大学英语六级考试真题与答案.docx

1、大学英语六级考试真题与答案2013年12月大学英语六级真题Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible w

2、ords. Please write your answers onAnswer Sheet 2.Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.How good are you at saying no? For many, its surprisingly difficult. This is especially true of editors, who by nature tend to be eager and engaged participants in everything they do. Consider thes

3、e scenarios:Its late in the day. That front-page package youve been working on is nearly complete; one last edit and its finished. Enter the executive editor, who makes a suggestion requiring a more-than-modest rearrangement of the design and the addition of an information box. You want to scream: N

4、o! Its done! What do you do?The first rule of saying no to the boss is dont say no. She probably has something in mind when she makes suggestions, and its up to you to find out what. The second rule is dont raise the stakes by challenging her authority. That issue is already decided. The third rule

5、is to be ready to cite options and consequences. The bosss suggestions might be appropriate, but there are always consequences. She might not know about the pages backing up that need attention, or about the designer who had to go home sick. Tell her she can have what she wants, but explain the cons

6、equences. Understand what shes trying to accomplish and propose a Plan B that will make it happen without destroying what youve done so far.Heres another case. Your least-favorite reporter suggests a dumb story idea. This one should be easy, but its not. If you say no, even politely, you risk inhibi

7、ting further ideas, not just from that reporter, but from others who heard that you turned down the idea. This scenario is common in newsrooms that lack a systematic way to filter story suggestions.Two steps are necessary. First, you need a system for how stories are proposed and reviewed. Reporters

8、 can tolerate rejection of their ideas if they believe they were given a fair hearing. Yourgut reaction(本能反应) and dismissive rejection, even of a worthless idea, might not qualify as systematic or fair.Second, the people you work with need to negotiate a What if .? agreement covering What if my idea

9、 is turned down? How are people expected to react? Is there an appeal process? Can they refine the idea and resubmit it? By anticipating What if.? situations before they happen, you can reach understanding that will help ease you out of confrontations.47. Instead of directly saying no to your boss,

10、you should find out _.48. The authors second warning is that we should avoid running a greater risk by _.49. One way of responding to your bosss suggestion is to explain the _ to her and offer an alternative solution.50. To ensure fairness to reporters, it is important to set up a system for stories

11、 to _.51. People who learn to anticipate What if.? situations will be able to reach understanding and avoid _.Section BDirections:There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D

12、). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 2with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.At the heart of the debate over illegal immigration lies one key question: are immigrants good or bad for t

13、he economy? The American public overwhelmingly thinks theyre bad. Yet the consensus among most economists is that immigration, both legal and illegal, provides a small net boost to the economy. Immigrants provide cheap labor, lower the prices of everything from farm produce to new homes, and leave c

14、onsumers with a little more money in their pockets. So why is there such a discrepancy between the perception of immigrants impact on the economy and the reality?There are a number of familiar theories. Some argue that people are anxious and feel threatened by an inflow of new workers. Others highli

15、ght the strain that undocumented immigrants place on public services, like schools, hospitals, and jails. Still others emphasize the role of race, arguing that foreigners add to the nations fears and insecurities. Theres some truth to all these explanations, but they arent quite sufficient.To get a

16、better understanding of whats going on, consider the way immigrations impact is felt. Though its overall effect may be positive, its costs and benefits are distributed unevenly. David Card, an economist at UC Berkeley, notes that the ones who profit most directly from immigrants low-cost labor are b

17、usinesses and employers meatpacking plants in Nebraska, for instance, or agricultural businesses in California. Granted, these producers savings probably translate into lower prices at the grocery store, but how many consumers make that mental connection at the checkout counter? As for the drawbacks

18、 of illegal immigration, these, too, are concentrated. Native low-skilled workers suffer most from the competition of foreign labor. According to a study by George Borjas, a Harvard economist, immigration reduced the wages of American high-school dropouts by 9% between 1980-2000.Among high-skilled,

19、better-educated employees, however, opposition was strongest in states with both high numbers of immigrants and relatively generous social services. What worried them most, in other words, was thefiscal(财政)burden of immigration. That conclusion was reinforced by another finding: that their oppositio

20、n appeared to soften when that fiscal burden decreased, as occurred with welfare reform in the 1990s, which curbed immigrants access to certain benefits.The irony is that for all the overexcited debate, the net effect of immigration is minimal. Even for those most acutely affected say, low-skilled w

21、orkers, or California residents the impact isnt all that dramatic. The unpleasant voices have tended to dominate our perceptions, says Daniel Tichenor, a political science professor at the University of Oregon. But when all those factors are put together and the economists calculate the numbers, it

22、ends up being a net positive, but a small one. Too bad most people dont realize it.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。52. What can we learn from the first paragraph?A)Whether immigrants are good or bad for the economy has been puzzling economists.B)The American economy used to thrive on immigration but now its a dif

23、ferent story.C)The consensus among economists is that immigration should not be encouraged.D)The general public thinks differently from most economists on the impact of immigration.53. In what way does the author think ordinary Americans benefit from immigration?A)They can access all kinds of public

24、 services.B)They can get consumer goods at lower prices.C)They can mix with people of different cultures.D)They can avoid doing much of the manual labor.54. Why do native low-skilled workers suffer most from illegal immigration?A)They have greater difficulty getting welfare support.B)They are more l

25、ikely to encounter interracial conflicts.C)They have a harder time getting a job with decent pay.D)They are no match for illegal immigrants in labor skills.55. What is the chief concern of native high-skilled, better-educated employees about the inflow of immigrants?A)It may change the existing soci

26、al structure.B)It may pose a threat to their economic status.C)It may lead to social instability in the country.D)It may place a great strain on the state budget.56. What is the irony about the debate over immigration?A) Even economists cant reach a consensus about its impact.B)Those who are opposed

27、 to it turn out to benefit most from it.C)People are making too big a fuss about something of small impact.D) There is no essential difference between seemingly opposite opinions.Passage TwoQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.Picture a typical MBA lecture theatre twenty years ago.

28、In it the majority of students will have conformed to the standard model of the time: male, middle class and Western. Walk into a class today, however, and youll get a completely different impression. For a start, you will now see plenty more women the University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School, for

29、 example, boasts that 40% of its new enrolment is female. You will also see a wide range of ethnic groups and nationals of practically every country.It might be tempting, therefore, to think that the old barriers have been broken down and equal opportunity achieved. But, increasingly, this apparent

30、diversity is becoming a mask for a new type of conformity. Behind the differences in sex, skin tones and mother tongues, there are common attitudes, expectations and ambitions which risk creating a set of clones among the business leaders of the future.Diversity, it seems, has not helped to address

31、fundamental weaknesses in business leadership. So what can be done to create more effective managers of the commercial world? According to Valerie Gauthier, associate dean at HEC Paris, the key lies in the process by which MBA programmes recruit their students. At the moment candidates are selected

32、on a fairly narrow set of criteria such as prior academic and career performance, and analytical and problem solving abilities. This is then coupled to a schools picture of what a diverse class should look like, with the result that passport, ethnic origin and sex can all become influencing factors. But schools rarely dig down to find out what really makes an applicant succeed, to create a cl