere in the world.(7)According to Hawkins, computers will fade to the background because cell phones are _devices.(8)Laptops equipped with _can allow their owners to temporarily deal with office work in some public places.(9)To solve the size problem of cell phones, scientists have been researching_for decades.(10)The Internets _programming isnt suitable for mobile phones.Part IV Reading Comprehension Reading in Depth (35 minutes)(1)Section Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements.Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2.The social impact of a modem mining operation in a remote area can also be great. Some people may have to move off their land to make way for the mine. Many more will probably relocate themselves voluntarily, moving in from more remote areas to the mining road or the mining settlement, drawn by the prospects of jobs and money, trade stores and health clinics, or just by the general excitement of the place. In many cases the men will come in by themselves,leaving the women to fend for themselves back in the village. Traditional agriculture and other pursuits are, as a result, often neglected.But the social environment into which they come is a culturally alien one which can undermine traditional kin and gender relations and traditional authority and control, often with bitter consequences.Large amounts of cash will normally be injected into the local community in the form of royalties or compensation to landowners, wages to mine workers or payments to sub-contractors.While this can be very beneficial it can also lead. to inequalities, disputes and problems.Those in the local community who acquire cash from wages or compensation and the power that goes with it are not necessarily those who by tradition hold power in that society. The very advent of the cash can have a disruptive effect on traditional social structures.Also in societies where resources including cash are owned communally and shared out according to traditional rules and precedents, the injection Of very large amounts of money can strain the role and tempt some to keep more than their entitlement, thus causing internal rifts,disputes and fighting.Disputes between landowners and mining companies over payments or compensation are also common, and can lead to violent reactions against landowners by the police or armed forces, or repression by the authorities.Mining also, of course, brings considerable benefits. Locally it provides jobs and incomes,and for those who use their income wisely an escape from grinding poverty and a life of hardship and struggle. It also brings development and services such as roads, wharfs, airstrips, stores,health clinics and schools, to areas which are usually remote and often neglected by government.The advent of health care and educational facilities to remote areas that would otherwise not have them can be especially beneficial.Opinions about a mine will usually vary. Those most in favor tend to be those living near the mine and enjoying its facilities, who have been generously compensated for loss of land or damaged environment, or who are earning good money as mine workers or sub-contractors. Among(2)Because of the strong impact of mining,_are changing.(3)What might be caused by the dispute over the distribution of an unprecedented huge amount of money within a community?(4)Which two areas are most prominent improved as the result of the wealth brought by mining?(5)Who are equally polluted but benefit less from the prosperity of mining?Part IV Reading Comprehension Reading in Depth (35 minutes)(1)Section Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions TSE are based on the following passage.Opinion polls are now beginning to show a reluctant consensus that, whoever is to blame and whatever happens from now on, high unemployment is probably here to stay. This means we shall have to find ways of sharing the available employment more widely.But we need to go further. We must ask some fundamental questions about the future of work. Should we continue to treat employment as the norm? Should we not rather encourage many other ways for self-respecting people to work? Should we not create conditions in which many of us can work for ourselves, rather than for an employer? Should we not aim to revive the household and neighborhood, as well as the factory and the office, as centres of production and work?The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most peoples work has taken the form of jobs. The industrial age may now be coming to an end, and some of the changes in work patterns which it brought may have to be reversed. This seems a daunting thought. But, in fact, it could offer the prospect of a better future for work. Universal employment, as its history shows, has not meant economic freedom.Employment became widespread when the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries made many people dependent on paid work by depriving them of the use of the land, and thus of the means to provide a living for themselves. Then the factory system destroyed the cottage industries and removed work from peoples homes. Later, as transport improved, first by rail then by road,people commuted longer distances to their places of employment, until, eventually, many peoples work lost all connection with their home lives and the places in which they lived.Meanwhile, employment put women at a disadvantage as men and women had shared the productive work of the household and village community in pre-industrial times, while now it becomes customary for the husband to go out to paid employment, leaving the unpaid work of the home and family to his wife. Also as employment became the dominant form of work, young people and old people were excluded a problem now, as more teenagers become frustrated at school and more retired people want to live active lives.All this may now have to change. The time has certainly come to switch some effort and resources away from the Utopian goal of creating jobs for all, to the urgent practical task of helping many people to manage without full-time jobs.(2)The passage suggests that we should now reexamine our thinking about the future of work and _.A. create more factories in order to increase our productivityB. be prepared to admit that being employed is not the only kind of workC. set up smaller private enterprises so that we in turn can employ othersD. be prepared to fill in time at home taking up hobbies and leisure activities(3)The enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries meant that people were_A. no longer legally entitled to their own landB. badly paid for the work they managed to findC. not adequately compensated for the loss of their landD. forced to look elsewhere for means for Supporting themselves(4)According to the passage, as employment became a dominant form of work, _A. women were left to work at homesB. old people tend to live a more active lifeC. women enjoy more working opportunitiesD. men and women begin to share the household work(5)The passage concludes that _A. the creation of jobs for all is an impossibilityB. we should help those whose jobs are only part-timeC. people should start to support themselves by learning a practical skillD. our efforts and resources in terms of tackling unemployment are insufficient(6)Passage TwoQuestions TSE are based on the following passage.The new economic order is a global one. Policymakers, educators, business, and .industry are all concerned with strengthening the United States for competition in this new arena (舞台)Career education has generally focused on helping people understand-the relationship between education and work and acquire employability skills. Now people need assistance in realizing the opportunities and meeting the challenges of the international workplace. The evolving global economy is based on a number of factors: decreasing transportation and communications costs, new political structures and economic alliances. The most important influence is the emergence of flexible, information-based technologies. Profound economic and social changes are creating new market standards (productivity, quality, variety, customization,convenience, timeliness)and integrating producers and consumers into networks for delivering goods and services globally or locally. Meeting these standards requires great changes in organizational structures. skill needs, and jobs.According to Carnesville, competitive organizations will be characterized by productivity,flexibility, speed, affordable quality, and customer focus. Many organizations will emphasize closely-integrated work groups, teamwork, and shared information. The need for certain types of workers is being reduced or eliminated. At the same time, freer movement of some workers across national borders is spiraling; other workers may engage in electronic immigration, interacting through telecommunications with their employers in other countries.The global economy will influence peoples lives whether or not they are employed in international firms. In the new economy, nations compete not on.ly with each others economic systems, but also with each others research and development and educational systems. Global events affect domestic economies.Other characteristics of Work in the new economy also have implications for career development. Managers will become brokers/facilitators; there will be more technical specialists.and shorter, flatter career ladders. Instead of the old-style division of labor into discrete tasks, job functions will converge, and work teams will consist of individuals who alternate expert, brokering,and leadership roles. Rewards will be based more on the performance of teams and networks.A number of the skills needed for work in the global economy are reflected in current curricular emphases such as development of critical thinking skills, tech preparation, the integration of vocational and academic education. Career educators can collaborate with vocational and academic educators and employers in documenting the need for these skills and infusing (灌输) them in a multidisciplinary (多学科的) approach. As Zwerling puts it, the best liberaleducation may come to (7)The changes in the skills needed for work in the new economy are prompted mainly by_A. new market standardsB. new political structuresC. organizational structuresD. decrease in transportation and communications costs(8)Which of the following is true of the work in the new economy?A. A workers incompetence in shifting between roleB. Moderate competition in research and educatioC. The emphasis of collective efforts directed at a tasD. More specialized jobs resulting from division of labo(9)What Zwerling means by liberal education is education directed at_A. transcending .traditional boundariesB. training students employability skillsC. promoting students academic capabilitiesD. encouraging students to think freely and critically(10)The passage is mainly about_A. the emergence of a new economic and political orderB. the features of work and career ducation in the new eraC. the influence of the evolving global economy on educationD. the need for new rules of competition in the international marketPart V Error Correction (15 minutes)(1)Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete aword. 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 aninsertion 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.Example:Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our periods(1). time/times/period Many of the arguments having used for the study of literature(2). _/_as a school subject are valid for study of television.(3).the _ latest figures from the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service show that well over one million immigrants are now arriving in America every year. This is highest number of1. _newcomers to the United States since the mass migration of Europeans in 2. _the turn of the century. The new immigrants no longer come main from 3. _Europe. According to the official government estimate, the greatest source of immigrants to America is now Asia, followed by Latin America. Forty-two percents of the new immigrants come from Asia4. _while 39 percent come from Latin America. Only 13 percent of the recent immigration to America is now from Europe. Although the United States now accepts twice as many foreigners as all other nations