王长喜六级考前热身试题三.docx

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王长喜六级考前热身试题三

大学英语六级考试考前热身试题三

PartIWriting（30minutes）

Directions:

Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitledTheProblemofEmptyNest.Youshouldwriteatleast150wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow.

所谓“空巢”是指子女长大成人后从父母家庭中相继分离出去、只剩下老年人独自生活的家庭

1.随着中国社会老龄化程度的加剧，“空巢老人”越来越多

2.“空巢老人”现象已经成为一个不容忽视的社会问题

3.如何解决由此带来的问题

TheProblemofEmptyNest

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PartIIReadingComprehension（SkimmingandScanning）（15minutes）

Directions:

Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1-7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarked[A],[B],[C]and[D].Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.

HowtoCreateaHomeLibrary

“Icannotlivewithoutbooks,”declaredU.S.PresidentThomasJeffersontohisfriendJohnAdams.Indeed,Jeffersonwasanobsessivebookcollectorfromayoungage,amassing（收集）threeseparatehomelibrariesinhislifetime.Thefirstcollectionwasdestroyedwhenhisfamilyhomeburneddownin1770.WhentheLibraryofCongresswasdestroyedintheWarof1812,Jeffersonsoldhissecondcollectionofabout6,000bookstothefederallibrary.Jefferson’slibrarywasconsideredthefinestinthecountry,andhiscollectiondoubledtheholdingsoftheLibraryofCongress.Still,Jeffersondidn’tlettheshelvesatMonticellositempty.Bythetimehedied11yearslater,hehadmorethan2,000volumesinhislibrary.

Jefferson’slibrarymightfityourconceptionofanold-fashionedhomelibrarywithleather-boundbooks,woodpanelinganduncomfortablefurniture.Buthomelibrariescanbeadynamicexpressionoftheowner’spersonality.Creatingahomelibraryisafunwaytodisplayyourinterestswhileestablishingaspecialspaceforreading.

HomeLibraryOrganization

Whenyoustartedusingthepubliclibrary,youprobablylearnedaboutMelvilDeweyandhissystemfororderinglibraries.TheDeweyDecimalClassificationSystemhastenbroadcategoriesfororganizingbooks,includingphilosophy,religionandthearts.Eachcategoryisassignedanumber,soforexample,whenyouwantabookonmodernart,youheadtothe700block.Largerlibraries,suchasthoseatuniversities,tendtousetheLibraryofCongressClassificationSystembecauseitoffersamorespecificarrayofsubjectsforcategorization,addingsubjectssuchasmedicineandlawforatotalof21categories.

Yourhomelibrarymayormaynotbeaslargeasyourlocalpubliclibrary,butagoodsystemoforganizationwillstillhelpyoufindthebookyouwantquickly.YoucouldtakeapagefromDeweyandtheLibraryofCongressandsortbooksbysubjectmatter.Sectionsforsubjectssuchashistory,technologyorfictionmightmaketheirretrievaleasier.Thissystemalsowouldallowyoutohighlightaparticularpassion,suchasanextensivecollectionofWorldWarIIhistory.

Herearesomeotherwaystoorganizeacollection:

·Alphabetizingbyauthorworkswellforfictionbutnotnecessarilyfornonfictionbooksofvarioussubjects.

·Judgingabookbyitscoverisusuallyfrownedupon,butsortingbycolorcanbeaestheticallypleasingtosome.Thosegenerallyforgetfulaboutthecolorsoftheirbooksmightdisagree.

·Afterapainfulbreakup,themaincharacterinNickHornby’sbook“HighFidelity”organizeshisrecordcollectionautobiographicallyintheorderheacquiredthem.Achronologicalorganizationmightincludeshelvesthattracktheprogressofyourlife,frombelovedchildhoodreadingandcollegetextbookstoparentingbooks.

·Tosomereaders,therearetwowaystolookatbooks:

readandunread.Prioritizing（区分优先次序）whenyoumightneedthebookwillallowyoutokeepunreadbooksattheforefrontofyourcollection,aswellasbooksyoureachforfrequently,suchasreferencebooksorfavoritenovels.

LibraryFurniture

Whileitmightbedifficultforabooklovertospendmoneyonsomethingotherthanbooks,atsomepoint,youwillneedsomebookshelves.Built-inbookshelvescanprovidefloor-to-ceilingstorageandspacesavings.Theycanbetuckedunderstaircasesorotherout-of-the-wayspaces;however,they’renotagoodchoiceforrenters,andtheycanrepresentabiginvestmentintermsofpriceandinstallation.Freestandingbookcasesarewidelyavailableinavar