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:

　　You will read:

　　A) At the office.

　　B) In a waiting room

　　C) At the airport.

　　D) In a restaurant.

　　From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.

　　Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]

　　1. A) The storm took a heavy toll of the lives and property of the fishermen.

　　参考答案

　　听力

　　(1-10) CACCD DACCB (11-20) CBACA ABBBC

　　阅读

　　(21-30) CABDA ACABD (31-40) DBAAD DCABD

　　词汇

　　(41-50) BACAB ADBBA (51-60) BDCBC CCDDB

　　(61-70) CADAC BCCCB

　　改错

　　71. (know)how 72. (begin)begin with 73. (higher)lower 74. (percents)percent 75. (tie) tied

　　76. (took)cost 77. (that)what 78. (clean)dirty 79. (about) whether 80. (great)greater

　　作文:

　　六级模考作文范文

　　A Letter of Job Application

　　April 12, 2006

　　Dear Sir or Madam may concern,

　　I read the recruitment advertisement of your company in Yangzi Evening today and I’m very interested in the position of salesman.

　　I studied Marketing in Nanjing University for more than three years and will graduate from college soon. In my college life, I’ve learned more than ten subjects concerning Marketing systematically, which formed a tough base for my future work in the field of marketing, such as being a qualified salesman in a company like yours.

　　Besides, I am a very active young man with good command of communicative skills. I have rich experiences of promoting sales for different companies during summer holidays and in my spare time as well. My good performance of doing such kind of works gives me confidence of being a qualified salesman in your company.

　　As a college graduate stepping into society the first time in real sense, I know there are still a lot of things to learn for me. I hope you can admit me to your company. It must be another good chance for me to learn and to devote myself to the future success of your company.

　　Your prompt reply will be highly appreciated!

　　Sincerely

　　yours,Michael

　　B) The speakers thanked the meteorologists for their help.

　　C) The fishermen got back safe and sound.

　　D) The fishing boats didn’t set sail because of the bad weather.

　　2. A) Cars that drive themselves will be very expensive.

　　B) The woman is planning to buy an intelligent car.

　　C) The man is working with some engineers on intelligent cars.

　　D) Most people do not like driving to work

　　3. A) They’re the only tickets to a well-paid job.

　　B) They don’t help much in getting a good job.

　　C) They’re essential in getting promoted.

　　D) They don’t make much difference as far as the pay is concerned.

　　4. A) Sacramento is a city inhabited by racial minorities

　　B) There is no racial tension in Sacramento.

　　C) Non-white Americans will outnumber white American in 60 years’ time.

　　D) Americans will live in perfect racial harmony 60 years from now.

　　5. A) He should look professional and knowledgeable about high technology.

　　B) He should pay special attention to his personal appearance.

　　C) He should wear a business suit rather than casual clothes.

　　D) He should make the interviewer aware of his professional qualities.

　　6. A) People should to everything possible to prevent it.

　　B) It will cause a lot of disasters for human beings.

　　C) People should move to cold, dry regions of the world.

　　D) It may offer people some opportunities, too.

　　7. A) She’s waiting for someone.

　　B) She’s enjoying her coffee.

　　C)She’s having a chat with the man.

　　D) She’s inviting the man to sit down.

　　8. A) The woman is good at writing poetry.

　　B) The man is complimenting the woman.

　　C) The woman dislikes the man.

　　D) The man is horrible insensitive person.

　　9. A) He often plays golf.

　　B) He is going to slow down.

　　C) He always works hard.

　　D) He is living in poverty.

　　10. A) She strives for fame.

　　B) She is very famous.

　　C) She does a lot of thinking.

　　D) She lives a very hard life.

　　Section B

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear one long dialogue. At the end of dialogue, you will hear some questions. Both the dialogue and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A) B) C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

　　Questions 11 to 13 are based on the dialogue you have just heard

　　11. A) The economy is slowing down..

　　B) She may not be able to finish college..

　　C) She may be not able to find a job after college..

　　D) The tax is going to be raised..

　　12. A) It is on the verge of bankruptcy..

　　B) It is improving steadily..

　　C) It has experienced a rapid increase in its sales..

　　D) It is going downhill fast.

　　13. A) She will join the man’s company.

　　B) She will start her own business.

　　C) She will stay in her parent’s house.

　　D) She will try to find a job.

　　Section C

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear two short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A) B) C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

　　Passage one

　　Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　14. A) Nuclear reactors.

　　B) Fuel cells.

　　C) Gasoline.

　　D) Hydrogen.

　　15. A) It is clean.

　　B) It is cheap.

　　C) It produces water.

　　D) It is safe.

　　16. A) They will be made of new materials.

　　B) Luxury cars will become the standard.

　　C) They will cost a lot more money.

　　D) They will not arrive all in one piece.

　　17. A) Traditional cars will disappear from the roads.

　　B) High-tech cars will coexist with old vehicles.

　　C) The cost of a car will be much lower than today.

　　D) All kinds of new technologies will make it into our garages.

　　Passage two

　　Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　18. A) She was very kind towards the students.

　　B) She had racial prejudices.

　　C) She had a high sense of responsibility..

　　D) She did not trust some of the teachers.

　　19. A) To compliment her on her achievements.

　　B) To test her personally.

　　C) To give her a copy of the examination paper.

　　D) To make inquiries about an accident.

　　20. A) She took her fists and started punching her.

　　B) She smiled her thanks and backed off.

　　C) She boiled over with anger and refused her request..

　　D) She decided to quit the school.

　　Part II Reading comprehension (35 minutes)

　　Passage One

　　It’s a brand new world --- a world built around brands. Hard-charging, noise-making, culture-shaping brands are everywhere. They’re on supermarket shelves, of course, but also in business plans for .com startups and in the names of sports complexes. Brands are infiltrating (渗透)people’s everyday lives --- by sticking their logoes (商标) on clothes, in concert programs, on subway –station walls, even in elementary school classrooms .

　　We live in an age in which CBS newscasters wear Nike jackets on the air, in which Burger King and McDonald’s open kiosks(小亭) in elementary school lunchrooms, in which schools like Stanford University are endowed with a Yahoo! Founders Chair. But as brands reach (and then overreach) into every aspects of our lives, the companies behind them invite more questions, deeper scrutiny—and an inevitable backlash(强烈反应) by consumers.

　　“Our intellectual lives and our public spaces are being taken over by marketing ---and that has real implications for citizenship,” says author and activists Naomi Klien. “It’s important for any healthy culture to have public space--- a place where people are treated as citizens instead of as consumers. We’ve completely lost that space.

　　Since the mid-1980s ,as more and more companies have shifted from being about products to being about ideas – Starbucks isn’t selling coffee; It’s selling community!----those companies have poured more and more resources into marketing campaigns.

　　To pay for those campaigns, those same companies figured out ways to cut costs elsewhere, for example, by using contract labor at home and low-wage labor in developing countries. Contract laborers are hired on a temporary, per-assignment basis, and employers have no obligation to provide any benefits (such as health insurance) or long-term job security. This saves companies money but obviously puts workers in vulnerable situations. In the United States, contract labor has given rise to so-called McJobs, which employers and workers alike pretend are temporary----even though these jobs are usually held by adults who are trying to support families.

　　The massive expansion of marketing campaigns in the 1980s coincided with the reduction of government spending for schools and for museums. This made those institutions much too willing, even eager, to partner with private companies. But companies took advantage of the needs of those institutions, reaching too far, and overwhelming the civic space with their marketing agendas.

　　21. Which of the following does the author state as a factor in the increasing presence of brands in people’s lives?

　　A the aggressive nature of corporate marketing

　　B the lack of government funding for schools and museums

　　C the lack of government regulations of marketing methods

　　D the corporate funding of public spaces

　　22. Naomi Klein’s attitude towards the infiltration of brands into spaces is one of .

　　A concern B ambivalence (矛盾心理) C outrage D acceptance

　　23. The passage suggests that most contract laborers in the U.S. .

　　A pretend to be temporary workers

　　B may have trouble supporting their families financially

　　C have work conditions comparable to those of low-wage workers overseas .

　　D are likely to receive health benefits from their employers

　　24. This passage is mainly about .

　　A the problems with current corporate practices

　　B the nature of current marketing campaigns and strategies

　　C the importance of brands in American culture

　　D the excessive presence of brand and marketing in people’s lives.

　　25. The last paragraph tells us that .

　　A inadequate federal funding facilitated the privatization of schools and museums

　　B public institutions were too quick to accept corporate marketing as a source of funding

　　C companies manipulated schools through sophisticated ad campaigns

　　D by the 1980s ,very few public institutions were not funding by corporations

　　Passage two

　　In April 1845, when John Wilkes Booth killed Lincoln at Fort’s Theatre, the curtain finally fell on a play that had began almost as soon as the Americans colonies gained their independence from England. In 1776, American’s Declaration of Independence declared that “all men are created equal”; 44 years later we were wrestling with a question: how can a nation founded on the idea of individual freedom reconcile with the existence of human slavery?

　　In 1819, 22 states were in the Union, 11 Free and 11 Slave. The South’s economy was based on the growing of cotton, and cotton was profitable on the backs of slaves. As new states were admitted to the Union, the South wanted as many as possible to be slave states, not only to support their economy, but to prevent the North from obtaining a majority in Congress and quite possibly changing the Constitution to outlaw slavery completely. This issue came to a head when Missouri applied to be admitted as a slave state. Thomas Jefferson called the debate that began with Missouri “like a fireball in the night”, which awakened me and filled me with terror. I considered it at once the knell （丧钟）of the nation.”

　　War was avoided the time as compromise was reached and Missouri would be admitted as a slave state. Maine, the next state admitted to the Union, would be admitted as free, thereby preserving the balance of power in the Congress.

　　By 1860, when the new Republican Party nominated Abraham Lincoln for President, compromise would no longer work. Lincoln wanted to contain the spread of slavery. With Lincoln’s election in November that year, the South felt that it was only a matter of time before the Southern States lost their slim Democratic Party majority to those who wished to abolish slavery. It was in this same year that John Wilkes Booth said that “So deep is my hatred for such men that I wish I had them in my grasp and I the power to crash.”

　　Equally passionate, Lincoln held that America was the “Last Best Hope on Earth” for freedom. The United States was unique in the family of nations. Of all the nations in the world, only America was governed by her people. Kings, Queens, Princes or Emperors ruled all the old world, where rights were held by the government and given to the people. In America, right were held by the people and given to the government. The iron was that the Old World had done away with slavery decades before, yet the United States, beacon（灯塔）of freedom---had human bondage（奴役）. Lincoln said it himself,” the nation cannot exist half-slave and half-free, it must be all of one thing or all of the other.”

　　26. We learn from the first paragraph that .

　　A the seed of the American Civil War were sown when the nation was founded

　　B John Wilkes Booth had plotted to kill Lincoln from the moment America gain its independence.

　　C all men in America obtained equal rights with the Declaration of Independence

　　D John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln at the end of a performance in Ford’s Theatre.

　　27. The fundamental conflict between the Union and the South lies in .

　　A religious faiths

　　B political beliefs

　　C economic interests

　　D geographic differences

　　28. It can be inferred from the context of Para. 4 .

　　A John Wilkes Booth was one of the fireballs of the South

　　B the Democratic Party was strongly opposed to slavery

　　C with the election of Lincoln the South lost its majority in Congress

　　D the Civil War could have been avoided if Lincoln had not won the election

　　29. What did Lincoln wish to do when he became President of the United States?

　　A Make compromises

　　B Prevent the spread of slavery

　　C Strike a balance

　　D Get prepared for war

　　30. In what way was America unique in the family of nations .

　　A It was the only nation that allowed the existence of slavery

　　B It was the only nation that existed half-slave and half-free

　　C It was the only nation whose government gave rights to the people

　　D It was the only nation whose power of government was given by people

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