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2012年大学英语六级模拟练习题Part Reading Comprehension（Skimming and Scanning）（15 minutes）Directions：In this part， you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For question 17，choose the best answer from the four choices marked A），B），C），and D）.For questions 810，complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Art for Establishing Human NetworkingI knew-no computer or technology ever got any of US a raise， landed US that dream job， found us that mentor (良师)， who cared deeply about US and our careers or put that special joy in our lives that can only come from relationships with othersAll these great things are made possible by a completely different type of networking：human networkingAnd not the kind that has given “networking” a bad namethat superficial，insincere，manipulative stuff that we all can smell a mile away. No， Im talking about the true art of networking，based upon respectful and caring relationships that promote mutual successRelationshipsLet me start with one of the most fundamental aspects of human relationshipsFor each and every thing youwant to achieve in life whether its landing a job，earning a raise or promotion or finding that lifelong romancethere will be at least one person on the other end deciding whether to give you or help you get what you wantEverything we do can only be accomplished through and with other peopleSimply put，success，of any kind，requires relationshipsJust think of the words of Margaret Wheatley：“Relationships are all there isEverything in the universe only exists because it is in relationship to everything elseNothing exists in isolationWe have to stop pretending we are individuals that can go it alone”If this is the way the universe works，you can see why human relationships and human networks are so importantThe most common mistake people make when building relationships for their career success is treating business contacts differently than personal friendsJust think for a moment about the people you work with on a professional level who are also close，personal friendsArent they always more forgiving when you slip up and more helpful when youre in need? Of course! I guarantee your work will become easier and more joyful if you make more of your business relationships personalHow to do it? The same way you make genuine friendsBuild trust through intimacy；show them that besides being professional youre also humanSkip the small talk and go deep into what really mattersyour dreams or fears，your children or the business issues that keep you up at nightAnd dont think for a moment that theyll think less of youIn fact，usually the opposite happensWhen I tell people about my humble beginnings I grew up a country boy in rural，southwestern Pennsylvania，the son of an oftenunemployed steelworker and a cleaning ladyand how it took me so long to overcome insecurities of being poor and being picked on by kids from more well-to-do families，people dont think less of meThey immediately empathize (感同身受) and feel more endeared to me than ever beforeAll you have to do is let your guard down and show enough vulnerability to make others comfortable with opening up to youAlso， dont stop with treating business friends like you treat personal friends. Mix them， too. Invite businesscontacts to your home and introduce them to your family. Invite a client out to dinner along with an old pal fromschool and your significant other or a date. Dont compartmentalize(划分)your personal， professional and community lives. Blur the boundaries! Youll have more fun and do more for all three parts of your life in less timePlanningThe more specific you are about what you want to do，the easier it becomes to develop a strategy to accomplish itPart of that strategyof course，will be establishing relationships with the people in your universe who can help you get where youre goingSofirstdo some deep introspection(自省)to find your Blue Flame， the thing in life that really lights your fireWrite，pray，whatever you need to do to clear your head and figure this stuff outI enjoy great results from Vipassana meditationOnce youve found your Blue Flame， its time to have a RAP， or a Relationship Action Plan. Heres a simple way to get started. Write down your goals and the names and types of people who can help you achieve themThen， note how you can reach those people and how you can contribute to their success， alsoThe more specific a plan you have and the more you put your goals out to others，the more everyone will conspire to help you achieve your dreamsOn the other hand， if you dont know what you want or you dont tell anyone，no one can help youThey cant read your mindI cant tell you how many times a friend has called me and said，“Keith，I just became unemployedI need to start networking；will you teach me how?”My answer：“NoNoNoYou need to start job-hunting! You should have been building relationships for the past 5 or 10 years，so now that you need a job，you could make 20 calls and have 5 job offers waiting for you in a week”PresentationWhen I give talks to college and graduate students，they always ask me，“What are the secrets to success? What are the unspoken rules for making it big?”Preferably，theyd like my response wrapped up in a tight package and tied with a neat little bowWhy not? I wanted the same thing at their age“So you want the inside scoop，”I respond“Fair enoughIll sum up the key to Success in one word：Generosity” The kids are shocked because they think Im going to give them“networking”adviceAnd when they think of“networking”they think of a guy holding a martini with one hand and scattering business cards with the otherHes hell-bent on doing anything it takes to“get to the top”， including climbing on the backs of othersThe era of that Networking Jerk is overI learned that the hard wayOnce，a mentor of mine said to me，“Stop driving yourself and everyone elsecrazy thinking about how to make yourself successfulStart thinking about how youre going to make everyone around you successful”Please， learn from my mistakes and the mistakes of many othersDont be a networking jerkRemember that the NO.1 key to success is generosityGive your talents， give your contacts and give your hard work to make others successful without ever keeping scoreWhile I would say that your relationships are the most critical piece of your personal brand，before you Call develop those relationships youve got to know something and have something to sayJust having a brain and an MBA wont get you anywhere anymoreIf you want to become more valuable in the marketplace or more intriguing to the world at large，you must develop some deep expertise in your mind and root some higherorder passion in your heartThink of the worlds real movers and shakers；they are such because they are about somethingRichard Bransonexecuting the remarkable. The late Princess Diana一一helping the unfortunateThey are and were interestingYou can be，tooStrength in NumbersThis rule is obviously one no one can follow 100 percentIts just a great way to remember to share your passions一一to invite others into the activities you are already enjoy doingI really love sharing delicious food，good wine and great companyI also bring friends to workouts or to churchYou might have similar passions，or you might enjoy doing community service，gardening or watching moviesIf youll just remember to share your passions，building and deepening relationships will take no extra time than you already devote to your favorite activities，and people will see you in your best lightJust as people lose weight more effectively if they have a workout partner，your ongoing efforts to build relationships will be more successful if you team upYou and your buddy can provide each other support，guidance and motivation. And youll always be prepared to try one of my favorite tactics-trading networks. Throw a dinner party together，and youll each be responsible for only half the guest list，half the cost and half the effortBut youll expand your circle of friends to twice the size，and I guarantee it will be twice the fun!1The true art of networking is based on _ relationship that promote mutual success.A) superficial B) insincere C) respectful and caring D) helpful2According to Margaret Wheatley，which of the following statements is true?A) Everything exists in isolationB) Everything we do can only be accomplished through and with other peopleC) Everything we do can be achieved by our individualsD) Everything can be accomplished without others help if you work hard enough3How should we treat business contacts?A) We should make our business relationships more personalB) We should pretend to be their friendsC) We should never treat them as trustworthy friendsD) We should treat them differently from our personal friends4If you do not mind telling your business friends about your humble experiences，_.A) they11 look down upon you B) theyll not do business with youC) theyll think less of you for a moment D) theyll feel more endeared to you than ever before5When you plan to build up your network，the first thing is to find out _ in your lifeA) what the easiest thing is B) what the most important thing isC) who you care most D) how to begin it6What is the key to Success according to the author?A)Kindness B)Diligence C)Generosity D)Consideration7According to a mentor of the author，we should _ when the era of that Networking Jerk is over?A) start thinking about how were going to make everyone around us successfulB) start thinking about how to make our family members successfulC) drive ourselves crazy thinking about how to make ourselves successfulD) drive everyone else crazy thinking about how to make himself successful8If you want to improve interpersonal relationship，you should improve your personal brand with deep expertise and _.9Inviting others to_ is a way to improve relationships because in these activities people will see you at your best10If you want to pay half of the effort and get double of the success， you should _.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 words. Please write your answers on Answer sheet 2.Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.Every Western doctor is required to take the Hippocratic oath，by which they swear to never harm their patientsUnfortunately，as medical history shows，many doctors did not make good on this promiseInstead，they resorted to quackery(庸医的医术)，and made a living out of fooling people who sought medical helpIn the past，quack doctors claimed to have“fixed”problems from poor eyesight to cancer and smallpox (天花)They claimed to be able to work medical miracles，relying on public ignorance of medicine for their “success”In addition，well-meaning doctors often advocated treatments that harmed their patients instead of helping them：procedures such as bloodletting often made worse the suffering they were intended to easeThe typical feature of quackery is ignoranceUnwary people are easily taken in by claims of the doctors they trustFor example，in the 1800s，psychologists commonly used basket-shaped devices to determine personality，with questionable benefitBased on the idea that different parts of the brain control different character traits， the devices determined personality by measuring the size and shape of peoples heads!Of all the ridiculous devices created by quacks，the most inventive was perhaps the“radionic”machineInthe early 1900s，quacks claimed radionics could diagnose any sickness，even though the devices were just wooden boxes with lights insideAfter radionic diagnosis，patients were sent home with the assurance that they would get wellNo medicine was prescribed because，quacks claimed，the radionic machine would broadcast the cure to patients，much like radio stations broadcast music!The quackery of the 19th and early 20th centuries was not limited to the use of strange devices，nor to crooked doctorsNor were quack procedures anything newThe practice of bloodletting had been a popular treatment for over a millennium. In the name of medicine， large volumes of blood were drained from peoples bodies to cure their sicknessesDeath，more often than not，was the outcome， though usually the disease was blamed rather than the loss of bloodIts easy to look back on the past and brand questionable medical procedures as quackeryHowever， hindsight(事后诸葛亮)is 2020Perhaps in the future，people will look back on some of todays medical practices with similar suspicion47. In the past， many doctors managed to fool patients by taking advantage of _48. Using a basket-shaped device， psychologists in the 1800s would measure the size and shape of ones head to _.49. Why didnt the quacks prescribe any medicine for their patients after radionic diagnosis?50. As a popular medical treatment in the past， bloodletting usually caused death instead of _.51. What is the possible conclusion of the article? 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. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.Youre in trouble if you have to buy your own brand-name prescription drugs. Over the past decade， prices leaped by more than double the inflation rate. Treatments for chronic conditions can easily top $2，000 a month-no wonder that one in four Americans cant afford to fill their prescriptions. The solution? A hearty chorus of “O Canada.” North of the border， where price controls reign， those same brand-name drugs cost 50% to 80% less.The Canadian option is fast becoming a political wake-up call， “If our neighbors can buy drugs at reasonable prices， why cant we? Even to whisper that thought provokes anger. “Un-American!” And-the propagandists trump card (王牌)“Wreck our brilliant health-care system.” Super size drug prices， they claim， fund the research that sparks the next generation of wonder drugs. No sky-high drug price today， no cure for cancer tomorrow. So shut up and pay up.Common sense tells you thats a false alternative. The reward for finding， say， a cancer cure is so huge that no ones going to hang it up. Nevertheless， if Canada-level pricing came to the United States， the industrys profit margins would drop and the pace of new-drug development would slow. Here lies the American dilemma. Who is all this splendid medicine for? Should our health-care system continue its drive toward the best of the best， even though rising numbers of patients cant afford it? Or should we direct our wealth toward letting everyone in on todays level of care? Measured by saved lives， the latter is almost certainly the better course.To defend their profits， the drug companies have warned Canadian wholesalers and pharmacies (药房) not to sell to Americans by mail， and are cutting back supplies to those who dare.Meanwhile， the administration is playing the fear card. Officials from the Food and Drug Administration will argue that Canadian drugs might be fake， mishandled， or even a potential threat to life.Do bad drugs fly around the Internet? Sure-and the more we look， the more well find， But I havent heard of any raging epidemics among the hundreds of thousands of people buying crossborder.Most users of prescription drugs dont worry about costs a lot. Theyre sheltered by employee insurance， owing just a $20 co-pay. The financial blows rain， instead， on the uninsured， especially the chronically ill who need expensive drugs to live， This group will still include middle-income seniors on Medicare， wholl have to dig deeply into their pockets before getting much from the new drug benefit that starts in 2006.52. What is said about the consequence of the rocketing drug prices in the U.S.?A) A quarter of Americans cant afford their prescription drugs.B) Many Americans cant afford to see a doctor when they fall ill.C) Many Americans have to go to Canada to get medical treatment.D) The inflation rate has been more than doubled over the years.53. It can be inferred that America can follow the Canadian model and curb its soaring drug prices by _.A) encouraging people to buy prescription drugs onlineB) extending medical insurance to all its citizensC) importing low-price prescription drugs from CanadaD) exercising price control on brand-name drugs54. How do propagandists argue for the U.S. drug pricing policy?A) Low prices will affect the quality of medicines in America.B) High prices are essential to funding research on new drugs.C) Low prices will bring about the anger of drug manufacturers.D) High-price drugs are indispensable in curing chronic diseases.55. What should be the priority of Americas health-care system according to the author?A) To resolve the dilemma in the health-care system.B) To maintain Americas lead in the drug industry.C) To allow the vast majority to enjoy its benefits.D) To quicken the pace of new drug development.56. What are American drug companies doing to protect