大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷48

大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）模拟试

卷48

一、仔细阅读（本题共20题，每题1.0分，共20分。）

Whileopenofficesmaybedesignedtoencouragecommunityandcollaboration,theycan

alsoleadtoneighborswantingtostrangletheworkerwhosays"Loveyou,sweetie'*or

favoredcursewordstoomanytimesduringphonecallsthatcanbeheardbyall.So,

what'saworkertodowithacolleaguewhoconstantlygetstoopersonalonthephone?

What'sappropriate—andwhatisn*t—whenitcomestophonecallsinanopenoffice?

ShowingrespectKlausisabigfanofbehaviourpromptsandspecificallyPost-itnotes.

Sherecommendsplacingoneofthestickynotesnexttoyourphoneatworkwiththe

question"Isittheirbusiness?1'writtenonit.（By"their,'she'sreferringtothepeople

sittingaroundyou.）Thatway,you'Hberemindedeachtimeyoupickupthephone."Ifit'

snottheirbusiness,thendon'ttalkaboutitintheoffice,1'saidKlaus."Gointoa

conferenceroomortakeitoutside."ApproachingtheoffenderHowyoudealwith

someonewhooversharesdependsonyourpersonalityandyourrelationship,accordingto

NewYork-basedcareeradviserandauthorVickyOliver."Ifyougetalongwithherwell,

youcanjustpassbyherofficeonedaywhenshe'sonthephonegabbing,knockonthe

wall,andwhenyoucatchhereye,putyourindexfingeruptoyourmouthtoindicatethat

youcanhearher."Ifthisoptionfeelstoorude,youmaydobetteroffmentioningit

discreetlytoyoursupervisor,suggestedOliver.Somethingalongthelinesof:"Doyou

thinkitwouldbeOKifImentionedtoCindythatIcanoftenhearherpersonal

conversations?IfIcan,chancesareotherscan,too."Seewhatyoursupervisorsuggests.

"Treadlightlyhereandtrytobeconstructivewhenyoudotalktoher,*'Oliveradvised.

BenefitofthedoubtBesensitive.Lackofmannersisn'talwaysthereasonbehindthe

volume.Sometimes,aloudvoicecanbeasignofahearingproblem,accordingtoKlaus.

"Theymaynotbeabletohearthemselvesandhaveneverbeentoldbeforethatthereisa

problem."Evenifthereisamedicalbasisforthecondition,aconversationthatisn't

appropriatefortheofficeneedstobetakenoutsideorintoaconferenceroom,Klaussaid.

And,ifthepersonisjustloudanddisruptivebuttalkingaboutwork-relatedissues,then

thecompanyneedstomakethenecessaryaccommodations,suchassupplyingaphone

withamplification/clarificationtechnology,shesaid.

1What'sKlaus'ssuggestionaboutphonecallsinanopenoffice?

A、Tellingthespeakerrightaway.

B、Overlookingit.

C>Usinganotetoremindyou.

D、Reportingittoyoursupervisor.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：细节题。根据题干中的Klaus可以定位到文中的Klausisabigfan

ofbehaviourpromptsandspecificallyPost-Itnotes.Sherecommendsplacingoneof

thestickynotesnexttoyourphoneatworkwiththequestion^Isittheir

business?,,vvrittenonit,从这里可以看出她建议在电话旁边贴一张便条，所以C项

最符合文章意思。因此，正确答案是C。

2^AccordingtoKlauswhatshouldwedowithapersonalcall?

A、Speakinginalowvoice.

B、Takingitoutside.

C^Goingintoarestroom.

D、Takingitwhenyouarealone.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：推断题。本题考查的是对于私人电话应如何处理，实际上就是文中讲

到的"Ifit'snottheirbusiness,thendon'ttalkaboutitintheoffice,“saidKlaus.MGo

intoaconferenceroomortakeitoutside."，从这里可以推断出私人电话最好在会议

室或是出去接打，所有选项中只有B项提到出去接打电话。因此，正确答案是

Bo

3、Hewcanweapproachtheoffenderinadiscreetmanner?

A、Talkingtohimabouttheprobleminprivate.

B、Askinghis(her)bestfriendtotellhim(her).

C^Sendinganotetotheoffender.

D^Consultingyoursupervisor.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：细节题。本题考查的是如何谨慎地处理。可以定位到文中的Ifthis

optionfeclstoorude,youmaydobetteroffmentioningitdiscreetlytoyoursupervisor,

suggestedOliver.Somethingalongthelinesof：“DeyouthinkitwouldbeOKif

ImentionedtoCindythatIcanoftenhearherpersonalconversations?!fI

can.chancesareotherscan,too."Seewhatyoursupervisorsuggests,可以看出稳妥

的办法就是告诉你的上司，听听他的意见，所以D项询问上司的意见最符合。因

此，正确答案是D。

4、Howtosolvetheproblemifapersonspeaksloudlyaboutwork-relatedissues?

A、Askinghimtospeakabitlower.

B、Justignoreit.

C^Changingyouroffice.

D^Installsomephonewithamplification/clarificationtechnology.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：细节题。本题考查的是如何处理意为同事讲电话声音大，却是与工作

相关的事这种问题。可以定位到文中的And,ifthepersonisjustloudanddisruptive

butlalkingaboutwork-relatedissues,thenthecompanyneedstomakethe

necessaryaccommodmions,suchassupplyingaphonewithamplification/clarification

technology,shesaid.从这里可以看出但是如果那个人讲的是工作相关的电话。只

是因为听力问题而讲话声音太大，那么公司可以装一个带有扩音器的电话。所以D

项的意思最符合。因此，正确答案是D。

5、What'sthemainideaofthepassage?

A、Howtohandleadisruptivecolleague.

B、Methodsaboutdealingwithcolleague'sannoyingphonecalls.

C、Howtobeongoodtermswithyourcolleagues.

D、Creatingaharmoniousoffice.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：主旨题。本文主要讲述了如何处理你同事烦人的电话。并针对不同的

情况介绍了几条有用的建议，所以B项最符合文章大意。因此，正确答案是B。

Whenahousewifeinaworking-classdistrictofMexicoCitygetsfedupwiththelackof

workinglightsinherlocalpark,shelogsontoTwitterandcomplainsdirectlytothecity's

mayor.Inanageofincessantdigitalchat——andinacityof22million——thismightseem

futile.Butthemayor,whohasmorethan600,000Twitterfollowers,repliestoher

complaintwithinhours.Heordersthecity'spublicworksdepartmenttotakeaction.

Severalweekslater,hepostsphotosofnewlightsbeinginstalledintheparkandthanks

ihewomanforbringingrheproblemiohisaueniion.Infact,themayor'sTwinerfeed

readslikeachronicleoflifeinametropolis.Therearecomplaintsandannouncements

aboutgarbagecollection,crime,trafficlights,constructiondelaysetc.Atfirstglance,it

lookslikeastrangemixofuneditedrantsbyaggravatedcitizensandupbeatpublic

relationsbyanambitiousmayor.Butasustainedlookshowsthatasurprisingnumberof

thesevirtualconversationsfollowacycle—citizencomplains,mayorlistens,citysolves

theproblem-thatuntilrecentlywouldhaveseemedimpossibleforanoverpopulatedand

underfinancedmetropolisinthedevelopingworld.InLatinAmerica,MexicoCityisnot

unique.Useofsocialmediaisgrowingatabreathtakingpaceacrosstheregion.When

Facebookpassedthe1billionusermarkinOctober,fewpeoplenoticedthat19percentof

thoseusersliveinLatinAmerica(whichonlyaccountsfor8percentoftheworld's

population).ThegovernmentsofvirtuallyalllargeLatinAmericancitiesnowusesocial

mediatoengagewithcitizens,andsmallercitiesarequicklyfollowingsuit.TheInter­

AmericanDevelopmentBankrecentlyfoundthatsocialmediaisusedbygovernmentsin

70percentoftheregion's140"emergingcitiesM(thosehaving100,000to2million

residentsandabove-averageeconomicgrowthrates).Althoughthepresshasfocusedon

LatinAmericanpresidentswhohaveembracedsocialmediaasapotentnewchannelfor

old-fashionedpoliticalcommunications,somethingverydifferentishappeningatthe

municipallevel.Mayorsseemtobebettingthatbymicromanagingurbanissuesvia

TwitterorFacebook,theywillgivevotersconcreteevidenceoftheireffectivenessin

office.Thisisariskytactic,ofcourse.Manylocalgovernmentsthatfinditeasyto

virtually"engage"withconstituentsmaynothavethebudgets,theorganization,orthe

stafftoactuallysolvetheproblemsthatgeneratecomplaints.Theresult,inthatcase,

couldbeavoterbacklashenlarged,ironically,overthesamesocialmediachannels.I

predictthatsocialmediawillhaveahighlydisruptivebutlargelypositiveeffectinthis

context.Thesetechnologieswillgivenewvitalitytotheancientidealsofparticipation

andaccountability.

6、Whytheauthorthinksthehousevvife,scomplaintsonTwitterisfutile?

A、Becausethesocialmediaisnotaformalchanneltoraiseproblems.

B、Becausetheproblemisofnobigdeal.

C、Becausenoonewouldnoticeitinacityof22millionpeople.Withincessantdigital

chatter.

D、BecausetheauthoritieswillnotcheckthecomplaintsonTwitter.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：细节题。本题考查的是作者为什么认为那位妇女在推特上的抱怨是徒

劳。可以定位到文中Inanageofincessantdigitalchatter—andinacityof22million

thismightseemfutile,从这里可以看出在无休止的互联网聊天的时代。在一个两千

两百万人口的大城市里，这样做似乎是徒劳无功的，这与C项的意思一致。因

此，正确答案是C。

7、Whichofthefollowingcannotbeinferredfromparagraph3?

A、Socialmediaistheonlywaythroughwhichpeoplecansendtheircomplaintstothe

mayor.

B>ThemayorhavesolvedalotofproblemspostedontheTwitter.

C^Thisphenomenonisusuallyveryrareinabigdevelopingcity.

D、Twitterisverypopularinthiscity.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：推断题。A项讲的是人们只能通过社交网络才能向市长发表抱怨.是

无法推断出的，虽然第三段讲的是社交网络，但没有否定其他途径，所以A项不

能推导出oB项可以从文中Butasustainedlookshowsthatasurprisingnumberof

thesevirtualconversationsfollowacyclewcitizencomplains,mayorlistens,citysolves

thcproblcm推断出，市长解决了人们提出的各种问题。C项可以从文中that

untilrcccntlywouldhaveseemedimpossiblefbranoverpopulatedand

underfinancedmetropolisinthedevelopingworld推导出。D项可以从文中Infact,the

mayor'sTwitterfeedreadslikeachronicleoflifeinametropolis推导出。因此，正确

答案是A。

8、Howmanyemergingcities'governmentshaveusedsocialmedia?

A、96

B、97

C、98

D、99

标准答案：C

知识点解析：推断题。本题考查的是有多少个城市的政府用社交网络处理问题，可

以定位到文中TheInter-AmericanDevelopmentBankrecentlyfoundthatsocialmedia

isusedbygovernmentsin70percentoftheregion's1demergingcities'Xthose

having100,000to2millionresidentsandabove-averageeconomicgrowthrates),从这

里我们可以推到出答案应是140x70%,所以应该是98个城市。因此，正确答案是

Co

9、Whymanagingurbanissuesviasocialmediaisariskytactic?

A、Becauseitdoesnothelptosolveproblems.

B、Becauseifthecomplaintsarenotsolveditwillbeenlarged.

C、Becausethemayorcannotsolvesomanyproblemsonthesocialmedia.

D、Becauseitmaypromotepeoplemakemoreandmorecomplaints.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：细节题。艰据题干中的anskytactic可以定位到文中的Thisisa

riskytactic,ofcourse.Manylocalgovernmentsthatfinditeasyto

virtually^engage^withconstituentsmaynothavethebudgets,theorganization,orthe

stafftoactuallysolvethcproblemsthatgeneratecomplaints.Theresult,inthatcase»

couldbeavoterbackIashenlarged,ironically,overthesamesocialmediachannels,从

这里可以看出与选民亲密接触不代表能够有政府财政预算、相关部门员工等来切实

解决市民抱怨的问题。反而，如果没解决好，市民会在同一个社交网络上反击，使

问题扩大化，所以B项最符合原文意思。团此，正确答案是B。

10,What'stheauthor'sattitudetowardssocialmedia?

A、Totallysupportit.

B、Stronglyopposeit.

C^Notclear.

D、Mostlysupportit.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：态度题。本题考查的是作者对于社交网络的态度，从文中最后一段

Ipredictthatsocialmediawillhaveahighlydisruptivebutlargelypositiveeffectin

thiscontext.Thesetechnologieswillgivenewvitalitytotheancientidealsof

participationandaccountability,可以看出作者虽然说它有自身缺点，但是整体上还

是支持它的。因此，正确答案是D。

HuaweihasmadeitsfirstequityinvestmentinaBritishtechnologycompanyasthe

Chinesenetworkingandtelecommunicationsgrouplookstogrowitsoperationsinthe

UKwhilefacinghostilityinothermarketsaroundtheworld.TheChinesecompanyis

amongagroupofcorporateinvestorsthatincludesBosch,theGermanindustrialsupplier,

andXilinx,anAmericantechnologymaker,whichhastakena"strategic"stakein

XMOS,aBristol-basedsemiconductorcompany.Thetriohasjoinedina$26mfunding

roundinthechipdesigner.Peoplefamiliarwiththedealsaidtheinvestmentvalues

XMOSatover$100m.Thecompanydeclinedtocomment.Onepersonfamiliarwiththe

Chinesegroupsaidithascreatedateamdedicatedtoseekingsimilarinvestment

opportunitieswiththeaimofmakingtwosuchdealsayearinEurope.Huawei's

expansionplanshaveoftenbeenmetwithsuspicionaroundtheworld.InOctober2012,a

UScongressionalreportbrandedHuaweiandZTE,itssmallerChinesepeer,athreatto

nationalsecurity.Huaweihasstruggledtogainagreaterfootholdinsomecountries

becauseofconcernsoverthemilitarybackgroundofitsfounder,RenZhengfei,aformer

People'sLiberationArmyofficer.AuthoritiesinIndiahavevoicedconcernswhileithas

beenblockedfrombiddingonsomecontractsinGermanyandAustralia.Huaweihas

alwaysmaintaineditisindependentfromtheChinesegovernment.Britainhasprovideda

warmerwelcome.In2012,DavidCameron,primeminister,saidthatHuawei's

commitmenttoinvest£1.3bnintoitsoperationsinthecountryprovedthattheUKis

"openforbusiness".HuaweihaspreviouslyboughttwoEuropeancompanies-CIP

TechnologiesintheUKin2012andBelgium'sCaliopain2013—thoughfinancialterms

forthosedealswerenotreleased.Thisyear,thecompanysaiditwillinvest£10min

UKuniversityresearchandhasplanstoopenaresearchanddevelopmentcentrein

Bristol.XMOS,asemiconductordesignerfoundedin2005,hasparticularexpertisein

high-performancechipsusedforproductsinthe"internetofthings",suchaspersonal

electronicsandhomeapplianceswhichareembeddedwithsensorsabletoconnecttothe

internet.NigelToon,XMOSchiefexecutive,saidthatthenewinvestmentwouldallowit

toestablishstrongtieswithcompanieslikeHuaweiandBosch,groupsthatarealsolikely

tobelargecustomersinthefuture."Thisisamassiveopportunitytohaveclosecontact

withthesecompaniesandbuildabigbusiness,"saidMrToon.StevenChu,chiefstrategy

officerandvice-presidentatHuawei1ssilicondivision,said:"Wehaveaveryhighregard

fortheteamatXMOSandwillbeworkingcloselywithdiemonanumberofexciting

newprojects."

11、Whatdoesthefirstparagraphimply?

ThemarketofHuaweiisnotwide.

B、BritainwelcomestheinvestmentofHuawei.

C、Huaweihasn?tinvestedinBritain.

D^ThenetworkingandtelecommunicationsinBritainarenotwell-developed.

标准答案：B」

知识点解析：主旨题。题干指明将答案定位在第一段，第一段讲到，“华为向一家

英国科技公司进行了首次股权投资，面对全球其他市场的敌意。这家中国的网络和

电信集团寻求在英国扩张业务“，抓住该句主干“华为计划在英国投资”，而其原因

在于全球其他市场的敌意，联系下文可知。华为的扩张计划经常在世界各地遭到猜

疑，向英国“向商业开放”，给予了更为热情的欢迎，由此可知，英国欢迎华为的投

资，B项符合。

12、WhydidHuaweimaintainitisindependentfrom(heChinesegovernment?

A、BecauseHuaweidon'twanttodevelopinChina.

B、BecausemostemployersofHuaweiarcnotfromChina.

C、Becausethemilitarybackgroundofitsfounderhasposedanegativeeffect.

D、BecauseHuaweiwoniesaboutgettinginvolvedinpoliticalissues.

标准答案：C

知识点解析；推断题。根据题I•中的“HuaweimaintainitisindependentGomthe

Chinesegovernmenf'TiJ定位至第五段.根据该段第一句"Huaweihasstruggledtogain

agreaterfootholdinsomecountriesbecauseofconcernsoverthemilitarybackground

ofitsfounder,RenZhengfei,afbrnierPeople'sLiberationArmyofficer”,可知，因

为华为创始人任正非曾任解放军军官，即与中国政府联系密切，于是很多国家拒绝

与其合作，可见，华为始终坚称自己独立于中国政府，正是因为其创始人的解放军

军官身份影响了它的发展。C项符合。

13>Whatarethehigh-performancechipsusedforproductsinthe"internetofthings"

producedbyXMOS?

A、Personalelectronicswithsensorsareabletoconnecttotheinternet.

B、Therefrigeratorwithsensorsareabletoconnecttotheinternet.

C、Theair-conditioncrwithsensorsisabletoconnecttotheinternet.

D、Theelectromobilewithsensorsisabletoconnecttotheinternet.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：细节题。根据题干中的“thehigh-performancechips”可定位至第九段，

根据第九段内容“XMOS….，hasparticularexpertiseinhigh-performancechipsused

fbrproductsinthe"internetofthings",suchaspersonalelectronicsandhome

applianceswhichareembeddedwithsensorsabletoconnecttotheinternet.“可知，

XMOS生产的用于“物联网”产品的高性能芯片的产品包括有可联网传感器的个人电

子产品及家用电器，A项属于有可联网传感器的个人电子产品，B、C项属于有可

联网传感器的家用电器。而D项所指的“有可联网传感器的电动车”，不属于其产

品范围。

14、WhatistheadvantageofthenewinvestmentofHuaweiaccodingtoNigelToon?

A、Itprovidesagoodopportunitytobuildabigbusinesswithlargecompanies.

B、ItcanhaveclosecontactwithChinesegovernment.

C、ItmaybegoodforstabilizingBritishnationaldefense.

D、ItmeansanadditionofpowerfulforcetoconfrontwithBritain.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：细节题。眼据题干中的“NigelToon”可定位至倒数第二段。根据该段

最后一句"'Thisisamassiveopportunitytohaveclosecontactwiththesecompanies

andbuildabigbusiness,'saidMrToon.”可知,NigelToon认为此次投资是一个与

大公司建立密切联系、寸大生意的好机会。A项符合。其他选项属于“无中生有工

15、Thebesttitleofthepassagemaybe.

A^HuaweiCooperateswithXMOS

B、HuaweiBacksBritishtechcompanyXMOS

C、HuaweiistoExpanditsMarket

D^HuaweiInvestsinBritain

标准答案：B

知识点解析：主旨题。本文主要讲述了华为向英国科技公司XMOS进行了首次股

权投资，接着讲到当华为的扩张计划经常在世界各地遭到猜疑时，英国则给予了更

为热情的欢迎，因为英国“向商业开放”，该项投资也益处颇丰。综合来看。本文的

关键词为“华为”“英国”“XMOS”，B项包含这些关键词且符合文意。因而选择B。

LGDisplay,theworld'ssecond-biggestflat-paneldisplaymaker,isbettingbigonlarge-

scaleOLEDtelevisionpanels,brushingasideindustryscepticismaboutthechancesof

thetechnologydisplacingmainstreamliquidcrystaldisplay.OLED,ororganiclight­

emittingdiode,panelsuseultra-thin,lightertechnologytoproducehigherpicturequality

andlowerpowerconsumptionthanLCDscreens.TheyfeatureonSamsungElectronics'

Galaxysmartphonesand[ablets.LGaimstostealainarchinthepotentiallylucrative

marketoncrosstownSou:hKoreanrivalandworldleaderSamsungDisplay,whichis

insteadfocusingonimprovingLCDpanelsforultrahigh-definitionTVs.Thediverging

strategiesreflectthemixedviewsaboutthefutureofOLEDtechnology,longtoutedby

industrywatchersasapotentialgamc-changcrforthe594bnglobalTVindustrybut

whichremainscloudedbydoubtsaboutitscommercialvaluebecauseofhighproduction

costsandtechnologicalchallenges.BehindLG'saggressiveinvestmenttoexpandOLED

productioncapacityliesthebeliefthatdemandforOLEDTVswilltakeoffoncetheyare

moreaffordable."LCDhasnofuture.TheChinesecanmakeevenultrahigh-definition

TVsatlowercosts/'saysOhChang-ho,seniorvice-presidentofLG'sOLEDTV

developmentdivision."Wccannotwinthispricewar.Forsurvival,wchavetomake

productsthattheycannotmake."Sonylaunchedtheworld'sfirstcommercialOLEDTV

in2007buttheJapanesecompanywassurpassedbyKoreanrivals.However,mass

producinglargeOLEDTVsisdifficultandmorecostly.SamsungandLGrolledout55-

inchfull-HD(highdefinition)curvedOLEDTVslastyearbuttheheftypricetag一

roughly$15,000—deterredconsumers.LGreckonsitisfinallyinapositiontocutcosts,

thankstobreakthroughstoboostproductionefficiencyandresolvecolourdistortions.It

planstointroducecurvedultrahigh-definitionOLEDTVsaslargeas77inchesthisyear.

ThecompanyisconvincedOLEDcanbreathenewlifeintoconsumerdemandbecause

thetechnology,bestsuitedforflexibledisplay,allowsTVstobemadeinallsortsof

shapes.OLEDpanelsareeasiertobendthanLCDsbecausetheyworkwithouta

backlight.LGhasrecentlydevelopedan18-inchTollableOLEDpanelaswellasthe

same-sizetransparentOLEDpanelandisconfidentthatitcandevelopanUltraHD

flexibleandtransparentOLEDpanelofmorethan60inchesby2017.ButLGisinthe

minoritywithitsconfidenceinthebuddingtechnology.Itsrivalsremainsidelinedby

concernsthatOLEDmaygothewayofplasma-oncepromisingtechnologythathas

beenexpensivetodevelopandultimatelynotwidelyadopted.SamsungDisplayhas

optedtopushthetechnologicalboundariesofLCDpanelswithhigh-marginultrahigh-

definitionTVscapableofdisplayingfourtimestheresolutionofexistingHDTVs.

16、ComparedwithLCDscreens,OLEDhasfollowingadvantagesexcept.

A、PanelsofOLEDuseultra-thinandlightertechnology

PanelsofOLEDproducehigherpicturequality

C、TheproductionofOLEDcosts