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　　Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
　　Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
　　Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
　　There are two methods of fighting, the one by law, the other by force; the first　method is that of men, the second of beasts; but as the first method is often　insufficient, one must have recourse to the second. It is, therefore, necessary　for a prince to know well how to use both the beast and the man. This was covertly taught to rulers by ancient writers, who related how Achilles and many others　of those ancient princes were given to Chiron the centaur to be brought up and educated under his discipline. The parable of this semi瞐nimal, semi瞙uman teacher is meant to indicate that a prince must know how to use both natures, and that the one without the other is not durable.A prince, being thus obliged to know well how to act as a beast, must imitate the fox, and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox annot defend himself from wolves. Those that wish to be only lions do not understand this. Therefore, a prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by doing so　it would be against his interest, and when the reasons which made him bind himself no longer exist. If men were all good, this precept would not be good ; but　as they are bad, and would not observe their faith with you, so you are not bound to keep faith with them. Nor have legitimate grounds ever failed a prince who　wished to show colorable excuse for the nonfulfilment of his promise. Of this one could furnish an infinite number of examples, and show how many times peace has been broken, and how many promises rendered worthless, by the faithlessness of princes, and those that have best been able to imitate the fox have succeeded best. But it is necessary to be able to disguise this character well, and to be a great feigner and dissembler, and men are so simple and so ready to obey present necessities, that the one who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
　　21.The author of the passage does not believe that ____.
　　A) people can protect themselves
　　B) the truth makes men free
　　C) leaders have to be consistent
　　D) princes are human
　　22.The lion represents those who are ____.
　　A) too trusting B) strong and careful
　　C) reliant on force D) lacking in intelligence
　　23.The fox, in this passage, is ____.
　　A) admired for his trickery B) no match for the lion
　　C) pitied for his trick D) considered worthless
　　24.The writer suggests that a successful leader must ____.
　　A) be prudent and faithful
　　B) cheat and lie
　　C) have principle to guide his actions
　　D) tell the people the truth about his opponent
　　25.The writer would approve an unsuccessful political candidate ____.
　　A) gave up all his opportunities
　　B) promised to try again next time
　　C) overthrew the government by force
　　D) told the people the truth about his opponent
        
         
         

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　　Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
　　The forest from which Man takes his timber is the tallest and most impressive plant community on Earth. In terms of Man's brief life it appears permanent and unchanging, save for the seasonal growth and fall of the leaves, but to forester it represents the climax of a long succession of events.No wooded landscape we see today has been forest for all time. Plants have minimum requirements of temperature and moisture and, in ages past, virtually every part of Earth's surface has at some time been either too dry or too cold for plants to survive. However, as soon as climatic conditions change in favour of plant life, a fascinating sequence of changes occurs, called a primary succession.
　　First to colonize the barren land are the lowly lichens, surviving on bare rock.
　　Slowly, the acids produced by these organisms crack the rock surface, plant debris accumulates, and mosses establish a shallow root瞙old. Ferns may follow and, with short grasses and shrubs, gradually form a covering of plant life. Roots probe even deeper into the developing soil and eventually large shrubs give way to the first trees. These grow rapidly, cutting off sunlight from the smaller plants, and soon establish complete domination—closing their ranks and forming a climax community which may endure for thousands of years.
　　Yet even this community is not everlasting. Fire may destroy it outright and settlers may cut it down to gain land for pasture or cultivation. If the land is then abandoned, a secondary succession will take over, developing much faster on the more hospitable soil. Shrubs and trees are among the early invaders, their seeds carried by the wind, by birds and lodged in the coats of mammals.For as long as it stands and thrives, the forest is a vast machine, storing energy and many elements essential for life.
　　26.What does the forest strike mankind as permanent?
　　A) The trees are in community.
　　B) The forest is renewed each season.
　　C) Man's life is short in comparison.
　　D) It is an essential part our lives.
　　27.What has sometimes caused plants to die out of the past?
　　A) Interference from foresters.
　　B) Variations in climate.
　　C) The absence of wooded land.
　　D) The introduction of new type of plants.
　　28.In a “primary succession', what makes it possible for mosses to take root?
　　A) The type of rock.
　　B) The amount of sunlight.
　　C) The amount of moisture.
　　D) The effect of lichens.
　　29.What conditions are needed for shrubs to become established?
　　A) Ferns must take root.
　　B) The ground must be covered with grass.
　　C) More soil must accumulate.
　　D) Smaller plants must die out.
　　30.Why is a “secondary succession” quicker?
　　A) The ground is more suitable.
　　B) There is more space for new plants.
　　B) Birds and animals bring new seeds.
　　D) It is supported by the forest.
        
         
         

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　　Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
　　Grandma Moses is among the most celebrated twentieth瞔entury painters of the United States, yet she had barely started painting before she was in her late seventies. As she once said of herself: “I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me.” No one could have had a more productive age.
　　 She was born Anna Mary Robertson on a farm in New York State, one of five boys and five girls.(“We came in bunches, like radishes.”) At twelve she left home and was in domestic service until, at twenty瞫even, she married Thomas Moses, the hired hand of one of her employers. They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then in New York State, at Eagle Bridge. She had ten children, of whom five survived; her husband died in 1927.Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby, but only switched to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore and at a fair, and were soon spotted by a dealer who bought everything she painted. Three of the pictures were exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the
　　1930's and her death she produced some 2,000 pictures: detailed and lively portrayals of the rural life she had known for so long, with a marvelous sense of color and form. “I think really hard till I think of something really pretty, and then I paint it.” she said.
　　31.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
　　A) Grandma Moses: A Biographical Sketch
　　B) The Children of Grandma Moses
　　C) Grandma Moses: Her Best Exhibition
　　D) Grandma Moses and Other Older Artists
　　32.According to the passage, Grandma Moses began to paint because she wante
　　d to ____.
　　A) decorate her home
　　B) keep active
　　C) improve her salary
　　D) gain an international reputation
　　33.From Grandma Moses' description of herself in the first paragraph, it can be inferred that she was ____.
　　A) independent B) pretty
　　C) wealthy D) timid
　　34.Grandma Moses spent most of her life ____.
　　A) nursing B) painting
　　C) embroidering D) farming
　　35.In line 14, the word “spotted” could best be replaced by ____.
　　A) speckled B) featured
　　C) noticed D) damaged
        
         
         

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　　Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
　　The producers of instant coffee found their product strongly resisted in the market places despite their manifest (明显的) advantages. Furthermore, the advertising expenditure for instant coffee was far greater than that for regular coffee.
　　Efforts were made to find the cause of the consumers' seemingly unreasonable resistance to the product. The reason given by most people was dislike for the taste. The producers suspected that there might be deeper reasons, however. This was confirmed by one of motivation research's classic studies, one often cited in the trade. Mason Haire, of the University of California, constructed two shopping lists that were identical except for one item. There were six items common to both lists: hamburger, carrots(胡萝卜), baking powder, bread, canned peaches and　　potatoes, with the brands or amounts specified. The seventh item, in the fifth place on both lists, read “11b. Maxwell House coffee” on one list and “Nescafe instant coffee” on the other. One list was given to each person in a group of fifty women, and the other list to those in another group of the same size. The women were asked to study their lists and then to describe, as far as they could, the kind of woman (“personality and character”) who would draw up that shopping list. Nearly half of those who had received the list including instant coffee described a housewife who was lazy and a poor planner. On the other hand, only one woman in the other group described the housewife, who had included regular coffee on her list, as lazy; only six of that group suggested that she was a poor planner. Eight women felt that the instant瞔offee user was probably not a good wife! No one in the other group drew such a conclusion about the housewife who intended to buy regular coffee.
　　36.The fact that producers found resistance to their product despite the fact that they spent more advertising money on instant than regular coffee shows that ____.
　　A) advertising does not assure favorable sales result
　　B) companies spent more money on advertising than they should
　　C) people pay little attention to advertising
　　D) the more one advertises the better the sales picture
　　37.In this instance, the purpose of motivation research was to discover
　　____.
　　A) why people drink coffee
　　B) why instant coffee did not taste good
　　C) why regular coffee was successful
　　D) the real reason why people would not buy instant coffee
　　38.This investigation indicated that ____.
　　A) 50 percent of housewives are lazy
　　B) housewives who use instant coffee are lazy
　　C) many women believe that wives who use instant coffee are lazy
　　D) wives who use regular coffee are good planners
　　39.On the results of this test, the producers probably revised their advertising to show a ____.
　　A) lazy housewife using regular coffee
　　B) hard瞱orking housewife using instant coffee
　　C) lazy housewife using instant coffee
　　D) man obviously enjoying the taste of instant coffee
　　40.Implied but not stated:____.
　　A) Despite its advantages, most people disliked instant coffee because of its taste.
　　B) The advertising expenditure for instant coffee was greater than that for　regular coffee.
　　C) Very often we do not know the real reasons for doing things.
　　D) Taste is the principal factor in determining what we buy.お
        
         
         

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　　Part Ⅲ Vocabulary (20 minutes)
　　Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B),C)and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
　　41.After leaving school, Nigel decided to ____ in the army.
　　A) enroll B) sign
　　C) register D) enlist
　　42.Even at that early stage the school felt that she ____ a good chance of passing her exams.
　　A) stood B) achieved
　　C) possessed D) took
　　43.Although the coach had not thought her a good tennis player at first, she ____ to be a champion.
　　A) came round B) turned out
　　C) turned up D) came out
　　44.If she hadn't ____ on the last question, her score on the test would have been perfect.
　　A) slipped up B) slept up
　　C) spilt up D) slipped on
　　45.The ____ of new scientific discoveries to industrial production methods usually makes jobs easier to do.
　　A) addition B) association
　　C) application D) affection
　　46.The government ____ the people to be economical of oil consumption.
　　A) call in B) call up
　　C) call on D) call off
　　47.It's possible to ____ from all the information give
　　n to us and to make various decisions.
　　A) enclose B) generalize
　　C) tackle D) withdraw
　　48.She gets along very well with everyone; so she is the most ____ member of our family.
　　A) rusty B) impetuous
　　C) compatible D) imperious
　　49.Immigrants, fleeing from political and religious persecution, came from　nonindustrialized ____ industrialized countries.
　　A) also B) and too
　　C) as well as D) and both
　　50.Mary is by no means learned; nor is she good at any practical trade. The　only ____ she possesses is her beauty.
　　A) something valuable B) asset
　　C) something pleasing D) womanly virtue
        
         
         

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　　51.He received a ____ from the university in order to continue his research.
　　A) credit B) grant
　　C) prize D) reward
　　52.Several of the off瞫hore islands are ____ now that we have a motor瞓oat.
　　A) available B) accessible
　　C) convenient D) achievable
　　53.The World Health Organization fights against ____ diseases all over the world.
　　A) inevitable B) influential
　　C) infectious D) inferior
　　54.Of course, for years they ____ moving to the country, getting away from the stress of city life, but nothing ever came out of that talk.
　　A) talked to B) talked of
　　C) talked over D) talked round
　　55.The Indians see little ____ for success and become frustrated, because they usually go to inferior school and often cannot adjust to life in the city.
　　A) priority B) instinct
　　C) insurance D) prospect
　　56.Millions have been made by states, organizations, corporations and individuals ____ gambling activities, and new millionaires are constantly created.
　　A) sponsoring B) charging
　　C) interesting D) founding
　　57.Mother hasn't ____ you for quite some time. She is beginning to think you must be ill.
　　A) heard out B) heard of
　　C) heard about D) heard from
　　58.The three climbers can employ a guide to ____ them on their way up the mountain.
　　A) guide B) conduct
　　C) lead D) bring
　　59.It was a horrible ride through pouring rain,____ he had a puncture and for the last hour had to push the bicycle.
　　A) as a matter of fact B) even so
　　C) to make matters worse D) in fact
　　60.Being without funds, Owen ____ some means of obtaining financial help.
　　A) cast back B) cast out
　　C) cast about D) cast off
　　61.The British ____ with the French in building a plane that neither could afford by itself.
　　A) associated B) cooperated
　　C) communicated D) conflicted
　　62.The thief ____ to shot her if she screamed.
　　A) banished B) implied
　　C) indicated D) threatened
　　63.Sorry, no, I wasn't talking to you. I ____ just ____.
　　A) was…thinking aloud B) was…thinking ahead
　　C) was…thinking out D) was…thinking of
　　64.Only thoroughly unpleasant people leave the ____ of their picnics to spoil the appearance of the countryside.
　　A) remains B) remainder
　　C) rest D) remnants
　　65.The headlights of the approaching car were so ____ that the cyclist had to stop riding.
　　A) gleaming B) dazzling
　　C) visible D) light
　　66.Whenever anything ____ happens, crowd of people is certain to gather.
　　A) famous B) sensational
　　C) noted D) emotional
　　67.One of the attractive features of the course was the way the practical work had been ____ with the theoretical aspects of the subject.
　　A) embraced B) adjusted
　　C) alternated D) integrated
　　68.He was usually very kind so that his sudden ____ greatly surprised us.
　　A) heartiness B) unhappiness
　　C) harshness D) uprightness
　　69.One reason why science is so respected these days is that the image of t
　　he scientist is of one who collects data in a(n) ____ search for truth.
　　A) immense B) impartial
　　C) punctual D) proportional
　　70.They are ____ in work, well aware a careless mistake will cost the company millions of pounds.
　　A) rather casual B) pretty slow
　　C) meticulous D) really considerateお
        
         
         

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　　 Part Ⅳ
　　ざ涛拇笠猹
　　本篇短文主要说明了个人的主观能动性是取得成功的主要因素。那些在大学里学习想获取很大成就的学生往往比那些标准不高的学生的考分高得多。那么个人如何才能获取较大的成绩呢 ?主要靠个人的奋斗，也就是说，个人必须具有很强烈的获得成功的积极性。这种积极性不要别人监督，要对自己负责，要具有一定的良好素质——具有较大的成就，要有很强的积极性，有进取心，而不是仅仅为了找一份工作，混口饭吃而已。研究表明，有些的确有所作为的人为了避免失败则有更强的进取心。
　　 71. 【参考答 案】individual motivation for work
　　ぁ窘馓饧记伞坷用短文中的关键词进行总结。
　　ぁ鞠晗附獯稹恳找一篇文章的主题，必须首先对全文有所了解。本题的答案是不可能从某一句话或某一段落能够找得到的。这就需要有全局观念，要有概括能力，要从关键词中找答 案。文章的第一段主要说明了有进取心的学生往往考分较高，这种进取心来自一种动力 (motivation)。第二段主要说明那些有强烈愿望取得好成绩的人都有一种很强的motivation，这种积极性或原动力是不需要有人监督的。第三段最后一句话高度概括了这一段落的中心意思。然后，把三段的主要内容融合在一起考虑，就不难得出这样的结论： individual motivation for work。
　　 72. 【参考答 案】by working well alone
　　ぁ窘馓饧记伞靠梢岳用原文中的关键词语来确定答 案。
　　ぁ鞠晗附獯稹恳回答这个问题，需要从字行里去找答 案，因为有些问题比较直观。个人如何获得好成绩 ?是靠个人的努力或是靠监管人员的监督?在第二段中有这样一句话： Their desire for accomplishment is a stronger motivation than any situation the supervisor can provide由此可知，个人的成绩是靠自己的努力，靠动力，而不是靠别人的监管。
　　 73. 【参考答 案】accept responsibilities for themselves or be responsible for themselves
　　ぁ窘馓饧记伞客ü总结和推理找出答 案。
　　ぁ鞠晗附獯稹扛据短文意思，有争胜心的人往往会自己对自己负责。要回答这个问题是不能从某一句话或某一段落中找答 案的，就必须对整篇文章进行概括和总结，并根据问题的提出进行推理。前面已经讲过，学习好要有动力，取得成功要有动力，要靠本人，而不是靠别人的监管和督促，从而也就得出结论：成功要靠自己 (Be responsible for themselves)。
　　 74. 【参考答 案】high achievement needs
　　ぁ窘馓饧记伞看佣温渲械墓丶词语中找答 案。
　　ぁ鞠晗附獯稹空衅溉嗽倍源笱Ц吣昙堆生训练成管理人材的素质要求是：要有很强的事业心和进取精神。这可以从短文的第三段中看得出来，如： Thoughts concerning the achievement drive are often prominent in the evaluations made by the typical employment interviewer who interviews college seniors for excutive training.这段文字的关键词语是：achievement drive(成就动力)，也就是achievement needs。
　　 75. 【参考答 案】they are afraid of failing
　　ぁ窘馓饧记伞啃枰从字行里找答 案，根据关键词语进行推理。
　　ぁ鞠晗附獯稹 What motivates some seniors to succeed?要回答这个问题，需要仔细分析文章的最后一句话： Research indicates that some who do get ahead　have an even stronger drive to avoid failure. 研究说明有些的确能够进取的人甚至有更强的避免失败的动力。这种避免失败的动力，实际上就是害怕失败。
　　Part Ⅴ
　　ば醋髦傅
　　フ馐且黄描写文 (Description)。用通俗的话说，描写文就是用文字给人物、地点、景物画象。一篇描写文主要是通过所感受的细节——所见所闻发展而来的。在写人时，不仅仅要用细节描写其外貌，而要注重通过他的言行来表现其人物性格、思想和品德，更要抓住他区别于他人的性格特点，这样就容易给读者留下深刻的印象。短文的第一、二段叙述故事发生的时间、地点，故事发生的原因及故事所涉及的人物。文章的三、四、五段描写的是人物的外貌，穿着及性格特点。通过对人物言行的简单描写来揭示主人翁的助人为乐的高尚精神。短文的最后一段，要用一句话概括作者对主人翁的看法： A good guy。文章有描述，有议论，要加叙加议，有血有肉，上下文连贯要紧密，首尾要呼应，人和事要给人们留下深刻印象。
　　Sample Writing
　　The First Impression of My Roommate
　　It was my first day at the institute. I got into the building where I was going to live, and looked door after door for my name. At last I found it. In the room, there was already a student making his bed.After we said “how do you do?” to each other, he continued his work, paying no more attention to me. I looked around the room and found that it had been thoroughly cleaned. No doubt it was he who had done it.I looked at him. He was thin, short and dark. His hair was like a bundle of straw. His dirty clothes and tired look told me that he had had a long journey. His clothes were made of cheap cloth, and he wore a pair of rubber shoes, which were very unfashionable. He was not a very smart freshmen at all.
　　The second time he spoke, his accent told me that he was from the south. “Shall I help you to get your luggage from the office?”
　　I did not refuse since I really needed help. He was quick in movement. He walked out of the room and was soon far ahead of me to the office.
　　“ A good guy, ” I said to myself. “ I will make friends with him ” , and I hurried and caught up with him.
    做完这套六级全套模拟题后，考生要对照答案认真找出自己的不足，总结做题技巧，练习的时候最好掐着时间，以适应真正考试的时间安排。