大学英语六级复习习题精编.docx

Questions 36 to 45 are based an the following passage.Its an annual occurrence in the dry season: a smoky, hazardous haze blankets southern Malaysia and Singapore. This year it was so bad that in some affected areas there was a 100 percent rise in the number of asthma cases. Hundreds of schools were closed, and the government of Malaysia (36)_gas masks.The source of the pollution lies across the Malacca Strait in Indonesia where(37) _burning of forests to clear space for palm oil plantations continues unabated Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono offered a public (38)_for what has happened and asked for the understanding of Singapore and Malaysia.The Indonesian president promised to prosecute anyone(39)_in illegal slash-and-bum activities.Eight Southeast Asian companies are reportedly under (40)_But the ongoing deforestation seems to contradict past promises. In 2009, President Yudhoyono pledged to reduce by 26 percent greenhouse gas (41)_, caused mostly by deforestation. And in 2011he instituted a moratorium protecting designated forest areas. In exchange, (42)_ conscious Norway pledged $1 billion to support these efforts.Ariana Alisjahbana at the World Resources Institute says local officials are not supporting the national plan.Actually its a lack of coordination and lack of enforcement. So when we look over all the different rules Indonesia has on the books, (43) _ speaking theyre very, very good ones. But theyre just not (44)_ said Alisjahbana.Although the economic incentive to replace forests with farms hampers conservation, Alisjahbana says long-term progress is being made.But she says a greater commitment to stop the slash-and-bum (45)_through incentives and strict penalties for violations is needed.A. transport B. illegalC. apologyD. cheatE. deforestation F. outG. enforcedH. involvedI. distributedJ. environmentallyK. theoreticallyL. emissionsM. practicalN. examination O. investigationQuestions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Complaints should be made to a responsible person. Go back to the shop where you bought the goods, taking with you any(36)_you may have. Ask to see the buyer in a large store. In a small store the assistant may also be the owner so you can complain(37)_. In a chain store ask to see the manager.Even the bravest person finds it difficult to complain face to face, so if you do not want to do it in (38)_,write a letter. Be sure to39_to the facts and keep a copy of what you write. At this stage you should give any receipt numbers, but you should not need to give receipts or other papers to prove you bought the article. If you are not(40)_with the answer you get, or if you do not get a reply, write to the managing director of the firm, shop, or organization. Be sure to keep copies of your own letters and any you receive.If your complaint is a just one, the shopkeeper may offer to(41)_ or repair the faulty article. You may find this an(42)_ solution. In certain cases you may have the right to refuse the goods and ask for your money back,but this is only where you have hardly used the goods and have acted at once. Even when you cannot refuse the goods you may be able to get some money back as well. And if you have suffered some(43)_loss, if for example a new washing machine tears your clothes, you might receive money to replace them. If the shopkeeper offers you a credit note to be used to buy goods in the same shops but you would rather have money, say so. If you accept a credit note remember that later you will not be able to ask for your money. If the shopkeeper refuses to give you money, ask for(44)_ from your Citizens Advice Bureau before you accept a credit note. In some cases the shopkeeper does not have to give you your money back-if, for example, he changes an article simply because you dont like it or it does not fit. He does not hive to take back the goods in these(45)_.A. intimateB. attractiveC. personD. attachmentE. satisfiedF. receiptG. contaminateH. replaceI. specialJ. stickK.vigorously L. adviceM. circumstancesN. directlyO.petitionsQuestions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Culture is the sum total of all the traditions, customs, beliefs, and ways of life of a given group of human beings. In this (36)_, every group has a culture, however savage, undeveloped, or uncivilized it may seem to us.To the professional anthropologist (人类学家), there is no intrinsic(37)_of one culture over another, just as to the professional linguist there is no intrinsic hierarchy(等级制度) among languages.People once thought of the languages of backward groups as (38)_ and undeveloped forms of speech,consisting largely of grunts and groans. While it is possible that language in general began as a series of grunts and groans, it is a fact established by the study of backward languages that no spoken tongue answers that description today. Most languages of uncivilized groups are, by our most severe standards, extremely complex, delicate, and ingenious pieces of machinery for the(39)_of ideas. They fall behind our Western languages not in their sound patterns or(40 )_structures, which usually are fully adequate for all language needs, but only in their vocabularies, which41_the objects and activities known to their speakers. Even in this department, however,two things are to be noted: 1. All languages seem to(42)_the machinery for vocabulary expansion, either by putting together words already in existence or by borrowing them from other languages and adapting them to their own system. 2. The objects and activities requiring names and distinctions inbackward languages, while different from ours, are often surprisingly(43)_and complicated.This study of language, in turn, (44)_a new light upon the claim of the anthropologists that all cultures are to be viewed(45)_, and without ideas of rank or hierarchy.A. savageB. superiorityC. conceiveD. transferE.identificationF.grammaticalG. reflectH. revealsI. numerousJ . independently K. exclusiveL. castsM. senseN. confidentiallyO. possessQuestions 36 to 45 are based on the following passageMany of the aids which are advertised as liberating the modem woman tend to have the opposite effect,because they simply change the nature of work instead of eliminating it Machines have a certain novelty value,like toys for adults It is （36 ）_less tiring to put clothes in a washing machine, but the time saved does not really37_too much: the machine has to be watched, the clothes have to be carefully sorted first, stains38_by hand, buttons pushed and water changed, clothes taken out, aired and ironedIt would be more liberating to pack it all off to a（39）_and not necessarily more expensive, since no capital investment is required Similarly, if you really want to save time you do not make cakes with an electric mixer, you buy one in a shop If one compares the image of domesticated woman fostered by the womens magazines with the goods advertised by those periodicals, advertising which finances them, one realizes how useful a projected image can be in commerce A careful （40）_ has to be struck: if you show a labor-saving gadget, follow it up with a（41）_recipe on the next page; on no account hint at the notion that a woman could get herself a job, but instead foster her sense of her own usefulness,（42）_ the creative aspect of her function as a housewife So we get cake mixes where the cook simply adds an egg herself, to produce that lovely home-baked（43）_the family love,and knitting patterns that can be made by hand, or worse still, on knitting machines, which became a tremendous vogue when they were first（44） _（difficult to know who would wear all those rapidly produced sweaters, which lacked the advantages of hand-made woolens) Automatic cookers are advertised by pictures of pretty young mothers taking their children to the park, not by（45）_women presetting the dinner before catching a bus to the officeA laundry B exaggerate C emphasize D certainlyE indignant F Removed G Amount H excessivelyI complicated J handled K flavor L professionalM introduced N Calculation O balanceQuestions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Englands highest main-line railway station hangs on to life by a thread: deserted and unmanned (无人的 )since it was officially closed in 1970. Dent, 36_ high in the hills of Yorkshire, wakes up On six summer weekends each year, when a special charter train unloads walkers, sightseers and people who37_want to catch a train from the highest station, on to its platform. But even this limited existence may soon be brought to an end.Dent station is situated on the Settle to Carlisle railway line, said to be the most38_in the country. But no amount of scenic beauty can save the line from British Rails cash problems. This year, for the 39_ of economy, the express trains which used to pass through Dent station have been put on to another route.It is now an open secret that British Rail sees no future for this railway line. Most of its trains disappeared some time ago. Its bridge, built on a grand 40_ a century ago, is falling down. It is not alone. Half-a-dozen railway routes in the north of England are facing a similar threat. The problem is a worn-out system and an almost 41_ lack of cash to repair it. Bridges and tunnels are showing their age, the wooden supports for the tracks are rotting and engines and coaches are gettin