57.Why dose the author say that parengs are the true fighters in the college-admissions wars?

A.They have the final say in which university their children are to attend.

B.They know best which universities are most suitable for their children.

C.they have to carry out intensive surveys of colleges before children make an application.

D.they care more about which college their children go to than the children themselves.

58.Why do parents urge their children to apply to more school than ever?

A.they want to increase their children chances of entering a prestigious college.

B.they hope their children can enter a university that offers attractive scholarships.

C.Their children eill have have a wider choice of which college to go to.

D.Elite universities now enroll fewer syudent than they used to.

59.What does the author mean by kids count more than their college(Line1,para.4?

A.Continuing education is more important to a person success.

B.A person happiness should be valued more than their education.

C.Kids actual abilities are more importang than their college background.

D.What kids learn at college cannot keep up with job market requirements.

60.What does Krueger study tell us?

A.GETting into Ph.d.programs may be more competitive than getting into college.

B.Degrees of prestigious universities do not guarantee entry to graduate programs.

C.Graduates from prestigious universities do not care much about their GRE scores.

D.Connections built in prestigious universities may be sustained long after graduation.

61.One possible result of pushing children into elite universities is that______

A.they earb less than their peers from other institutions

B.they turn out to be less competitive in the job market

C.they experience more job dissatisfaction after graduation

D.they overemphasize their qualifications in job application

Part V Cloze

Directions: there are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A),B),C), and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Seven years ago, when I was visiting Germany, I Met with an official who explained to me that the country had a perfect solution to its economic problems. Watching the U.S. economy ___62___ during the ‘90s, the Germans had decided that they, too, needed to go the high-technology ___63___. But how? In the late ‘90s, the answer schemed obvious. Indians. ___64___ all, Indian entrepreneurs accounted for one of every three Silicon Valley start-ups. So the German government decided that it would ___65___ Indians to Term any just as America does by ___66___ green cards. Officials created something called the German Green Card and ___67___ that they would issue 20,000 in the first year. ___68___, the Germans expected that tens of thousands more Indians would soon be begging to come, and perhaps the ___69___ would have to be increased. But the program was a failure. A year later ___70___ half of the 20,000 cards had been issued. After a few extensions, the program was ___71___.

I told the German official at the time that I was sure the ___72___ would fail. It’s not that I had any particular expertise in immigration policy, ___73___ I understood something about green cards, because I had one (the American ___74___). The German Green

Card was mismand,I argued,__75__it never,under any circumtances,translated into German citizenship.The U.S.green card,by contrast,is an almost__76__path to becoming American (after five years and a clean record).The official__77__my objection,saying that there was no way Germany was going to offer these peoplecitizenship.”we need young tach workers,”he said.”that’s what this pro-gram is all __78__.”so Germany was asking bright young__79__to leavetheir country,culture and families,move thousands of miles away,learn a new language and work in a strange land—but without any__80__of ever being part of their new home.Germany was senging a signal, one that was ___81___ received in India and other countries, and also by Germany’s own immigrant community.

62. A) soar C) amplify B) hover D) intensify

63. A) circuit C) trait B) strategy D) route

64. A) Of C) In B) After D) At

65. A) import C) convey B) kidnap D) lure

66. A) offering C) evacuating B) installing D) formulating

67. A) conferred C) announced B) inferred D) verified

68. A) Specially C) Particularly B) Naturally D) Consistently

69. A) quotas C) measures B) digits D) scales

70. A) invariably C) barely B) literally D) solely

71. A) repelled C) combated B) deleted D) abolished

72. A) adventure C) initiative B) response D) impulse

73. A) and C) so B) but D) or

74. A) heritage C) notion B) revision D) version

75 A)because B)unless C)if D)while

76 A)aggressive B)automatic C)vulnerable D)voluntary

77 A)overtook B)fascinated C)submitted D)dismissed

78 A)towards B)round C)about D)over

79 A)dwellers B)citizens C)professionals D)amateurs

80 A)prospect B)suspicion C)outcome D)destination

81 A)partially B)clearly C)brightly D)vividly

Part VI Translation

Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.

Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2

注意:此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答,只需寫(xiě)出譯文部分

82. We can say a lot of things about those who have spent their whole lives on poems (畢生致力于詩(shī)歌的人): they are passionate, impulsive, and unique.

83. Mary couldn’t have received my letter, or she should have replied to me last week (否則她上周就該回信了).

84. Nancy is supposed to have finished her chemistry experiments (做完化學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)) at least two weeks ago.

85. Never once has the old couple quarreled with each other (老兩口互相爭(zhēng)吵) since they were married 40 years ago.

86. The prosperity of a nation is largely dependent upon (一個(gè)國(guó)家未來(lái)的繁榮在很大程度上有賴(lài)于) the quality of education of its people

2008年6月全國(guó)英語(yǔ)六級(jí)考試真題完整答案

Part 1 Writing

范文一

Recent decades have seen the rapid development of information technology, and thereby E-books have wound their way into our daily life. Because of the wide and quick popularity of E-books, there has been an increasing controversy over the question of whether E-books will replace traditional books or not.

Many people hold the idea that it will not take long for E-books to replace traditional books because E-books have quite a few advantages over traditional ones. First, E-books are more accessible to readers, because the readers just need to log onto the internet and read online. Second, thanks to the advanced technology, the cost of E-books is much lower, so it takes readers far less money to buy E-books. Last but not the least, reading E-books has developed into part of our daily life, which is particularly appealing to young users, who are the body part of the users of electronic products.

As far as I’m concerned, it is not likely for E-books to replace traditional books for lots of reasons. For example, long time of reading E-books will do more harm to our eyes, and readers will find themselves more accessible to printed materials because computers and the internet haven’t yet been popularized to every corner of our life.

范文二

E-books, or electronic books, have the same information and need the same reading experience as the traditional books, which you actually hold in your hands. E-books have so many benefits that they will replace traditional books.

E-books can be created on a shoestring budget while the authors of traditional books will have to overcome a tough sales target before they even consider making a profit on the book. E-books are quicker to create because they could be written and published in as little as a week while the time span between starting a traditional book and writing it could take around a year or two. E-books are easier to target a wide market because they may be sold on the Internet to anyone with a credit card and an Internet connection in any place in the world, while with a traditional book it may be difficult to expand to new markets, since it will involve further significant costs on distribution and marketing.

To conclude, E-books are a very valuable tool that could be used as a profit centre, as a publishing tool or as a marketing tool. They have many advantages over the traditional books. E-books will replace traditional books.

Part 2 Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

1. D) Scientists’ vision of the world in half a century.

2. B) may not come true

3. A) humans won’t have to donate organs for transplantation

4. C) live to 100 and more with vitality

5. C) alien life will likely be discovered

6. A ) might survive all catastrophes on earth

7. D) lost fingers and limbs will be able to regrow

8. artificial intelligence

9. weapons

10. religion

Part 3 Listening Comprehension

Section A

11. D) The man is a fan of world-famous football players.

12. D) Solve his problem by doing a part-time job.