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全国大学生英语六级考试模拟试题及答案详解

2013年全国大学生英语六级考试模拟试题及答案详解

PartIWriting（30minutes）

Directions:

Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteacomposition

onthetopic:

Travel-mateWanted.Youshouldwriteatleast150wordfollowingthe

outlinegivenbelow:

假设你是李明，假期即将到来，你打算做一次为期三周的旅行，希望找个外国朋友作为

游伴（Travel-mate）。

拟一个寻游伴的启事，交代清楚日程安排、费用分担情况、对对方的

要求等，并说明对方和你一起出游的好处。

Travel-mateWanted

PartIIReadingComprehension（SkimmingandScanning）（15minutes）

Directions:

Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequickly

andanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1-4,mark

Y（forYES）ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;

N（forNO）ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;

NG（forNOTGIVEN）iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage.

Forquestions5-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthe

passage.

IsCollegeReallyWorththeMoney?

TheRealWorld

EsteGriffithhaditallfiguredout.WhenshegraduatedfromtheUniversity

ofPittsburghinApril2001,shehadhersightssetononething:

workingforalabor

union.

Therealworldhadotherideas.Griffithleftschoolwithnotonlyadegree,

butaboatloadofdebt.Sheowed$15,000instudentloansandhadrackedup$4,000

increditcarddebtforbooks,groceriesandotherexpenses.Nolaborunionjobcould

payenoughtobailherout.

SoGriffithwenttoworkinsteadforaWashington,D.C.firmthatspecializes

ineconomicdevelopment.Problemsolved?

Nope.Atage24,shetakeshomeabout$1,800

amonth,$1,200ofwhichdisappearstopayherrent.Addanother$180amonthto

retireherstudentloansand$300amonthtowhittledownhercreditcardbalance.

"Youdothemath,"shesays.

Griffithhaspracticallynomoneytoliveon.Shebrown-bags（自带午餐）herlunch

andbikestowork.Aboveall,shefearsshe'llneverownahouseorbeabletoretire.

It'snotthatsheregretsgettingherdegree."Buttheydon'ttellyouthatthe

trade-offisthenexttenyearsofyourincome,"shesays.

That'spreciselythedealbeingmadebymoreandmorecollegestudents.They're

mortgagingtheirfuturestomeetsoaringtuitioncostsandothercollegeexpenses.

LikeGriffith,they'refacingaone-twopunchatgraduation:

hefty（深重的）student

loansandsmotheringcreditcarddebt—nottomentionajobmarketthat,fornow

anyway,isdismal.

"Weareforcingourchildrentomakeachoicebetweentwoevils,"saysElizabeth

Warren,aHarvardLawprofessorandexpertonbankruptcy."Skipcollegeandface

alifeofdiminishedopportunity.orgotocollegeandfacealifeshackled（束缚）by

debt."

TuitionHikes

Forsometime,collegeshaveinsistedtheirsteeptuitionhikesareneededto

payforcutting-edgetechnologies,facultyandadministrationsalaries,andrising

healthcarecosts.Nowthere'sanewculprit（犯人）:

shrinkingstatesupport.Caught

inaseverebudgetcrunch,manystateshavesharplyscaledbacktheirfundingfor

highereducation.

Someonehadtomakeupforthoselostdollars.Andyoucanguesswho—especially

ifyouliveinMassachusetts,whichlastyearhikeditstuitionandfeesby24percent,

afterfundingdroppedby3percent,orinMissouri,whereappropriations（拨款）fell

by10percent,buttuitionroseatdoublethatrate.Aboutone-thirdofthestates,

infact,haveincreasedtuitionandfeesbymorethan10percent.

OneofthosestatesisCalifornia,andJanetBurrell'sfamilyisfeelingthe

pain.AbookkeeperinTorrance,BurrellhasadaughterattheUniversityof

CaliforniaatDavisMeanwhile,hersonsattendtwo-yearcollegesbecauseBurrell

can'taffordtohavealloftheminfour-yearschoolsatonce.

Meanwhile,evenwithtuitionhikes,California'scommunitycollegesareso

strappedforcashtheydroppedthousandsofclasseslastspring.Theresult:

54,000

fewerstudents.

CollapsingInvestments

Manyfamiliesthoughttheyhadasurefireplan:

eveniftuitionkeptskyrocketing,

theyhadinvestedenoughmoneyalongthewaytomeetthecosts.Thenafunnything

happenedonthewaytoWallStreet.Thoseinvestmentscollapsedwiththestockmarket.

Amongtheloserslastyear:

thewildlypopular"529"plans—federaltax-exempt

collegesavingsplansofferedbyindividualstates,whichhaveattractedbillions

fromfamiliesaroundthecountry."Wehearfrommanyparentsthatwhattheyhadset

asidedeclinedinvaluesomuchthattheynowdon'thaveenoughtoseetheirstudents

through,"saysPennStatefinancialaiddirectorAnnaGriswold,whowitnesseda10

percentincreaseinloanapplicationslastyear.Evenwithamarketthatmaybeslowly

recovering,itwilltaketime,perhapsseveralyears,forpeopletorecoup（补

偿）theirlosses.

NadineSayeghisamongthosewhodidn'thavetheluxuryofwaitingforhercollege

nesteggtogrowback.Herfatherhadinvestedmoneytowardhertuition,butalarge

chunkofitvanishedwhenstockswentsouth.Nadinewasthenonlypartwaythrough

college.Bygraduation,shehadtakenoutatleast$10,000inloans,andhermother

hadborrowedevenmoreonherbehalf.Now22,Nadineisattendinglawschool,having

signedforyetmoreloanstopayforthat."Therewasn'tanywaytodoitdifferently,"

shesays,"andI'mnothappyaboutit.I'vesatdownandcalculatedhowlongitwill

takemetopayoffeverything.I'llbe35yearsold."That'sifshe'sverylucky:

Nadinebasedhercalculationonlandingajobrightoutoflawschoolthatwillpay

heratleast$120,000ayear.

DependentonLoansandCreditCards

TheAmericanCouncilonEducationhasitsowncalculationthatshowshowstudents

aremoreandmoredependentonloans.Injustfiveyears,from1995to2000,the

medianloandebtatpublicinstitutionsrosefrom$10,342to$15,375.Mostofthis

comesfromfederalloans,whichCongressmademoretemptingin1992byexpanding

eligibility（homeequitynolongercountsagainstyourassets）andraisingloan

limits（adependentundergraduatecannowborrowupto$23,000fromthefederal

government）.

Butstudentsaren'tstoppingthere.TheCollegeBoardestimatesthattheyalso

borrowed$4.5billionfromprivatelendersinthe2000-2001academicyear,upfrom

$1.5billionjustfiveyearsearlier.

Forlotsofstudents,theworstofitisn'teventheweightofthosedirect

studentloans.It'swhattheyrackuponallthoseplasticcardsintheirwallets.

Asoftwoyearsago,accordingtoastudybylenderNellieMae,morethaneightout

oftenundergradshadtheirowncreditcards,withthetypicalstudentcarryingfour.

That'snobigsurprise,giventhein-your-facemarketingbycreditcardcompanies,

whichsetuptablesoncampustoentice（诱惑）studentstosignup.Somecollegesban

orrestrictthishawking,butothersgiveitaboost.Youknowthosecreditcards

emblazonedwithaschool'spictureoritslogo?

Forsanctioningsuchacard—a

must-haveforsomestudents—acollegedepartmentorassociationgetspaymentsfrom

theissuer.Meanwhile,fromfreshmanyeartograduation,accordingtotheNellie

Maestudy,studentstriplethenumberofcreditcardstheyownanddoubletheirdebt

onthem.Asof2001,theywereintheholeanaverage$2,327.

AWiseChoice?

Oneday,Moyersatdownwithhismother,JanneO'Donnell,totalkabouthisgoal

ofgoingtolawschool.Don'tcountonit,O'Donnelltoldhim.Shecouldn'tafford

thecostandMoyerdoubtedhecouldgetaloan,givenhowmuchheowedalready."He

saidhefeltlikeafailure,"O'Donnellrecalls."Hedidn'tknowhowhehadgotten

intosuchamess."

Aweeklater,the22-year-oldhangedhimselfinhisbedroom,wherehismother

foundhim.O'Donnellisconvincedthemoneypressurescausedhissuicide."Seantried

topayhisdebtsoff,"shesays."Andhecouldn'ttakeit."

Tobesure,suicidesareexceedinglyrare.Butdespairiscommon,andit

sometimesleadsstudentstorethinkwhethercollegewasworthit.Infact,there

arequiteafewjobsthatdon'trequireacollegedegree,yetpayfairlywell.On

average,though,collegegraduatescanexpecttoearn80percentmorethanthose

withonlyahighschooldiploma.Also,allbuttwoofthe50highestpayingjobs

（theexceptionsbeingairtrafficcontrollersandnuclearpowerreactoroperators）

requireafour-yearcollegedegree.Soforegoingacollegeeducationisoftennot

awisechoice.

MeritMikhail,whograduatedlastJunefromtheUniversityofCalifornia,

Riverside,isgladsheborrowedtogetthroughschool.ButsheleftRiversideowing

$20,000instudentloansandanother$7,000increditcarddebt.Nowinlawschool,

Merithopestobecomeapublic-interestattorney,yetshemayhavetopostponethat

goal,whichbothersher.Tohandleherdebt,she'llprobablyneedtostartwitha

morelucrative（有利的）legaljob.

Likesomanyotherstudents.Mikhailtookoutherloansonakindofblindfaith

thatshecoulddealwiththeconsequences."Yousaytoyourself,'Ihavetogointo

debttomakeitwork,andwhateverittakeslater,I'llmanage.'"Laterhasnow

arrived,andMikhailisfindingoutthetruecostofhercollegedegree.

1.Griffithworkedforafirmthatspecializedineconomicdevelopmentin

WashingtonD.C.becausesheneededmoneytopayforherdebt.

2.Theonlyproblemthestudentsarefacingatgraduationisthedismaljob

market.

3.Onereasonwhycollegesincreasetuitionandfeesisthatthestatesupport

isshrinking.

4.Nearlyallthefamiliescanmanagetomeetthesoaringtuitioncoststhrough

variousinvestmentplans.

5.AccordingtoNadine'scalculation,shecanpayoffallherdebtwhensheis

________ifshecangetasalaryof$120,000ayearrightoutoflawschool.

6.Studentsgetmoneyfromnotonlyfederalloansbutalso________.

7.Thecollegedepartmentorassociationcanget