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英语六级考试模拟卷1
2010年12月英语六级考试模拟卷
(1)
PartIWriting(30minutes)
Directions:
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteacompositiononthetopic:
Travel-mateWanted.Youshouldwriteatleast150wordfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow:
假设你是李明,假期即将到来,你打算做一次为期三周的旅行,希望找个外国朋友作为游伴(Travel-mate)。
拟一个寻游伴的启事,交代清楚日程安排、费用分担情况、对对方的要求等,并说明对方和你一起出游的好处。
Travel-mateWanted
PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)
Directions:
Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1-4,mark
Y(forYES)ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;
N(forNO)ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;
NG(forNOTGIVEN)iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage.
Forquestions5-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.
IsCollegeReallyWorththeMoney?
TheRealWorld
EsteGriffithhaditallfiguredout.WhenshegraduatedfromtheUniversityofPittsburghinApril2001,shehadhersightssetononething:
workingforalaborunion.
Therealworldhadotherideas.Griffithleftschoolwithnotonlyadegree,butaboatloadofdebt.Sheowed$15,000instudentloansandhadrackedup$4,000increditcarddebtforbooks,groceriesandotherexpenses.Nolaborunionjobcouldpayenoughtobailherout.
SoGriffithwenttoworkinsteadforaWashington,D.C.firmthatspecializesineconomicdevelopment.Problemsolved?
Nope.Atage24,shetakeshomeabout$1,800amonth,$1,200ofwhichdisappearstopayherrent.Addanother$180amonthtoretireherstudentloansand$300amonthtowhittledownhercreditcardbalance."Youdothemath,"shesays.
Griffithhaspracticallynomoneytoliveon.Shebrown-bags(自带午餐)herlunchandbikestowork.Aboveall,shefearsshe'llneverownahouseorbeabletoretire.It'snotthatsheregretsgettingherdegree."Buttheydon'ttellyouthatthetrade-offisthenexttenyearsofyourincome,"shesays.
That'spreciselythedealbeingmadebymoreandmorecollegestudents.They'remortgagingtheirfuturestomeetsoaringtuitioncostsandothercollegeexpenses.LikeGriffith,they'refacingaone-twopunchatgraduation:
hefty(深重的)studentloansandsmotheringcreditcarddebt—nottomentionajobmarketthat,fornowanyway,isdismal.
"Weareforcingourchildrentomakeachoicebetweentwoevils,"saysElizabethWarren,aHarvardLawprofessorandexpertonbankruptcy."Skipcollegeandfacealifeofdiminishedopportunity.orgotocollegeandfacealifeshackled(束缚)bydebt."
TuitionHikes
Forsometime,collegeshaveinsistedtheirsteeptuitionhikesareneededtopayforcutting-edgetechnologies,facultyandadministrationsalaries,andrisinghealthcarecosts.Nowthere'sanewculprit(犯人):
shrinkingstatesupport.Caughtinaseverebudgetcrunch,manystateshavesharplyscaledbacktheirfundingforhighereducation.
Someonehadtomakeupforthoselostdollars.Andyoucanguesswho—especiallyifyouliveinMassachusetts,whichlastyearhikeditstuitionandfeesby24percent,afterfundingdroppedby3percent,orinMissouri,whereappropriations(拨款)fellby10percent,buttuitionroseatdoublethatrate.Aboutone-thirdofthestates,infact,haveincreasedtuitionandfeesbymorethan10percent.
OneofthosestatesisCalifornia,andJanetBurrell'sfamilyisfeelingthepain.AbookkeeperinTorrance,BurrellhasadaughterattheUniversityofCaliforniaatDavisMeanwhile,hersonsattendtwo-yearcollegesbecauseBurrellcan'taffordtohavealloftheminfour-yearschoolsatonce.
Meanwhile,evenwithtuitionhikes,California'scommunitycollegesaresostrappedforcashtheydroppedthousandsofclasseslastspring.Theresult:
54,000fewerstudents.
CollapsingInvestments
Manyfamiliesthoughttheyhadasurefireplan:
eveniftuitionkeptskyrocketing,theyhadinvestedenoughmoneyalongthewaytomeetthecosts.ThenafunnythinghappenedonthewaytoWallStreet.Thoseinvestmentscollapsedwiththestockmarket.Amongtheloserslastyear:
thewildlypopular"529"plans—federaltax-exemptcollegesavingsplansofferedbyindividualstates,whichhaveattractedbillionsfromfamiliesaroundthecountry."Wehearfrommanyparentsthatwhattheyhadsetasidedeclinedinvaluesomuchthattheynowdon'thaveenoughtoseetheirstudentsthrough,"saysPennStatefinancialaiddirectorAnnaGriswold,whowitnesseda10percentincreaseinloanapplicationslastyear.Evenwithamarketthatmaybeslowlyrecovering,itwilltaketime,perhapsseveralyears,forpeopletorecoup(补偿)theirlosses.
NadineSayeghisamongthosewhodidn'thavetheluxuryofwaitingforhercollegenesteggtogrowback.Herfatherhadinvestedmoneytowardhertuition,butalargechunkofitvanishedwhenstockswentsouth.Nadinewasthenonlypartwaythroughcollege.Bygraduation,shehadtakenoutatleast$10,000inloans,andhermotherhadborrowedevenmoreonherbehalf.Now22,Nadineisattendinglawschool,havingsignedforyetmoreloanstopayforthat."Therewasn'tanywaytodoitdifferently,"shesays,"andI'mnothappyaboutit.I'vesatdownandcalculatedhowlongitwilltakemetopayoffeverything.I'llbe35yearsold."That'sifshe'sverylucky:
Nadinebasedhercalculationonlandingajobrightoutoflawschoolthatwillpayheratleast$120,000ayear.
DependentonLoansandCreditCards
TheAmericanCouncilonEducationhasitsowncalculationthatshowshowstudentsaremoreandmoredependentonloans.Injustfiveyears,from1995to2000,themedianloandebtatpublicinstitutionsrosefrom$10,342to$15,375.Mostofthiscomesfromfederalloans,whichCongressmademoretemptingin1992byexpandingeligibility(homeequitynolongercountsagainstyourassets)andraisingloanlimits(adependentundergraduatecannowborrowupto$23,000fromthefederalgovernment).
Butstudentsaren'tstoppingthere.TheCollegeBoardestimatesthattheyalsoborrowed$4.5billionfromprivatelendersinthe2000-2001academicyear,upfrom$1.5billionjustfiveyearsearlier.
Forlotsofstudents,theworstofitisn'teventheweightofthosedirectstudentloans.It'swhattheyrackuponallthoseplasticcardsintheirwallets.Asoftwoyearsago,accordingtoastudybylenderNellieMae,morethaneightoutoftenundergradshadtheirowncreditcards,withthetypicalstudentcarryingfour.That'snobigsurprise,giventhein-your-facemarketingbycreditcardcompanies,whichsetuptablesoncampustoentice(诱惑)studentstosignup.Somecollegesbanorrestrictthishawking,butothersgiveitaboost.Youknowthosecreditcardsemblazonedwithaschool'spictureoritslogo?
Forsanctioningsuchacard—amust-haveforsomestudents—acollegedepartmentorassociationgetspaymentsfromtheissuer.Meanwhile,fromfreshmanyeartograduation,accordingtotheNellieMaestudy,studentstriplethenumberofcreditcardstheyownanddoubletheirdebtonthem.Asof2001,theywereintheholeanaverage$2,327.
AWiseChoice?
Oneday,Moyersatdownwithhismother,JanneO'Donnell,totalkabouthisgoalofgoingtolawschool.Don'tcountonit,O'Donnelltoldhim.Shecouldn'taffordthecostandMoyerdoubtedhecouldgetaloan,givenhowmuchheowedalready."Hesaidhefeltlikeafailure,"O'Donnellrecalls."Hedidn'tknowhowhehadgottenintosuchamess."
Aweeklater,the22-year-oldhangedhimselfinhisbedroom,wherehismotherfoundhim.O'Donnellisconvincedthemoneypressurescausedhissuicide."Seantriedtopayhisdebtsoff,"shesays."Andhecouldn'ttakeit."
Tobesure,suicidesareexceedinglyrare.Butdespairiscommon,anditsometimesleadsstudentstorethinkwhethercollegewasworthit.Infact,therearequiteafewjobsthatdon'trequireacollegedegree,yetpayfairlywell.Onaverage,though,collegegraduatescanexpecttoearn80percentmorethanthosewithonlyahighschooldiploma.Also,allbuttwoofthe50highestpayingjobs(theexceptionsbeingairtrafficcontrollersandnuclearpowerreactoroperators)requireafour-yearcollegedegree.Soforegoingacollegeeducationisoftennotawisechoice.
MeritMikhail,whograduatedlastJunefromtheUniversityofCalifornia,Riverside,isgladsheborrowedtogetthroughschool.ButsheleftRiversideowing$20,000instudentloansandanother$7,000increditcarddebt.Nowinlawschool,Merithopestobecomeapublic-interestattorney,yetshemayhavetopostponethatgoal,whichbothersher.Tohandleherdebt,she'llprobablyneedtostartwithamorelucrative(有利的)legaljob.
Likesomanyotherstudents.Mikhailtookoutherloansonakindofblindfaiththatshecoulddealwiththeconsequences."Yousaytoyourself,'Ihavetogointodebttomakeitwork,andwhateverittakeslater,I'llmanage.'"Laterhasnowarrived,andMikhailisfindingoutthetruecostofhercollegedegree.
1.GriffithworkedforafirmthatspecializedineconomicdevelopmentinWashingtonD.C.becausesheneededmoneytopayforherdebt.
2.Theonlyproblemthestudentsarefacingatgraduationisthedismaljobmarket.
3.Onereasonwhycollegesincreasetuitionandfeesisthatthestatesupportisshrinking.
4.Nearlyallthefamiliescanmanagetomeetthesoaringtuitioncoststhroughvariousinvestmentplans.
5.AccordingtoNadine'scalculation,shecanpayoffallherdebtwhensheis________ifshecangetasalaryof$120,000ayearrightoutoflawschool.
6.Studentsgetmoneyfromnotonlyfederalloansbutalso________.
7.Thecollegedepartmentorassociationcangetpaymentsfromtheissuerifitsa
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