大学英语六级改革适用(阅读)模拟试卷119(题后含答案及解析)

大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷119（题后含答案及解析）

题型有：4.ReadingComprehension

PartIIIReadingComprehension

SectionC

TheorganizationbehindtheLawSchoolAdmissionTestreportedthatthe

numberoftestsitadministeredthisyeardroppedbymorethan16percent,thelargest

declineinmorethanadecade.Thedeclinereflectsaspreadingviewthatthelegal

marketintheUnitedStatesisinterribleshapeandwillhaveahardtimeabsorbingthe

roughly45,000studentswhoareexpectedtograduatefromlawschoolineachofthe

nextthreeyears.Manylawyersandlawprofessorshavearguedinrecentyears

thatthelegalmarketwilleitherstopdevelopingorshrinkastechnologyallowsmore

low-endlegalworktobehandledoverseas,andascorporationsdemandmore

cost-efficientfeearrangementsfromtheirfirms.Thatargument,andnewsthatso

manynewlawyersarestrugglingwithimmensedebt,ischangingthewaylawschool

isperceivedbyundergrads.Wordisgettingthroughthatlawschoolisnolongerasafe

placetositoutaneconomicrecession一anarticleoffaithforyears一andthatstrong

gradesatanabove-averageschoolnolongerguaranteesasix-figurelawfirmjob.

“Foralongtimetherehasbeenthisculturallyembeddedperceptionthatifyougoto

lawschool,itwillbeworththemoney,“saidKyleMcEnteeofLawSchool

Transparency."Theideathatlawschoolisaneasytickettofinancialsecurityis

finallybreakingdown."Lawschoolshavealsosufferedthroughsomecritical

pressinthelastcoupleofyears.Someblogs,mostofthemwrittenbyunemployedor

underemployedgraduates,haveaccusedlawschoolsoftemptingstudentswith

questionabledata.Attentionhasfocusedonacrucialstatistic:thepercentageof

graduateswhoareemployedninemonthsaftergraduation.Inrecentmonths,

class-actionlawsuitshavebeenfiledagainstmorethanadozenlawschools,charging

thatstudentsweredeceivedintoenrollingbypostgraduateemploymentfiguresthat

werevastly,andfalsely,inflated（夸张的）.Eveniflawschoolsareabletodefeatthese

lawsuits——andmanylegalscholarsanticipatetheywill—themediaattentionhasbeen

bruising.Forsomelawschools,thegraduallydiminishingnumberoftest-takers

representsaseriouslong-termchallenge."WhatI'danticipateisthatyou'llsee

thebiggestfalloffinapplicationsinthebottomendofthelawschoolfoodchain,“

saidAndrewMorrissoftheUniversityofAlabamaSchoolofLaw."Thoseschools

aregoingtohavesignificantdifficultybecausetheyaredependentontuitiontofund

themselvesandthey'lleitherhavetocutclasssizetomaintainstandards,oraccept

studentswithlowerlevels.MIftheytakethesecondcourse,Mr.Morrisssaid,it

wouldhurttheschoolthreeyearslaterbecausethereisastrongcorrelationbetween

poorperformanceontheLSATandpoorperformanceonthebarexam.Ifstudents

startfailingthebar,thentheprestigeoftheschoolwilldrop,whichwouldmean

loweringstandardsevenmore."Atthatpoint,"Mr.Morrisssaid,“theschoolisrisking

adeathspiral.

1.Thedeclineoftest-takersintheLawSchoolAdmissionTestsreflectsthat

A.thetestsbecomemoredifficult

B.thetestfeeisincreased

C.thetotalnumberofcollegestudentsdrops

D.it'sdifficultforlawschoolgraduatestofindjobs

正确答案：D

解析：由题干关键词decline和reflects定位到第二段。D)“法学院的毕业生

很难找到工作”与第二段中提到的“该就业市场将难以容纳这些毕业生”文意相

符，因此为正确答案。知识模块：篇章阅读

2.Thereasonforthelegalmarketshrinkageisthat.

A.thetechnologydevelopstoofast

B.moresimplelegalworkisdealtwithabroad

C.companiesbecomemoreefficient

D.companiescutdownthefeearrangements

正确答案:B

解析：由题干关键词legalmarketshrinkage定位到第三段。B)”更多简单的

法律工作在海外完成”与第三段中提到的“因为技术允许更多的低端法律工作在

海外进行处理”陈述相符，因此为正确答案。知识模块：篇章阅读

3.Whatdidtheundergradesthinkaboutthelawschoolinthepast?

A.Lawschoolwasnotattractivetostudentsanymore.

B.Studentsgraduatedfromlawschoolwouldhaveheavydebts.

C.Graduatesoflawschoolcouldfindajobevenintherecession.

D.Lawschoolmeantagoodjobinthelawfirmwithhighsalary.

正确答案：C

解析：由题干关键词undergrades和inthepast定位到第四段第二句。由该句

可知，法学院不再是躲避经济衰退的避难所，因此C)“法律学院的毕业生甚至

在经济衰退期都能找到工作”与定位句陈述一致，故为正确答案。知识模块：

篇章阅读

4.What'stheeffectoftest-takers5redactionontheworstlawschools?

A.Somelawschoolteacherswilllosetheirjobs.

B.Theywillhavefinancialproblems.

C.Theclasshourswillbeshortened.

D.Theywillhavetorecruityoungerstudents.

正确答案：B

解析：由题干关键诃test-takers,reduction和theworstlawschools定位到第

九段第一、二句。由该两句可知，这些学校将面临重大困难，因为它们如果依靠

学费给自己提供资金的话需要做出一些牺牲，因此B)“它们将会面临财政困难”

与定位句陈述一致，因此为正确答案。知识模块：篇章阅读

5.What'sAndrewMorriss'sattitudetowardsthesecondsolutionoftheworst

lawschools?

A.Negative.

B.Neutral.

C.Uninterested.

D.Supportive.

正确答案：A

解析：由题干关键词AndrewMorriss's和thesecondsolution定位到最后一段

第一句。根据定位句可知，莫里斯先生对表现差的法学院选择走第二条路的态度

是否定的，因此A)为正确答案。知识模块：篇章阅读

Thefinancialclimateforcharitiesisworsening,withmorethanhalfhitby

theeconomicdownturn,asurveyrevealstoday.Overhalfofthoseaffectedreporta

declineinincometriggeredbytherecessionatatimewhenonefifthofcharitiesare

seeinganincreaseindemandfortheirservices.DespitethesuccessofComicRelief,

whichraised£60mforanti-povertycharityprojectslastweekend,theoverall

financialpictureforthevoluntarysectorisgloomierthanitwassixmonthsago,says

theCharityCommissionreport.DameSuziLeather,theChairwomanofthe

CharityCommission,said,“Clearlytheimpactofthefinancialdownturnoncharities

iswideninganddeepening.Somecharitiesstillfacethatdoublechancesofadropin

incomeaswellasanincreaseddemandforservices.Theresearchtellsusthatthe

numberofcharitiestakingstepstoreducetherisksthatthefinancialdownturnbrings

hasrisensincewcconductedourfirstresearch.However,notallcharitiesarcputting

measuresinplacetoprotecttheirworkandtheirfunds.Itisverysurprisingthatmore

charitiesarenotconsideringcollaborationwithothers,asthiscanhelpthemshare

expertiseandcosts.InSeptemberthecommissionfoundthat38%ofcharities

hadbeenaffectedbythedownturn,with16%describingtheimpacthadbeen”very

significantor“significant”.Thelatestreportshowsthoseproportionshaveincreased,

to58%and25%respectively.Biggercharities——thosewithanannualincomeofmore

than£Im-werelesslikelytohavebeenhitbyincomereductions.Butalmost

two-thirdsofthatgroupwereconcernedthatthedownturnwouldaffecttheirworkin

future.Thecommissionsurveyedarandomsampleof1,000charitiesofvarying

sizesinEnglandandWalesduringJanuaryandFebruary.Itfoundthecollapseinthe

valueofstocksandshares一formanycharitiesthesinglemostimportantsourceof

income-hasimpactedhardonthesector,whichisalsohurtingfromafall-offin

corporatedonationsandprivatelegacies.Charitiesthatdeliveredservices

overseasreportedtheyhadbeenbadlyaffectedbythefallinthevalueofsterling.The

surveysuggeststhereislittlesignthatcharitiesoverallarepreparingtomakebig

cutbacks（削减）injobsorcapitalinvestments.Onlyatinyproponionofthose

surveyedsaidtheywerefacingproblemsmeetingpensioncommitments.

6.Accordingtothepassage,theproportionofcharitiessufferedfromincome

reductionis.

A.morethanhalfofallthecharities

B.onefifthofallthecharities

C.morethanhalfofcharitiesaffectedbytherecession

D.onefifthofcharitiesaffectedbytherecession

正确答案：C

解析：由题干关键词incomereduction定位到第一段第二句，由于经济萧条,

这些受经济下滑影响的慈善机构一半以上收入下降；与此同时，有五分之一的慈

善机构出现了服务需求增加的现象。因此选C）。知识模块：篇章阅读

7.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatthebestsolutiontofightingfinancial

downturnforcharitiesis.

A.toraisemoneyfromcorporation

B.tocooperatewithothercharities

C.toreducethenumberofemployees

D.toincreasetheirdemandforservice

正确答案：B

解析：由题干关键词fightingfinancialdownturn定位到第二段最后一句可知,

越来越多的慈善部门不考虑和别人合作，虽然这会帮助他们共享技能和成本。所

以通过与其他慈善组织合作可以帮助自己度过由经济危机带来的不利影响。B）

中的cooperate和原文中的collaboration同义，因此正确。知识模块：篇章阅读

8.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutbiggercharitiesisTRUE?

A.Biggercharitiesarethosewithanannualincomeofmorethan$1million.

B.Biggercharitiesaremorelikelytobeaffectedbyincomereductions.

C.Mostofbiggercharitiesareconcernedabouttheirworkinfuture.

D.Manybiggercharitiesarelikelytohavetheiremployeesincomeincreased.

正确答案：C

解析：由题干关键词biggercharities定位到第三段第三、四句可知，那些年

收人在10（）万英镑以上的大一点儿的慈善机构不太可能受到收入下降的打击。但

是几乎三分之二的较大慈善机构担心经济下滑将会影响到他们未来的工作，因此

C）正确。知识模块：篇章阅读

9.Themostimportantsourceofincomeformanycharitiesisfrom.

A.stocksandshares

B.corporatedonations

C.privatelegacies

D.overseasservice

正确答案：A

解析：由题干关键词mostimportantsourceofincomeformanycharities定位

到第四段可知，股票和债券是很多慈善组织的最重要收入来源，因此A）正确。知

识模块：篇章阅读

10.Itcanbeconcludedfromthepassagethat.

A.charitiesarepreparingtoreducetheirjobsandcapitalinvestments

B.itislesslikelyforcharitiestoreducetheirjobsandcapitalinvestments

C.manycharitiesarefacingproblemssuchaspayingpensions

D.charitiesarepreparingtoexpandtheirdemandforserviceoverseas

正确答案：B

解析：由最后一段第二句可知，调查报告暗示几乎没有迹象表明慈善机构整

体来说正在准备大幅削减工作岗位或投资。B）是对原文内容的概述，故正确。知

识模块：篇章阅读

MasstransportationrevisedthesocialandeconomicfabricoftheAmerican

cityinthreefundamentalways.Itcatalyzedphysicalexpansion,itsortedoutpeople

andlanduses,anditacceleratedtheinherentinstabilityofurbanlife.Byopeningvast

areasofunoccupiedlandforresidentialexpansion,theomnibuses,horserailways,

commutertrains,andelectrictrolleyspulledsettledregionsoutwardtwotofourtimes

moredistantfromcitycentersthantheywereinthepre-modemera.In1850,fbr

example,thebordersofBostonlayscarcelytwomilesfromtheoldbusinessdistrict;

bytheturnofthe20thcenturytheradiusextendedtenmiles.Nowthosewhocould

afforditcouldlivefarremovedfromtheoldcitycenterandstillcommutetherefor

work,shoppingandentertainment.Thenewaccessibilityoflandaroundtheperiphery

ofalmosteverymajorcitysparkedanexplosionofrealestatedevelopmentandfueled

whatwenowknowasurbansprawl.Between1890and1920.forexample,some

250,000newresidentiallotswererecordedwithinthebordersofChicago,mostof

themlocatedinoutlyingareas.Overthesameperiod,another550,000wereplotted

outsidethecitylimitsbutwithinthemetropolitanarea.Anxioustotakeadvantageof

thepossibilitiesofcommuting,realestatedevelopersadded800,000potential

buildingsitestotheChicagoregioninjustthirtyyears-lotsthatcouldhavehoused

fivetosixmillionpeople.Ofcourse,manywereneveroccupied;therewas

alwaysahugesurplusofsubdivided,butvacantlandaroundChicagoandothercities.

Theseexcessesunderscoreafeatureofresidentialexpansionrelatedtothegrowthof

masstransportation;urbansprawlwasessentiallyunplanned.Itwascarriedoutby

thousandsofsmallinvestorswhopaidlittleheedtocoordinatedlanduseortofuture

landusers.Thosewhopurchasedandpreparedlandfbrresidentialpurposes,

particularlylandnearoroutsidecityborderswheretransitlinesandmiddle-class

inhabitantswereanticipated,didsotocreatedemandasmuchastorespondtoit.

Chicagoisaprimeexampleofthisprocess.Realestatesubdivisionthereproceeded

muchfasterthanpopulationgrowth.

11.Effectsofmasstransportationoncity'slifestyleare.

A.promotingtheirinherentinstability

B.remarkablegrowthincityarea

C.everincreasingstandardsofliving

D.separationofcommercialandresidentialdistricts

正确答案：A

解析：由题干关键词effectofmasstransportation定位至第一段第二句。定位

句提到“它加剧了城市生活固有的不稳定性"，故A）为本题的答案。知识模块:

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12.TheauthorreferstobothBostonandChicagoinorderto.

A.contrasttheirratesofgrowthwitheachother

B.showthatmasstransitchangedmanycities

C.demonstratepositiveandnegativeeffectsofgrowth

D.exemplifycitieswithandwithoutmasstransportation

正确答案：B

解析：作者在第一段第三句中写道：“由于使用公共汽车、公路运输、市郊

往返火车以及电车，使居住区离市中心的距离比过去远了2到4倍。”接着用for

example举例：波士顿和芝加哥由于公交系统的发展使城区不断向四周扩展。可

见，B)“表明公交系统改变了许多城市”反映了论点与论据之间的逻辑关系。知

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13.Theword“sparkcd”(Linc11,Para.l)isclosestinmeaningto.

A.broughtabout

B.reckonedwith

C.smoothedover

D.wipedout

正确答案：A

解析：由题干提示定位到第一段第六句。由定位句可知，几乎每座大城市的

边缘都有大片新土地可用，接着又说到，房地产开发业迅速发展，前后是因果关

系，由此判断sparked的词义为“引起"，故应选A)broughtabout(引起)。知识

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14.Chicagoismentionedinthesecondparagraphasanexampleofacity

A.thatisfamous

B.thatisusedasamodelforlanddevelopment

C.withanexcellentmasstransportationsystem

D.wherelanddevelopmentexceededpopulationgrowth

正确答案：D

解析：由题干提示定位到第二段。作者在第二段最后两句中明确指出芝加哥

就是采用这种做法的典型例子。在那里房地产的开发速度远远超过人口的增长速

度。因此，作者提到芝加哥是作为一个土地开发速度超过人口增长速度的例子，

所以只有D)正确。知识模块：篇章阅读

15.Thebesttitleforthepassageshouldbe.

A.InstabilityofUrbanLife

B.TypesofMassTransportation

C.LandUse

D.TheEffectsofMassTransportationonUrbanExpansion

正确答案：D

解析：本文一开始作者就开宗明义地提出公交系统对美国城市的社会和经济

结构的巨大影响。接着作者以波士顿和芝加哥为例来说明公交系统对城区扩展的

影响。可见，D)阐述了这一主题。知识模块：篇章阅读

Asolidmajorityoftechnologyexpertsandstakeholdersparticipatinginthe

fourthfutureoftheInternetsurveyexpectthatby2020mostpeoplewillaccess

softwareapplicationsonlineandshareandaccessinformationthroughtheuseof

remoteservernetworks,ratherthandependingcruciallyontoolsandinfbnnation

housedontheirindividual,personalcomputers.Theysaythatcloudcomputingwill

becomemoredominantthanthedesktopinthenextdecade.Inotherwords,most

userswillperformmostcomputingandcommunicatingactivitiesthroughconnections

toserversoperatedbyoutsidefirms.Amongthemostpopularcloudservicesnow

arcsocialnetworkingsitcs(thc50()millionpeopleusingFacebookarcbeingsocialin

thecloud),webmailserviceslikeHotmailandYahoomail,microbloggingand

bloggingservicessuchasTwitterandWordPress,video-sharingsiteslikeYouTube,

picture-sharingsitessuchasFlickr,documentandapplicationssiteslikeGoogleDocs,

social-bookmarkingsiteslikeDelicious,businesssiteslikeeBay,andranking,rating

andcommentingsitessuchasYelpandTripAdvisor.Mostofthosesurveyed

notedthatcloudcomputingwillcontinuetoexpandandcometodominate

informationtransactionsbecauseitoffersmanyadvantages,allowinguserstohave

easy,instant,andindividualizedaccesstotoolsandinformationtheyneedwherever

theyare,locatablefromanynetworkeddevice.Someexpertsnotedthatpeoplein

technology-richenvironmentswillhaveaccesstosophisticated-yet-affordablelocal

networksthatallowthemto“havethecloudintheirhomes.44Manyofthepeople

whoagreedwiththestatementthatcloudcomputingwillexpandastheinternet

evolvessaidthedesktopwillnotdieoutbutitwillbeusedinnew,improvedwaysin

tandemwith（伴随）remotecomputing.Somesurveyparticipantssaidtheyexpectthat

amoresophisticateddesktop-cloudhybrid（混合物）willbepeople'sprimaryinterface

withinformation.Theypredictedthedesktopandindividual,privatenetworkswillbe

abletoprovidemostofthesameconveniencesasthecloudbutwithbetter

functionality,overallefficiency,andspeed.Somenotedthatgeneral-purposein-home

PCserverscandomuchoftheworklocallyviaaconnectiontothecloudtotapinto

resourcesfbrcomputing-intensivetasks.Meanwhile,anumberofpeoplesaid

cloudcomputingpresentsdifficultsecurityproblemsandfurtherexposesprivate

informationtogovernments,corporations,thieves,opportunists,andhumanand

machineerror,etc.Surveyparticipantsnotedthattherearealsoqualityofservice

andcompatibilityhurdles（障碍）thatmustbecrossedsuccessfullybeforecloud

computinggainsmoreadopters.Amongtheotherlimitingfactorstheexpert

respondentsmentionedwere:thelackofbroadbandspectrumtohandletheloadif

everyoneisusingthecloud;thevariabilityofcostandaccessindifferentpartsofthe

worldandthedifficultiesthatlieaheadbeforetheycanreachtheidealofaffordable

accessanywhere,anytime;andcomplexlegalissues,includingcross-border

intellectualpropertyandprivacyconflicts.

16.Wecanlearnfromthefirstparagraphthat.

A.cloudcomputingisaspecialmachineoperatedbysomecompanies

B.desktopsaccesssoftwareapplicationsthroughstoredtoolsandinformation

C.computingandcommunicatingcannotbecarriedoutwithoutcloudcomputing

D.cloudcomputingwillreplacedesktopscompletelyinthenearfuture

正确答案：B

解析：由题干提示定位到第一段。B）与第一段第一句"绝大多数