2012年12月英语六级考试预测试卷及解析四(恩波教育).doc

无忧英语 下载历年四六级考试真题、听力MP3 最新预测试卷学英语六级考试预测卷（四）Part Writing (30 minutes)Directions: Read the following advertisement carefully,and you,by the name of Li Ming,are then asked to write a reply to apply for the job.You should write about 150 words.假如你是黎明，南京大学国际商务专业05级应届本科毕业生，根据下面这则刊登于2008年2月12日星期二扬子晚报上的广告，写一封求职信。福特汽车(中国)有限公司诚聘文秘一员，要求如下：Ford Motor (China) Ltd.*年龄20-30岁，本科以上学历*流利的英语听说读写能力*熟练的计算机操作能力*良好的沟通与协调能力*学生干部和三好学生优先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 questions 1-4, markY(for YES)if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N(for NO)if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG(for NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passage.For questions 5-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Digital Books Start a New ChapterRichard D. Warren, a 58-year-old lawyer in California, is halfway through Ken Folletts novel Jackdaws. But he doesnt bother carrying around the book itself. Instead, he has a digital version of Follett he reads on his Palm Treo each morning as he commutes by train to San Francisco from his home in Berkeley. Hes a big fan of such digital books. Usually, there are around seven titles on his Treo, and he buys at least two new ones each month.“Its just so versatile,” he says. “Ive tried to convert some friends to this, but they think its kind of geeky(前卫).”Geeky? For now, maybe, but not for much longer. Many experts are convinced that digital books, after plenty of false starts, are finally ready for takeoff. “Every other form of media has gone digitalmusic, newspapers, movies,” says Joni Evans, a top literary agent who just left the William Morris Agency to start her own company that will focus on books and technology. “Were the only industry that hasnt lived up to the pace of technology. A revolution is around the corner.”What developments have won over people like Evans? Portable devices are becoming lighter and more appealing. Books are being scanned into digital form by the thousands. The most important step forward may be in “digital ink”, the technology used for displaying letters on a screen. A small company called E Ink has created a method for arranging tiny black and white capsules into words and images with an electronic charge. Because no power is used unless the reader changes the page, devices with the technology could go as long as 20 books between battery charges. The text also looks just as sharp as ink on a printed page, since each capsule is the size and pigment(色素)of a grain of laser-jet toner.Sony is the first major player to take advantage of the technology. This spring, it will debut the Sony Reader, which uses E Ink and closely mimics the size, weight, and feel of a book. The Reader will sell for about $400. Sony also will offer roughly 10,000 book titles for download from its online store, along with news stories and blog items.Other players sniff opportunity, too. At least two more companies are introducing digital readers this year. And scores of companies, from Google to Random House Inc., are angling for other ways to profit from digital books. Chalk it up to the influence of Apple Computer Inc. With its iPod, Apple has demonstrated that millions of people are willing to carry around digital devices with their favorite content. After music, why not novels and nonfiction? “The iPod led the way in getting people comfortable with a similar device for books,” says Jack Romanos, CEO of Simon & Schuster Inc. “These things are not only inevitable, but a good idea.”No book company has come close to Apples magic touch. But the technology, availability of content, and consumer behavior may be aligned for a breakthrough this year. “The puzzle pieces are on the table,” says Timothy OReilly, founder of the tech publisher OReilly Media. “Youve got the critical mass of content, and youve got attractive hardware. What we dont have yet is an attractive business model that connects them all together.”Sony is clearly attempting to pull off this feat. Its combination of device and online store is reminiscent of Apples approach. The Reader is impressive: a slim, sturdy package that weighs nine ounces and comes bound in heavy faux(假的)leather. But its unlikely just yet to become the kind of cult hit Apple has on its hands. The Readers controls can be clumsy to use. Plus, new books for the device will cost about the same as books from megastores like Borders, and readers will have to search the Web on their own to get classics that have gone off copyright for free.The other makers of digital readers are treading cautiously. Jinke, a Chinese company, plans to sell into the education field in China and other markets. But it declined to comment in detail on its plans. IRex Technologies, a spin-off from Royal Philips Electronics, says it will make a device available for sale by April. CEO Willem Endhoven says the company will begin by selling to companies, such as newspaper or textbook publishers, rather than directly to consumers.There are sure to be other companies that introduce readers in the months and years ahead. Plastic Logic Inc., a British startup, is working on a flexible display the size of an 8 1/2-in.-by-11-in. Piece of paper that can receive books, news, or e-mail wirelessly. Its partnering with Japans NTT DoCoMo and plans to have a product on the market by early 2008.Theres even speculation that Apple could come out with its own device, an iPod designed for books. The secretive company hasnt said anything publicly and declined to comment for this article.Just as digital readers are hitting the market, the number of books on the Net is swelling to Library of Congress proportions. Google, through an initiative it began a year ago, is scanning millions of books from five of the worlds largest libraries and plans to make the contents searchable online. The effort has drawn the ire(愤怒)of publishers and authors, since its digitizing some books still under copyright. Publishers sued(控告)last fall for copyright infringement and the case is pending.New Literary Models?Yet Google is helping ignite the digital market. In November, following the lawsuit, Random House announced plans to digitize 25,000 titles. It will sell access to them to consumers, charging a per page rate for everything from novels to recipes out of a cookbook. In December, Harper Collins Publishers Inc. said it would build a digital warehouse of its entire holdingsanother 25,000 titles or sowhich it may later sell over the Net.A is moving aggressively into digital books, too. It sells digital versions of most of its titles, available for download instantly. In August, it launched Amazon Shorts, a collection of stories, novellas, and essays that can be downloaded for 49 cents a piece. Later this year it plans to offer shoppers who purchase traditional books the chance to buy a version they can read on the Web, too. That way they could keep Stephen Kings Cell: a novel on their nightstand and read a chapter from any computer with Net access. “We think consumers increasingly are ready for it,” says Steve Kessel, vice president for worldwide digital media.Authors are intrigued by the opportunities to go digital. George Saunders, a short story author and professor of English at Syracuse University, says hed like a way to get his work out to readers more quickly. After the scandal broke over James Freys falsehoods in his hit book A Million Little Pieces, Saunders penned a humorous essay stemming from the events. It was a confession to Oprah Winfrey that all of the fiction hed written had, in fact, been true. But Saunders had a hard time getting the piece published quickly, and now it feels dated. “There might be a different model for a literary community thats quicker, more real-time, and involves more spontaneity,” he says. If digital books finally do take off, they could change not only how we read, but what we read, too.1. The author thinks that the success of digital books cant last for a long time.2. Reading books with “digital ink”, the reader uses no power when he changes the page.3. The iPod of Apple Company has demonstrated that people are willing to accept digital books.4. A Chinese company also plans to sell its digital reader which can download books directly from Internet.5.The first major player to take advantage of the “digital ink” technology is .6. The users of “ Sony Reader” will have to search the Web on their own to get .7.Plastic logic company is working on a flexible display that can receive books, news, or .8.Someone thinks that will design its own device, an iPod, designed for books.9.If a reader wants to download a piece of short story from Amazon, he should pay .10.The prosperity of digital books could change not only the way of reading but also .Part Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section,you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.At the end of each conversation,one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After each question there will be a pause. During the pause,you must read the four choices marked A),B),C)and D),and decide which is the best answer.Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.11. A) Jane should come with her instead. B) She will go along with Janes idea.C) She is the decision-maker. D) She will find what Jane prefers.12. A) Cathy is the hostess of the party. B) They didnt plan about her coming.C) She shouldnt invite anyone else. D) Cathy has something else to do.13. A) He asked for too many job offers. B) He should know more about his job.C) He is very lucky. D) He needs advice.14. A) Falling down. B) Missing the bus. C) Taking a trip. D) Being too tired.15. A) He takes only black and white pictures.B) He does part of his own film developing.C) He needs a film lab for the colour pictures.D) He has all his films developed.16. A) Wait for five minutes. B) Hurry to the bus stop.C) Catch the next bus. D) Go by train.17. A) The room is on fire.B) There is little wind.C) The speakers are bothered by the smoker.D) The man doesnt agree with the woman.18. A) A trip he has already taken. B) A city in which he used to work.C) A restaurant at which he likes to eat. D) A monument he has visited.Conversation One19. A) Go to summer camp. B) Take a summer vacation.C) Stay at home. D) Earn some money.20. A) They hired someone to stay in their home.B) They left their pets with their relatives.C) They rented their house to a student.D) They asked their secretaries to watch their home.21. A) Walking the dog. B) Cutting the grass.C) Taking care of the children. D) Feeding the fish.22. A) They attend a house-sitters party.B) They check a house-sitters references.C) They interview a house-sitters friends.D) They look at a house-sitters transcripts.Conversation Two23. A) What the mans plans are for tonight.B) Why the man does not want to play tennis.C) Why they do not have time to play tennis after class today.D) What time they can meet in the library.24. A) Yesterday before dinner. B) Two days ago.C) Last weekend. D) One week ago.25. A) Let him win a tennis game.B) Help him finish his anthropology project.C) Give him some medicine for his stomach.D) Lend him her anthropology book.Section BDirections: In this section,you will hear 3 short passages.At the end of each passage,you will hear some questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) Eliminating the original vegetation from the building site.B) Making the houses in an area similar to one another.C) Deciding where a house will be built.D) Surrounding a building with wildflowers and plants.27. A) They are changed to make the site more interesting.B) They are expanded to limit the amount of construction.C) They are integrated into the design of the building.D) They are removed for construction.28. A) Because many architects studied with Wright.B) Because Wright started the practice of “landscaping”.C) Because Wright used elements of Envelope Building.D) Because most of the houses Wright built were made of stone.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) They cure patients by using traditional medicine.B) Their treatments are often successful.C) They cure patients both physically and mentally.D) They are usually more patient than modern physicians.30. A) The anger of a relative, friend or enemy.B) The stone hidden inside the patients throat, arm, leg, stomach, etc.C) The attack from neighboring enemies.D) The diseases that enter the body of a person.31. A) They are scientific. B) They are too complicated.C) They should be banned. D) They are not truthful, but effective.Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. A) Hot during the day and cold at night.B) Cold during the day and hot at night.C) Hot day and night.D) Cold day and night.33. A) There are neither rivers nor streams.B) There is no grass all the year round.C) It is mainly bare rock with little grass.D) There are a few streams and big rivers.34. A) With the help of his friends.B) By following the tracks of animals.C) By using a compass.D) With the help of the guide.35. A) 19 years old. B) 16 years old. C) 35 years old. D) 25 years old.Section CDirections: In this section,you will hear a passage three times.When the passage is read for the first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard.For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information.For these blanks,you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words.Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,you should check what you have written.Dustmen have one of the most important jobs in the world, and when there are no dustmen to take away the rubbish the general public soon becomes (36) that something is wrong.Recently, the dustmen of England went on strike for higher (37) . It was reported that thousands of dustmen refused to work because they were often overworked and underpaid. Many dustmen (38) that their living conditions were (39) and asked for welfare improvement. During the first few days it was regarded as a joke.For some reason, jokes have always been made about dustmen, and some people thought this strike was very (40) .But when the first two weeks had passed, and the dustbins were (41) in nearly every (42)in the country, the joke did not seem so (43) any more.As the strike continued, people could not bear the accumulation of rubbish around their dustbins, and they looked for other places in which to get rid of it.Even Leicester Square was piled high with plastic sacks full of smelly rubbish.(44) .Even when the strike was over, (45) , as so much rubbish had accumulated; perhaps now (46) .Part 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 on Answer Sheet 2.Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.Dog training is a business for some people, a serious hobby for others, and a once-in-a-lifetime experience for many. Individuals in all of these categories would probably agree that consistency is a key element of success in this venture from the beginning.If puppies are to be socialized, they must learn to control the impulse to use the carpet as a bathroom, chew shoes, and nip at fingers. The first issue, bathroom training, is more easily accomplished in warm weather. Try to feed your pup outdoors, and after he has finished eating, take him to a spot where you would like him to eliminate. If he cooperates, praise him generously with words and pats. Take him to the same spot after each meal, and eventually he will follow this routine himself.The sight of a small puppy prancing away with a large shoe is so endearing that it is tempting to fetch the camera rather than play the role of disciplinarian. If you can imagine your pup chewing through a new tennis shoe, however, you would do well to remove the stolen shoe from the pups mouth and firmly say, “No!” Provide your pup with some acceptable toys, such as a ball or a chew toy. Dont tempt fate with an old shoe, though.Until your pup is well trained and trustworthy, dont leave him unattended unless he is confined to a small area. When he is young, you want to be sure someone will praise your pup for desired behavior and express disapproval when he does something you want to discourage. A puppy who is punished several hours after he has chewed the rug will not understand wha