2010年6月大学英语六级考试全真模拟试卷及答案解析(1)
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Part I Writing (30 minutes)
注意:此部分试题在答题卡1上。
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30
minutes to write a composition on the topic: A way from
Net-bar Campaign. You should write at least 150 words
following the outline given below:
1. 新闻媒体披露,徐州某中学1000多名学生签名;庄严承诺“远离网吧”
2. 分析“远离网吧”运动的原因
3. 做出对比和评论
Away from Net-bar Campaign
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15
minutes)
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 1-4, mark
Y (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 5-10, complete the sentences with the
information given in the passage.
Suggestions for Your Work
Annie is a longtime secretary/receptionist for two senior vice
presidents at a big company. They have been doing a lot of hiring
lately, and almost all of the new middle-management personnel have
been interviewed by one or the other of Annie's two bosses, so
naturally they come through her office first.
Some of these people are unbelievably rude. Either they treat
Annie like a piece of furniture (no hello, no eye contact) or they
think she is their errand(差使)girl. Lately, Annie's two bosses have
started asking her for her impressions of job candidates. So far
this week, two have been discourteous(失礼的)and dismissive, so Annie
gave both the thumbs-down. Neither is getting called back for the
next round of interviews.
No one knows how common this is, but if you are job hunting, it's
necessary to be aware that the dummy at the reception desk may be
anything but not "just a secretary".
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Suggestions to Job Hunters
According to Annie Stevens and Greg Gostanian, two partners at a
Boston-based executive coaching firm called Clear Rock, it's not
unusual these days for a hiring manager to ask everyone who meets a
potential new hire to give an opinion of him or her. "One of the
biggest reasons so many newly recruited managers fail in a new job
is their inability to fit in and get along with the people who are
already there," says Stevens. "So employers now want to get
staffers' impressions right at the start."
Adds Gostanian:" A lot can be learned from how candidates treat
receptionists. If the jobseeker is rude, condescending, or
arrogant, this might be an indication of how he or she would treat
coworkers or direct reports."
Obviously, anyone looking for a new job would do well not to
alienate the person who sits outside the interviewer's door.
Stevens and Gostanian offer these six tips for getting off to the
right start:
•Introduce yourself as you would to any other potential new
colleague. Smile, shake hands, and so on. It seems odd that this
has to be spelled out, but apparently it does; and, besides being a
matter of common courtesy, ordinary friendliness offers a practical
advantage. "Learning and remembering an interviewer's
receptionist's name can only help as you advance in the
interviewing process," Stevens notes.
•Don't regard a receptionist or other assistant as an
underling(部下)—at least, not as your own personal underling. "Always
ask the interviewer if you need help from anyone else in the office
where you're interviewing, instead of seeking this directly
yourself," says Gostanian. In other words, if you'd like to leave
an extra copy of your resume, refrain from sending the
interviewer's assistant to the Xerox machine.
•It's fine to accept if you're offered a beverage, but keep it
simple. "Don't ask for particular brand names or expect to be
brewed a fresh pot of coffee," Stevens says. And of course, need we
add that dispatching anybody to Starbucks is out of the
question?
•Feel free to make small talk, but know that anything you say may
well get back to the interviewer. "Don't ask probing questions
about the company or offer unsolicited opinions," Gostanian
advises. No matter how hideous the office door, endless the hike
from the parking lot, or inconvenient the wait to see the
interviewer, keep it to yourself. Plenty of time for whining(抱怨)and
grumbling after you're hired.
•Don't talk on your cell phone in front of the receptionist, and
try to put your BlackBerry aside. "If you have to make or take a
call, leave the reception area," Stevens says. Preoccupation with
wireless devices will mark you, she says, as "a cold and fixated
person".
•Don't forget to say good-bye. "Failure to say good-bye to
someone you've just met reflects negatively on you," Gostanian
notes. "You'll come across as impersonal and uncaring." That's
hardly the image any job hunter wants to project.
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How to Measure Your Work
Any job, like any relationship, has its difficult moments. And
with the job market heating up, the temptations to change partners
are growing.
As with any relationship, however, you really should assess the
full value of what you've got before giving it up wholesale,
because—let's fact it—regret really is a waste of your time.
Regardless of the main task of a job—be it bond trading,
teaching, balancing the books, or cleaning hotel rooms—are there
objective criteria that you can use to measure whether your job is
wonderful or not?
Workplace experts Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman have
identified several. In their book First, Break All the Rules: What
the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently, they offer a useful
guide in the form of 12 questions:
•Do I know what's expected of me at work?
•Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work
right?
•At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I do best every
day?
•In the last 7 days, have I received recognition or praise for
doing good work?
•Does my supervisor, or someone at work, seem to care about me as
a person?
•Is there someone at work who encourages my development?
•At work, do my opinions seem to count?
•Does the mission/purpose of my company make me feel my job is
important?
•Are my coworkers committed to doing quality work?
•Do I have a best friend at work?
•In the last six months, has someone at work talked to me about
my progress?
•This last year, have I had opportunities at work to learn and to
grow?
Buckingham and Coffman picked these 12 questions after looking
for patterns among the responses of more than 1 million employees
to workplace questions posed by the Gallup Organization over the
years.
"We were searching for those special questions where the most
engaged employees ... answered positively, and everyone
else...answered neutrally or negatively," they wrote.
Their reasoning: they wanted to identify the key elements of a
strong workplace that can attract and retain talent.
Satisfaction with pay and benefits didn't make the list not
because they're not important, Coffman said, but because they're
important to all employees, whether they're engaged in their work
or not.
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So, assuming you feel you're paid the going rate for your job,
answering affirmatively to all or even most of the 12 questions can
be an indication that you've got a great job that you should part
with only for very good reason. And if job satisfaction is
important to you, then the promise of a bigger paycheck alone may
not be reason enough.
When Coffman is asked what percentage of companies he thinks
actually pass the 12-question test, his estimate is no more than 15
percent. But within a company, he said, individual departments may
meet the test, even if the company overall doesn't.
Why? The manager of a department makes all the difference.
Coffman said when an employee quits, 70 percent of the time she's
not leaving because of the job, she's leaving because of the
manager.
One cautionary note: your job may not be as wonderful for you as
you think if you answer a majority of the 12 questions
affirmatively but the few questions that you can't are among the
first six. That's because the first six questions make up the base
on which job satisfaction rests, according to Buckingham and
Coffman. If your current job doesn't meet the first six criteria,
you are more likely to be disengaged with your work and less
productive than you could be.
Consider question three after all. Do you have the opportunity to
do what you do best everyday? "If you're not able to use your gifts
every day, you'll be pretty frustrated," Coffman said.
Of course, job satisfaction isn't a one-way street with a
department either meeting your needs or not. In order to answer the
12 questions honestly, you need to know what it is that makes you
tick and not blindly blame your department for any job
dissatisfaction.
Do you know what it is you like to do and what you do best? What
kind of recognition do you like? Public or private? What are your
values and do they square with your company's goals? How do you
like a manager to relate to you?
Otherwise, your career, like a string of bad relationships, can
become a case of "different partner, same problems".
1. When you go to a company for an interview, there is no need to
care the feelings of the receptionists.
2. According to Annie Stevens, many newly recruited managers fail
in a new job because they cannot get along with their
coworkers.
3. If you want to get off to the right start, you should treat the
receptionists as your potential bosses.
4. If you fail to say "thank you" to the receptionists, they will
have negative impressions of you.
5. If you want to give up a job wholesale, you should evaluate
________ from it.
6. When you are measuring your work, you should consider that if
there is someone at work who encourages your development and talks
to you about __________.
7. The question about satisfaction with pay and benefits is not
included in the 12 questions because it's important to all
employees, whether ________ or not.
8. Even if the company overall cannot pass the 12-question test,
________ may pass it.
9. You should pay special attention to the first six questions of
the 12 questions because they make up the base on which
________.
10. If you want to answer the 12 questions honestly, you should
know what makes you not blindly blame your department for
________.
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Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In
this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long
conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more
questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation
and the questions 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 Answer Sheet
2 with a single line through the center.
11. [A] The man should try to be more understanding.
[B] The man's wife should be more understanding.
[C] The man's negative attitude may be derived from his
childhood.
[D] The pessimism of the man's wife may be the result of her past
experiences.
12. [A] A snowstorm. [B] An earthquake.
[C] A traffic accident. [D] A hurricane.
13. [A] The two speakers are classmates.
[B] The man is majoring in elementary education.
[C] The woman is majoring in elementary education.
[D] The two speakers got to know each other in a class.
14. [A] At 6:15. [B] At 5:50.
[C] At 16:05. [D] At 16:15.
15. [A] Unemployment. [B] Family breakup.
[C] Mental problems. [D] Drinking.
16. [A] She disagrees with the man.
[B] She doesn't enjoy long speeches.
[C] She hadn't known how long the speech would be.
[D] She doesn't have a special opinion about the speaker.
17. [A] They are attending a concert.
[B] They are negotiating about a price.
[C] They are planning to go for a date.
[D] They are buying something for their firm.
18. [A] The man is a football fan.
[B] The man needs the woman's help.
[C] The man didn't watch TV last night.
[D] The man often has power failure at home.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have
just heard.
19. [A] He hiked along the Colorado River.
[B] He explored the Colorado River.
[C] He camped along the Colorado River.
[D] He visited the Colorado city.
20. [A] Because they want to sell canteens.
[B] Because they want to educate the tourists about park
conditions.
[C] Because the tourists may get sick or die from
dehydration.
[D] Because the tourists may get lost.
21. [A] Because she had too many things with her.
[B] Because she was sick.
[C] Because she was quite lazy.
[D] Because she didn't want to get sick at high altitudes.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have
just heard.
22. [A] She needs some information.
[B] She wants packing materials.
[C] She is checking her package.
[D] She is moving to California.
23. [A] Fresh fruit. [B] A gift certificate.
[C] homemade candy. [D] A wedding present.
24. [A] The next day. [B] On Saturday.
[C] In three days. [D] In one week.
25. [A] Regular service. [B] Overnight express.
[C] Same day delivery. [D] Priority service.
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Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3
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 Answer Sheet 2 with a
single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just
heard.
26. [A] At school. [B] At home. [C] At Youth Clubs. [D] At Youth
Centers.
27. [A] They develop their identities within peer groups.
[B] They receive informal education.
[C] They perform voluntary community services.
[D] They participate in all kinds of extracurricular
activities.
28. [A] About four million. [B] About seven million.
[C] About five million. [D] About six million.
29. [A] Sport events. [B] Cultural activities. [C] Counseling. [D]
Creative activities.
Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just
heard.
30. [A] Many students try to study the whole
night before an exam.
[B] Sleep may improve memory.
[C] Exams may harm memory.
[D] Sleep can improve listening ability.
31. [A] Sleep can strengthen memories.
[B] Sleep can recover memories.
[C] Sleep can protect memories against interference.
[D] Sleep can harm memories.
32. [A] It's similar to playing notes on a piano.
[B] It requires a night's sleep.
[C] It's similar to the way a computer stores information.
[D] It requires no sleep.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just
heard.
33. [A] Two. [B] Three. [C] Four. [D]
Five.
34. [A] Business success takes a high level of activity.
[B] Top managers are generally gifted at judging people.
[C] Business success takes the ability to cope with stress.
[D] Different executives make their communications come through
in different ways.
35. [A] Be unable to breathe. [B] Be overcome by pressure.
[C] Become speechless. [D] Be scared by pressure.