Part IV                      Cloze                                (15 minutes) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter in the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
    Have you ever wondered what our future is like? Practically all people   61   a desire to predict their future   62  . People seem inclined to   63   this task using causal reasoning. First, we generally   64   that future circumstances are   65   caused or conditioned by present   66  . We learn that getting an education will   67   how much money we earn later and that swimming beyond the reef may bring an unhappy   68   with a shark.
    Second, people also learn that such   69  of cause and effect are probabilistic（概率）in nature. That is, the effects occur more often when the causes occur than when the causes are   70  , but not always.  71   , students learn that studying hard   72  good grades in most instances, but not every time. Science makes these concepts of causality and probability more explicit and   73   techniques for dealing  74   then more rigorously than does causal human inquiry. In looking at ordinary human inquiry, we need to  75   between prediction and understanding. Often, even if we don’t understand why, we are willing to act   76   the basis of a demonstrated predictive ability.
    Whatever the primitive drives   77   motivate human beings, satisfying them depends heavily on the ability to predict future circumstances. The attempt to predict is often played in a   78   of knowledge and understanding. If you can understand why certain regular patterns 79  , you can predict better than if you simply observe those patterns. Thus, human inquiry aims   80   answering both “what” and “why” question, and we pursue these goals by observing and figuring out.

61. A) exhibit             B) exaggerate              C) examine              D) exceed
62. A) contexts            B) circumstances           C) inspections          D) intuitions
63. A) underestimate       B) undermine               C) undertake            D) undergo
64. A) recall              B) recede                  C) reckon               D) recognize
65. A) somehow             B) somebody                C) someone              D) something
66. A) one                 B) ones                    C) one’s               D) oneself
67. A) enact               B) affect                  C) reflect              D) inflect
68. A) meeting             B) occurrence              C) encounter            D) contact
69. A) patterns            B) designs                 C) arrangements         D) pictures
70. A) disappointed        B) absent                  C) inadequate           D) absolute
71. A) Thus                B) So that                 C) However              D) Though
72. A) creates             B)produces                 C) loses                D) protects
73. A) prevents            B) proceeds                C) provides             D) predicts
74. A) for                 B) at                      C) in                   D) with
75. A) distinguish         B) distinct                C) distort              D) distract
76. A) at                  B) on                      C) to                   D) under
77. A) why                 B) how                     C) that                 D) where
78. A) content             B) contact                 C) contest              D) context
79. A) happen              B) occur                   C) occupy               D) incur
80. A) at                  B) on                      C) to                   D) beyond

 
试卷二

Part I  Listening Comprehension
Section B  Compound Dictation
Directions: 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 S1 to S7 with the exact words you have just heard; For blanks numbered from S8 to S10 you are required to fill in the missing information. 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.

     The advantages and disadvantages of a large population have long been a (S1) S1______      of discussion among economists. It has been argued that the
supply of good land is limited. To feed a large population, inferior land must be S2______
(S2) and the good land worked intensively. Thus, each person
produces less and this means a lower income than could be (S3)   with             S3______
a smaller population. Other economists have argued that a large
population gives more scope for (S4)  and the development                         S4______
of (S5)   such as ports, roads and railways, which are not likely to be           S5______
built unless there is a big demand to (S6)  them.                                 S6______
     One of the difficulties in carrying out a world-wide birth control program
lies in the fact that official attitudes to population growth (S7)                S7______
from country to country depending on the level of industrial development and
availability of food, space and natural resources,
(S8)____________________________________________________whatever the              S8______
consequences may be. In a highly industrialized society the problem may be
more complex.
     (S9)_____________________________________________________________            S9______
________.When the pressure of population on housing declines, prices also decline
and the building industry is weakened. (S10)____________________________________  S10______
____________________________, rather than one which is stable or in decline.

Part V  Writing
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Should College Students Go in for Business? to comment on a news item that some undergraduates at your school are reported in the local newspaper to have started up businesses get prepared for future career.

You should write at least 150 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:

Should College Students Go in for Business?

 
六级二模答案

听力：
1 B    2 C    3 A    4 B   5 B     6 C     7 A     8 D    9 D     10 A

阅读：
11-20 DABBC   ABCDC          21－30   CABDA    CBDBD

词汇：
31-35 CDABB   36-40 CCCBB   41-45 DDCDB   46-50 DDCDA     51-55 DBCDC      56-60 DBDDA

完型：
61-65  A B C D A     66-70   B B C A B   
71-75  A B C D A     76-80   B C D B A