大学英语CET六级阅读考前模拟试题.docx

1、大学英语CET六级阅读考前模拟试题2015年大学英语六级阅读考前模拟试题CET6（A）The American economic system is organized around a basically private-enterprise， market-oriented economy in which consumers largely determine what shall be produced by spending their money in the marketplace for those goods and services that they want most.

2、 Private businessmen， striving to make profits， produce these goods and services in competition with other businessmen； and the profit motive， operating under competitive pressures， largely determines how these goods and services are produced. Thus， in the American economic system it is the demand o

3、f individual consumers，coupled with the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes， that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to produce it.An important factor in a market-oriented economy is the mechanism by whic

4、h consumer demands can be expressed and responded to by producers. In the American economy， this mechanism is provided by a price system， a process in which prices rise and fall in response to relative demands of consumers and supplies offered by seller-producers. If the product is in short supply r

5、elative to the demand， the price will be bid up and some consumers will be eliminated from the market. If， on the other hand， producing more of a commodity results in reducing its cost， this will tend to increase the supply offered by seller-producers， which in turn will lower the price and permit m

6、ore consumers to buy the product. Thus， price is the regulating mechanism in the America economic system.The important factor in a private-enterprise economy is that individual are allowed to own productive resources （private property）， and they are permitted to hire labor， gain control over natural

7、 resources， and produce goods and services for sale at a profit. In the American economy， the concept of private property embraces not only the ownership of productive resources but also certain rights， including the right to determine the price of a product or to make a free contract with another p

8、rivate individual.1.In Para. 1，“ the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes” means _.A.Americans never feel satisfied with their incomes.B.Americans tend to overstate the amount of their incomes.C.Americans want to have their incomes increased.D.Americans want to increase the purchasing pow

9、er of their incomes.2.The first two sentences in the second paragraph clarity the idea to us that _.A.producers can satisfy the consumers by mechanized production.B.consumers can express their demands through producers.C.producers decide the prices of products.D.supply and demand regulate prices.3.T

10、he word “embraces” in Para. 3 probably parallels _.A.enfoldB.hugC.comprehendD.support4.According to the passage， a private-enterprise economy is characterized by _.A.private property and rights concerned.B.manpower and natural resources control.C.ownership of productive resourcesD.free contracts and

11、 prices.5.The passage is mainly talking about _.A.how American goods are produced.B.how American consumers buy their goods.C.how American economic system works.D.how American businessman make their profits.答案：DDCAC（B）There are various ways in which individual economic units can interact with one ano

12、ther. Three basic ways may be described as the market system， the administered system， and the traditional system.In a market system individual economic units are free to interact among each other in the marketplace. It is possible to buy commodities from other economic units or sell commodities to

13、them. In a market， transactions may take place via barter or money exchange. In a barter economy， real goods such as automobiles， shoes， and pizzas are traded against each other. Obviously， finding somebody who wants to trade my old car in exchange for a sailboat may not always be an easy task. Henc

14、e， the introduction of money as a medium of exchange eases transactions considerably. In the modern market economy， goods and services are bought or sold for money.An alternative to the market system is administrative control by some agency over all transactions. This agency will issue edicts or com

15、mands as to how much of each good and service should be produced， exchanged， and consumed by each economic unit. Central planning may be one way of administering such an economy. The central plan， drawn up by the government， shows the amounts of each commodity produced by the various firms and alloc

16、ated to different households for consumption. This is an example of complete planning of production， consumption， and exchange for the whole economy.In a traditional society， production and consumption patterns are governed by tradition； every persons place within the economic system is fixed by par

17、entage， religion， and custom. Transactions take place on the basis of tradition， too. People belonging to a certain group or caste may have an obligation to care for other persons， provide them with food and shelter， care for their health， and provide for their education. Clearly， in a system where

18、every decision is made on the basis of tradition alone， progress may be difficult to achieve. A stagnant society may result.1.What is the main purpose of the passage？A. To outline contrasting types of economic systems.B. To explain the science of economics.C. To argue for the superiority of one econ

19、omic system.D. To compare barter and money-exchange markets.2.In the second paragraph， the word “real” in “real goods” could best be replaced by _，A. high qualityB. concreteC. utterD. authentic.3.According to the passage， a barter economy can generate _.A.rapid speed of transactions.B.misunderstandi

20、ngs.C.inflationD.difficulties for the traders.4.According to the passage， who has the greatest degree of control in the administered system？A.Individual householdsB.Small businesses.C.Major corporations.D.The government.5.Which of the following is not mentioned by the author as a criterion for deter

21、mining a persons position in a traditional society？A.Family backgroundB.AgeC.Religious beliefs.D.Custom答案：ABDDB（C）Western airliner manufacturers seem to be tripping over themselves in their eagerness to sign collaborative agreements with Asian partners as a low-cost route to developing new airliners

22、. Their potential Asian partners seem to be tripping over themselves to sign such agreements， as a low-cost route to acquiring new airliner technology. If they are not careful the two sides will end up tripping over each other： the one by selling its birth-right for short-term gain， the other by try

23、ing to break into a market which isnt big enough to sustain it.Technology transfer works in a growing market， where the aspirations of the new entrant receiving that technology can be met through expansion. The airliner market is not such a device.Even the most optimistic projections of airliner sal

24、es for the next 20 years show that airliner manufacture can only be profitable if a small number of aircraft builders share the available sales. It follows that if new manufacturers come into the market and take sales， their sales must come from substitution， not expansion.Given the complexity of to

25、days airliners， it is unlikely that any new entrant will have both the financial and technical resources to come into the market without the involvement of an established manufacturer. In the short term， such involvement may not be to the exclusive benefit of the new entrant： most of the established

26、 manufacturers are searching for ways to reduce costs of manufacture.In the short term， it can be of benefit to an established Western manufacturer to have either components of complete air frames made or assembled in lower-wage economics such a China， Taiwan or Korea， while retaining the design， de

27、velopment and marketing of aircraft for itself. It would be a very unwise Western manufacturer which did not heed the fact that these developing economies are acquiring skills （ like computing ） at least as quickly as they are acquiring skills in metallbashing.The danger comes when the new entrant n

28、o longer needs the established Western partner because it has acquired the technical and intellectual ability to design and build its own aircraft. An Asian partner may well find itself in the happy position of having the low-cost labour base， the high-cost technology base and the vital financial ba

29、se to build a new airliner.1.The authors attitude towards Western/eastern collaboration can be depicted as _.A.positive B.progressive C.conservative D.negative2.“The airliner market is not such a device ” means that the airliner market _.A.does not encourage technology transferB.is too limited to of

30、fer chances of successC.requires hi-tech rather than unaccepted devicesD.is full of competitions even for new entrants3.Established manufacturers search for partners in order to _.A.save the cost of the airframe B.improve some aircraft componentsC.save the cost of labour D.develop new technology4.Ac

31、cording to the author，a wise established manufacturer should _.A.try to benefit from both financial and technical resourcesB.break up his partnership with the East once profits are madeC.keep a tight told over hi-tech development and marketing of airlinersD.collaborate with Asian partners for a short time5.The word “base” in the last paragraph represents_.A.a production placeB.the initial operation of building aircraftC.a research instituteD.a position where to start building答案：CDADA（D）Is it possible to persuade mankind to live without war？ War is an ancient institution， which has existed