2020年度大学英语六级试题模拟试卷及答案解析五

大学英语六级试题模拟试卷及答案解析五

PartIWriting(30minutes)

Directions:Forthispart,youare

allowed30minutestowritear?sum?.You

shouldwriteatleast150wordsfollowing

theoutlinegivenbelow:

假设你是李明---名应届毕业生，在报纸上

看到一则招聘广告，你想要到登广告的公司供

职，请给该公司写一封求职信，内容应简要介绍

自己的情况以及自己的经历等。

PartIIReadingComprehension(Skimming

andScanning)(15minutes)

Directions:Inthispart,youwill

have15minutestogooverthepassage

quicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswer

Sheet1.Forquestions1-4,mark

Y(forYES)ifthestatementagrees

withtheinformationgiveninthepassage;

N(forNO)ifthestatement

contradictstheinformationgiveninthe

passage;

NG(forNOTGIVEN)iftheinformation

isnotgiveninthepassage.

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Forquestions5-10,completethe

sentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthe

passage.

America，sBrainDrainCrisis

LosingtheGlobalEdge

WilliamKunzisaself-described

computergeek.Amoreaptdescriptionmight

becomputergenius.Whenhewasjust11,Kunz

startedwritingsoftwareprograms,andby14

hehadcreatedhisownvideogame.Asahigh

schoolsophomoreinHouston,Texas,hewon

firstprizeinalocalsciencefairfora

dataencryption（编密码）programhewrote.In

hissenioryear,hetookupprizeinan

internationalscienceandengineeringfair

fordesigningaprogramtoanalyzeandsort

DNApatterns.

KunzwentontoattendCarnegieMellon,

amongthenation，shighest-ranked

universitiesincomputerscience.After

collegehelandedajobwithOraclein

SiliconValley,writingsoftwareusedby

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companiesaroundtheworld.

Kunzlookedsettobecomeastarinhis

field.Thenhegaveitallup.

Today,threeyearslater,Kunzisin

hisfirstyearatHarvardBusinessSchool.

Heleftsoftwareengineeringpartlybecause

hisearningpotentialpalednexttofriends

whoweregoingintolaworbusiness.Healso

worriedaboutjobsecurity,especiallyas

morecompaniesmovetheirprogramming

overseastolowercosts."Everytimeyou*re

askedtotrainsomeoneinIndia,youthink,

'AmItrainingmyreplacement?，“Kunzsays.

Thingsareturningoutvery

differentlyforanotherstandoutin

engineering,Qing-ShanJia.Astudentat

TsinghuaUniversityinBeijing,Jiashines

evenamonghisgiftedcohorts（一群人）ata

schoolsometimescalled“theMITofChina".

HeconsideredapplyingtoHarvardforhis

PhD,butdecideditwasn，tworthit.

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Hisuniversityisinvestingheavily

incutting-edgeresearchfacilities,and

attractsanimpressiverosterof

internationalprofessors.cangeta

world-classeducationhereandstudywith

world-classscholars,“Jiasays.

Thesetwosnapshots（快照）illustrate

partofadeeplydisturbingpicture.Inthe

disciplinesunderpinningthehigh-tech

economy—math,scienceandengineering-

Americaissteadilylosingitsglobaledge.

Thedepthandbreadthoftheproblemis

clear:

?SeveralofAmerica，skeyagencies

forscientificresearchanddevelopment

willfacearetirementcrisiswithinthe

nexttenyears.

?Lessthan6%ofAmerica，shighschool

seniorsplantopursueengineeringdegrees,

down36%fromadecadeago.

?In,56%ofChina，sundergraduate

degreeswereinthehardsciences;inthe

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UnitedStates,thefigurewas17%.

?Chinawilllikelyproducesixtimes

thenumberofengineersnextyearthan

Americawillgraduate,accordingtoMike

GibbonsoftheAmericanSocietyfor

EngineeringEducation.Japan,withhalf

America，spopulation,hasminted（铸

造）twiceasmanyinrecentyears.

“MostAmericansareunawareofhow

muchsciencedoesforthiscountryandwhat

westandtoloseifwecan'tkeepup,"says

ShirleyAnnJackson,presidentof

RensselaerPolytechnicInstituteandchair

oftheAmericanAssociationforthe

AdvancementofScience.DavidBaltimore,

presidentoftheCaliforniaInstituteof

TechnologyandaNobellaureate,putsit

bluntly:"Wecan，thopetokeepintactour

standardofliving,ournationalsecurity,

ourwayoflife,ifAmericansaren't

competitiveinscience.”

TheCrisisAmericansCreated

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InJanuary,theHart-Rudman

Commission,taskedwithfindingsolutions

toAmerica，smajornationalsecurity-

threats,concludedthatthefailuresof

America，smathandscienceeducationand

America，ssystemofresearch“Poseagreater

threat...thananypotentialconventional

war."

Therootsofthisfailureliein

primaryandsecondaryeducation.Thenation

thatproducedmostofthegreat

technologicaladvancesofthelastcentury

nowscorespoorlyininternationalscience

testing.Asurveyofmathandscience

literacyrankedAmerican15-year-olds

againstkidsfromotherindustrialized

nations.Inmath,Americanstudentscamein

24thoutof28countries;inscience,

Americanswere24thoutof40countries,

tiedwithLatvia.Thistest,inconjunction

withothers,indicatesAmericansstartout

withsufficientsmarts—their

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fourth-gradersscorewell—buttheybegin

toslidebyeighthgrade,andsinkalmostto

thebottombyhighschool.

Don，tblameschoolbudgets.Americans

shelloutmorethan$440billioneachyear

onpubliceducation,andspendmoreper

capitathananynationsaveSwitzerland.The

problemisthattoomanyoftheirhighschool

scienceandmathteachersjustaren，t

qualified.Asurveyinrevealedthat38%

ofmathteachersand28%ofscienceteachers

ingrades7~12lackedacollegemajoror

minorintheirsubjectarea.Inschoolswith

highpovertyrates,thefiguresjumpedto

52%ofmathteachersand32%ofscience

teachers."Thehighestpredictorofstudent

performanceboilsdowntoteacher

knowledge,“saysGeraldWheeler,executive

directoroftheNationalScienceTeachers

Association.ToCaliforniaCongressmanBuck

McKeon,amemberoftheHouseCommitteeon

EducationandtheWorkforce,itcomesdown

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tothis:"Howcanyoupassonapassionto

yourstudentsifyoudon'tknowthe

subject?”

Perhapsit'snosurprisethat,

accordingtoaIndianaUniversitysurvey,

18%ofcollegeprepkidsweren*ttakingmath

theirsenioryearofhighschool."WhenI

compareourhighschoolstowhatIseewhen

I'mtravelingabroad,I'mterrifiedforour

workforceoftomorrow,"Microsoftchairman

BillGatestoldasummitofstategovernors

earlierthisyear."Ourhighschools,even

whenthey'reworkingexactlyasdesigned,

cannotteachourkidswhattheyneedtoknow

today.”

TheBushAdministrationhasalso

proposedcuttingthefiscalbudgetfor

researchanddevelopmentinsuchkeyfederal

agenciesastheNationalOceanicand

AtmosphericAdministrationandtheNational

InstituteofStandardsandTechnology,the

latterofwhichactsasaliaison（联络）with

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industryandresearcherstoapplynew

technology.

“Fundingcutsarejobcuts,“saysRep.

VernonJ.Ehlers,RepublicanofMichiganand

amemberoftheScienceCommitteeinthe

House.Reducedfundinghasputthesqueeze

onresearchpositions,furthersmothering

incentives（动机）forstudentstogointo

hardscience.

WhatAmericansMustDo

Americanshavedoneitbefore:the

ManhattanProject,thetechnologysurge

thatfollowedSputnik.They*vedemonstrated

thattheycancommitthemselvestodaunting

goalsandachievethem.Buttheycan，t

minimizethechallengesthey,refacing.

Americansneedout-or-the-box

thinking,ofthesortsuggestedbyexperts

inareportreleasedinOctobercalled

“RisingabovetheGatheringStorm”,astudy

groupwithintheNationalAcademyof

Sciences,whichincludedtheNational

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AcademyofEngineeringandtheInstituteof

Medicine,cameupwithinnovativeproposals.

Amongthemare:

?Four-yearscholarshipsfor25,000

undergraduatestudentswhocommitto

degreesinmath,scienceorengineering,and

whoqualifybasedonacompetitivenational

exam;

?Four-yearscholarshipsfor10,000

collegestudentswhocommittobeingmathor

scienceteachers,andwhoagreetoteachin

apublicschoolforfiveyearsafter

graduation;

?Extendedvisasforforeignstudents

whoearnamathorsciencePhDintheUnited

States,givingthemayearaftergraduation

tolookforemploymenthere.Iftheyfind

jobs,workpermitsandpermanentresidency

statuswouldbeexpedited.

Manyexpertsarealsourgingthat

non-credentialedbutknowledgeablepeople

withindustryexperiencebeallowedtoteach.

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ThatexperimentisalreadyunderwayatHigh

TechHighinSanDiego.ConceivedbyGary

Jacobs,whosefatherfoundedQualcomm,this

charterschoolstressesacutting-edge

curriculum,whethertheclassesareon

biotechnologyorwebdesign.Toteachthese

courses,theschoolhiresindustry

professionals.HighTechHighalsoarranges

internshipsatroboticslabs,Internet

start-upsanduniversityresearchcenters.

Injustfiveyears,750kidshave

enrolled,threeclasseshavegraduatedand

thevastmajorityofstudentshavegoneon

tocollege.Oneofthesuccessstoriesis

JeffJensen,classof,whowasadecidedly

apathetic（缺乏兴趣的）studentbeforeHigh

TechHigh.HeisnowafreshmanatStanford

Universityonapartialscholarship,

planningtostudychemistryormedicine.

IBMisoneofthecompanies

encouragingitsworkerstoteach.Thispast

September,IBMannounceda

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tuition-assistanceplan,pledgingtopay

forteachercertificationaswellasaleave

ofabsenceforemployeeswhowishtoteach

inpublicschools.

Thephilanthropic（博爱的）armsof

corporationsarealsogettinginvolved.The

SiemensFoundationsponsorsayearlymath,

scienceandtechnologycompetition,

consideredtheNobelPrizeforhighschool

researchandagreatdistillerofAmerican

talent.Honeywellspends$2millioneach

yearonscienceprogramsgearedtomiddle

schoolstudents,includingahip-hop

touringgroupthatteachesphysicalscience,

andaroboticslabprogramthatteacheskids

howtodesign,buildandprogramtheirown

robot."We'vefoundthatifwedon，tgetkids

excitedaboutsciencebymiddleschool,it's

toolate,“saysMichaelHolland,a

spokespersonforHoneywell.

Asimportantasalltheseinitiatives

are,theybarelybegintotakeAmericans

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wheretheyneedtogo.Americans'

shortcomingsarevast,andtime,

unfortunately,isworkingagainstthem.

“Thewholeworldisrunningarace,“

saysIntel,sHowardHigh,“onlywedon't

knowit."Nooneknowswhetherorwhenthe

UnitedStateswillrelinquish（放弃）itslead

inthatrace.Orhowfarbackinthepackthey

couldultimatelyfall.Butthefirstorder

ofbusinessistorecognizewhat'satstake

andgetinthegame.

1.Kunzgaveupsoftwareengineering

mainlybecauseheearnedlessthanthosein

laworbusinessfielddid.

2.Onlyasmallpercentageof

America，shighschoolseniorsplantomajor

inengineeringatcollege.

3.IfAmericansaren，tcompetitivein

science,theycannotsurvivethesevere

competitionbetweendevelopedcountries.

4.Collegeeducationistoblamefor

thefailureofAmerica'smathandscience

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education.

5.Americanhighschoolstudentssink

almosttothebottominasurveyofmathand

scienceliteracybecausetoomanyofthe

highschoolinAmericaarenot

qualified.

6.Cuttingbudgetforscience

researchanddevelopmentfurthersmothers

incentivesforAmericanstudentsto

7.Oneinnovativeproposalproposed

bysomeexpertsisprovidingfor

25,000qualifiedundergraduatestudents.

8.AtHighTechHigh,are

hiredtoteachcoursesonbiotechnologyor

webdesign.

9.Manycompaniesencouragetheir

employeesto,withIBMoneofthem.

10.Americans'shortcomingsin

sciencearevast,andunfortunately

ismakingeffortstodefeatthem.

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PartIVReadingComprehension(Readingin

Depth)(25minutes)

SectionA

Directions:Inthissection,thereis

apassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequired

toselectonewordforeachblankfromalist

ofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthe

passage.Readthepassagethroughcarefully

beforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoicein

bankisidentifiedbyaletter.Pleasemark

thecorrespondingletterforeachitemon

AnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthe

center.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsin

thebankmorethanonce.

Questions47to56arebasedonthe

followingpassage.

Thewholeworldputattentiontothe

SouthAsiawherethetsunamihappened.

Before,musiciansproducedaz，sonic

tsunami”,WallStreetanalysts47

“tsunamis“ofbadearningsnewsandJapanese

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restaurantsserved“tsunami“sushirolls.

Thewordwasusedindozensofdifferent48,

butnowitlikelywillappearwithjustone

tragicmeaning.

BecauseoftheSouthAsiantsunami

disasterthathaskilledmorethan150,000

people,thewordassumesa(n)49solemnuse,

muchtheway“GroundZero”,forthesiteof

theWorldTradeCenter,haditsmeaning50

from“startingpoint“tothecenterofthe

Sept.11tragedy,saidPaulPayack,headof

GlobalLanguageMonitor.Payacksaidthat

sincetheDec.26tsunami,the51wordhas

appearedmorethan18.5milliontimesand

beenthesubjectof88,000articlesinmajor

media.

“BeforeSept.11,,thetermground

zerowasabusinessclichemeaningstarting

point,especiallywhen52aprojectover

againasin'goingbacktogroundzero*.That

termnowrepresentswhatmanyconsidertobe

hallowedgroundanditsoldusageisrarely

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53,“hesaid.

“Inthesamemanner,weenvisionthat

thewordtsunamiwillbethesubjectof

considerablediscretionbeforebeingused

inanythingotherthanamost54manner,“

hesaid.Payacksaidthousandsof55teams

aroundtheworldusetsunamiintotheir

names,liketheTsunamiAquaticsSwimteam

ofLivermore,California.

Hesaidtherearealsosome10,000

productscalledtsunami,likeTsunami

Point-to-PointWirelessBridges,Tsunami

MultimediaSpeakersandTsunamiImage

Processors.Newspaperheadlinewritersalso

likedthe56word,astheDetroitNews)“Ford

ReleasesaTsunamiofNewProducts”and

“Headingforthepresidencyonatsunamiof

vi••sion"s•inTLon1do，nsrpiTherp•Times.

[A]colorful[I]foolish

[B]concerts[J]solely

[C]serious[K]thought

[D]changed[L]Japanese

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[E]pursuing[M]employed

[F]contexts[N]foresaw

[G]usually[0]sports

[H]beginning

SectionB

Directions:Thereare2passagesin

thissection.Eachpassageisfollowedby

somequestionsorunfinishedstatements.

Foreachofthemtherearefourchoices

marked[A],[B],[C]and[D].Youshould

decideonthebestchoiceandmarkthe

correspondingletteronAnswerSheet2with

asinglelinethroughthecenter.

PassageOne

Questions57to61arebasedonthe

followingpassage.

Letussupposethatyouareinthe

positionofaparent.Wouldyouallowyour

childrentoreadanybooktheywantedto

withoutfirstcheckingitscontents?Would

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youtakeyourchildrentoseeanyfilm

withoutfirstfindingoutwhetheritis

suitableforthem?Ifyouranswertothese

questionsis〃yes",thenyouareeither

extremelypermissive.Ifyouransweris"no",

thenyouareexercisingyourrightasa

parenttoprotectyourchildrenfromwhat

youconsidertobeundesirableinfluences.

Inotherwords,byactingasacensor

yourself,youareadmittingthatthereisa

strongcaseforcensorship.

Now,ofcourse,youwillsaythatit

isonethingtoexercisecensorshipwhere

childrenareconcernedandquiteanotherto

dothesameforadults.Childrenneed

protectionanditistheparents'

responsibilitytoprovideit.Butwhatabout

adults?Aren，ttheyoldenoughtodecide

whatisgoodforthem?Theansweristhat

manyadultsare,butdon，tmakethemistake

ofthinkingthatalladultsarelikeyou.

Censorshipisforthegoodofsocietyasa

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whole.Likethelaw,censorshipcontributes

tothecommongood.

Somepeoplethinkthatitis

disgracefulthatacensorshouldinterfere

withworksofart.Whoisthisperson,they

say,tobanthisgreatbookorcutthatgreat

film?Noonecansethimselfupasasuperior

being.Butwemustremembertwothings.

Firstly,wheregenuineworksofartare

concerned,moderncensorsareextremely

liberalintheirviews—oftenfarmore

liberalthanalargesectionofthepublic.

Artisticmeritissomethingwhichcensors

clearlyrecognize.Andsecondly,wemust

bearinmindthatthegreatproportionof

books,playsandfilmswhichcomebeforethe

censorareveryfarfrombeing“worksof

art".

Whendiscussingcensorship,

therefore,weshouldnotconfineour

attentiontogreatmasterpieces,butshould

considerthevastnumbersofpublications

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andfilmswhichmakeupthebulkofthe

entertainmentindustry.Whencensorship

lawsarerelaxed,immoralpeoplearegiven

alicensetoproducevirtuallyanythingin

thenameof"art”.Thereisanincreasing

tendencytoequateartisticwith

“pornographic”.Thevastmarketfor

pornographywouldrapidlybeexploited.One

ofthegreatthingsthatcensorshipdoesis

topreventcertainpeoplefrommakingfat

profitsbycorruptingthemindsofothers.

Toargueinfavorofabsolutefreedomisto

argueinfavorofanarchy.

Societywouldreallybethepoorerif

itdepriveditselfofthewisecounseland

therestraininginfluencewhichacensor

provides.

57.Permissiveparentswould

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[A]lettheirchildrenreadanybooks

theyliketo

[B]notlettheirchildrenseeany

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filmstheyliketo

[C]notlettheirchildrenreadany

bookswithoutfirstcheckingtheircontents

[D]lettheirchildrenseethefilms

withtheirfirstchecking

58.Thefactthatparentscheckthe

contentsofthebookorthefilmfortheir

childrentoreadorseeshows.

[A]thenecessityofcensorship

[B]manybooksandfilmsarebad

[C]childrenneedtheirparentsto

helpthemunderstandmore

[D]theparentsarepermissive

59.Whichofthefollowingstatements

isNOTtrue?

[A]Someadultscan'ttellrightfrom

wrong.

[B]Censorshipiscomparedtothelaw

becausebothofthemperformgoodserviceto

societyasawhole.

[C]Censorspayattentiononlyto

genuineworksofart.

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[D]Censorshipisnecessarybecause

manybooks,playsandfilmsarefarfrom

beinguworksofart”.

60.Whatdoestheword“corrupt”

(Line5,Para4)mean?

[A]Makemorallybad.[B]Hurt.[C]

Injure.[D]Damage.

61.Whatwouldbethebesttitleof

thispassage?

[A]PermissiveParentsand

ResponsibleParents.

[B]Censorshipandthelaw.

[C]CensorsValueArtisticMerits.

[D]CensorshipPerformsGoodService

toSociety.

PassageTwo

Questions62to66arebasedonthe

followingpassage.

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Onethingthetourbooksdon'ttell

youaboutLondonisthat2,000ofits

residentsarefoxes.Asnativeastheroyal

family,theyfledthecityaboutcenturies

agoafterdevelopersandpollutionmovedin.

Butnowthattheenvironmentiscleaner,the

foxeshavecomehome,oneofthemanywild

animalsthathavemovedintourbanareas

aroundtheworld.

“Thenumberandvarietyofwild

animalsinurbanareasisincreasing,“says

GomerJones,presidentoftheNational

InstituteforUrbanWildlife,inColumbia,

Maryland.AsurveyofthewildlifeinNew

York'sCentralParklastyeartalliedthe

speciesofmammals,includingmuskrats,

shrewsandflyingsquirrels.Asimilar

surveyconductedinthe1890scountedonly-

fivespecies.Oneofthecountry'slargest

populationsofraccoons（浣熊）nowlivesin

WashingtonD.C.,andmoose（驼鹿）are

regularlyseenwanderingintoMainetowns.

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Peregrinefalcons（游隼）divefromthewindow

ledgesofbuildingsinthelargestU.S.

citiestopreyonpigeons.

Severalchangeshavebroughtwild

animalstothecities.Foremostisthatair

andwaterqualityinmanycitieshas

improvedasaresultofthe1970s'

pollution-controlefforts.Meanwhile,

ruralareashavebeenbuiltup,leavingmany

animalsontheedgesofsuburbia.In

addition,conservationistshavecreated

urbanwildliferefuges.

TheGreaterLondonCouncillastyear

spent$750,000tobuylandandbuild10

permanentwildliferefugesinthecity.Over

1,000volunteershavedonatedmoneyand

clearedrubblefromderelictlots.Asa

result,pheasantsnowstrutintheEastEnd

andbadgersscuttleacrosslawnsnearthe

centeroftown.Acolonyofrarehouse

martinsnestsonawindowledgebeside

Harrods,andoneeveninglastyearafoxwas

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seenonWestminsterBridgelookingupatBig

Ben.

Forperegrinefalcons,citiesare

actuallysaferthanruralcliffdwellings.

By1970thebirdswereextincteastofthe

MississippibecausetheDDThadmadetheir

eggstoothintosupportlife.Thatyear,

ornithologistTomCadeofCornell

Universitybeganrisingthebirdsfor

releaseincities,forcitiesafforded

abundantfoodandcontainednoneofthe

peregrinesnaturalpredators.

“Beforetheywereexterminated,some

migratedtocitiesontheirownbecausethey

hadrunoutofcliffspace,“Cadesays."To

peregrines,buildingsarejustlike

cliffs."Hehasreleasedabout30birds

since1975inNewYork,Baltimore,

PhiladelphiaandNorfolk,andofthe20

pairsnowlivingintheEast,halfare

urbanites."Afewoftheyoungoneshave

gottenintotroublebyfallingdownchimneys

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andcrashingintowindow-glass,butoverall

theiradjustmenthasbeensuccessful.”

62.Thefirstparagraphsuggeststhat

_____________•

[A]environmentiscrucialfor

wildlife

[B]tourbooksarenotalwaysa

reliablesourceofinformation

[C]Londonisacityoffox

[D]foxesarehighlyadaptableto

environment

63.Theselectionisprimarily

concernedwith.

[A]wildlifeofallkindsreturningto

largecitiestolive

[B]falconsinNewYork,Baltimore,

Philadelphia,andNorfolk

[C]moosestumblingintoplate-glass

storefronts

[D]foxesreturningtoLondon

64.Inthe4thparagraphthepheasants,

badgers,andmartinsetc.arementionedto

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[A]explaintheirlivinghabit

[B]makeknowntheirhabitat

[C]showtheendeavorsofLondonersto

makethecityhabitableforwildlife

[D]encouragevolunteerstodo

somethingforthespecies

65.Themainideaofparagraph3is

_________•

[A]thatairandwaterqualityhas

improvedinthecities

[B]whywildlifelikesthenoiseand

commotioninthecities

[C]thatwildliferefugeshavebeen

builtinthecities

[D]whywildlifeisreturningto

cities

66.Citiesmakegoodhomesfor

peregrinefalconsbecausetheyprovide

_________•

[A]bountifulnestingareas,abundant

food,andrainwatercontrolbasins

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[B]abundantfood,buildingsthat

resemblecliffs,andnonaturalpredators

[C]largebuildingswithchimneys

otherwildlife,andwell-lightednesting

areas

[D]abundantfood,chimneys,rubble,

andwindowsills

PartVCloze(15minutes)

Directions:Thereare20blanksinthe

followingpassage.Foreachblankthereare

fourchoicesmarked[A],[B],[C]and[D]on

therightsideofthepaper.Youshould

choosetheONEthatbestfitsintothe

passage.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletter

onAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethrough

thecenter.

Mostpeoplewouldbe67bythehigh

qualityofmedicine68tomostAmericans.

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Thereisalotofspecialization,agreat

dealof69totheindividual,a70amountof

advancedtechnicalequipment,and71effort

nottomakemistakesbecauseofthe

financialriskwhichdoctorsandhospitals

must72inthecourtsifthey73things

badly.

ButtheAmericansareinamess.The

problemisthewayin74healthcareis

organizedand75.76topublicbeliefitis

notjustafreecompetitionsystem.The

privatesystemhasbeenjoinedalarge

publicsystem,becauseprivatecarewas

simplynot77thelessfortunateandthe

elderly.

Butevenwiththishugepublicpartof

thesystem,78thisyearwilleatup84.5

billiondollars—morethan10percentof

theU.S.budget-largenumbersofAmericans

areleft79.Theseincludeabouthalfthe

11millionunemployedandthosewhofailto

meetthestrictlimits80incomefixedbya

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governmenttryingtomakesavingswhereit

can.

Thebasicproblem,however,isthat

thereisnocentralcontrol81thehealth

system.Thereisno82towhatdoctorsand

hospitalschargefortheirservices,other

thanwhatthepublicisabletopay.The

numberofdoctorshasshotupandpriceshave

climbed.Whenfacedwithtoothache,asick

child,oraheartattack,allthe

unfortunatepersonconcernedcandois83

up.

Two-thirdsofthepopulation84

coveredbymedical